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World renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim will be taking on a new role as a member of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) science council. KwaZulu-Natal’s world renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim will be taking on a new role as a member of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) science council. Comprising of nine of the world’s leading health researchers and chaired by Nobel Laureate Dr Harold Varmus, the council was inaugurated on April 27. “I am looking forward to participating in this co...

Koleka Mlisana’s career in microbiology started with something small. More than three decades in the field later, the decision she downplays as a small sacrifice led to her being one of the scientists at the forefront of South Africa’s stand against the HIV and Aids epidemic, and now the Covid-19 pandemic.   Born in Mthatha 59 years ago, the new co-chair of the ministerial advisory committee (MAC), the brains trust advising the government on the country’s response to Covid-19, got into medicine because “there were very few options to choose from” at the time. “If you were doing ...

Only hospitals that are Covid compliant, have computers or tablets with internet access, back-up for power failures and enough fridges and freezers to store jabs at the correct temperatures, can be vaccination sites Some Sisonke sites will be used as vaccination centres for South Africa's national vaccine roll-out that's scheduled to start in late April or early May Johnson & Johnson jabs arrive in frozen vials at vaccination sites where they thaw after which they can't be refrozen In early March, about two weeks after South Africa’s Sisonke Covid vaccine trial started, Bhekisisa published ...

In early March, about two weeks after South Africa’s Sisonke Covid vaccine trial started, Bhekisisa published interactive map with the 18 sites where health workers could get their vaccines from. The implementation study will give half a million health workers access to Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Covid vaccine (just over half of them have been vaccinated so far).  As the sites expanded, we updated the map — but we soon ran out of steam. Sites, ranging from large city hospitals to rural areas such as Namakwa in the Northern Cape, opened and closed all the time and four lists were being ...

1 April 2021 - Wits University Professor Lynn Morris takes the reins today for five years as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation at Wits University. Morris has demonstrable experience in research management and leadership and will drive the research agenda as the University approaches its centenary in 2022. Her appointment acknowledges her extensive research leadership and management experience, as well as her impressive research record and globally recognised scholarship. With her collaborative leadership style and ability to create an enabling research environment, Morris i...