Page 4 - Development Research Unit News Today

Retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell layer thickness at age 45 years was linked with cognitive performance in childhood and adulthood, with thinner retinal nerve fiber layer tied to a decline in processing speed, according to data.

Two of the four new South African Medical Research Council Extramural Research Units have been awarded to UCT to develop critical health research in the country.

In July, almost one million SRD applications were received from people under 20 years of age.

About 60% of applicants for the R350-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant are young, and around 600 000 have tertiary qualifications, data shows.

Organisations across South Africa are honouring Mandela Day this Monday, 18 July, by hosting outreaches and awareness campaigns.

SPONSORED | Industry experts will discuss reigniting ubuntu and the shortest paths to socioeconomic recovery on June 24

The Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education hosts series of events marking Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’.

An extraordinarily thoughtful and creative researcher.

With South Africa facing a new wave of infections, there is need to understand why many people refuse to get vaccinated against COVID.

He used his powerful research to promote social change for justice in South Africa.