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It is almost hard to believe just how effective vaccines are at saving infants’ lives.

Southern Africa wants to eliminate the disease by 2030, but predicting where and when the disease will strike remains a challenge. Southern Africa wants to eliminate the disease by 2030, but predicting where and when the disease will strike remains a challenge.

​​SARS-CoV-2 is the most disruptive virus the world has faced in the last century. In the absence of previous experience, knowledge of the behaviour of this disease and the impact of measures of control, mathematical modelling and other analytical approaches have played a significant role in the global response to the pandemic. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the outbreak globally and in South Africa, mathematical models were updated regularly as new data became available.

The Wellcome Trust has provided approximately R487 million to support global research to address urgent health threats brought about by climate change.

UCT has received a major funding boost from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a three-year capacity-building programme for malaria modelling in sub-Saharan Africa.