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Covid-19: Vaccinating South AfricaAs the country faces a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus, the question is: when will South Africans get the vaccine? Carte Blanche investigates.
Covid-19, the lockdown, and inequality in South AfricaThe Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at Wits University examines the relationship between Covid-19, the lockdown and inequality in South Africa.
Covid-19: Anthem for our heroesThis tribute video is dedicated to all the Wits scientists, researchers and support staff that are working to ensure that South Africans can be efficiently and effectively tested for Covid-19. The team includes people from the Departments of Molecular Medicine, Haematology and Immunology within the Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits University. Some of the staff are also part of the National Priority Programmes of the National Health Laboratory Service.
Announcement of South Africa's first Covid 19 vaccine trialProfessor Shabir Madhi, Professor in Vaccinology at Wits University, and the Director of the South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit at Wits, announces the start of the first clinical trials for a Covid 19 vaccine in South Africa.
Professor Shabir Madhi leads the leads the South African Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA-Trial. © Wits University
The first Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa begins Shabir Madhi is Professor of Vaccinology at Wits University, and leads the South African Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA-Trial.
Wits clinicians volunteer for Covid-19 vaccine trialSenior clinicians in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University have volunteered to participate in South Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trial. The South African Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA-Trial aims to find a vaccine that will prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
Press Briefing: A look at the first COVID-19 vaccine trial in the WHO African RegionWits Professor of Vaccinology, Shabir Madhi, addresses journalists during the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Online Press Briefing on COVID-19 and vaccine development in Africa. The first clinical trial in Africa for a Covid-19 vaccine takes place at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Policy incoherence and the mordernisation of our economyIn this episode of Daily Maverick's new series of Zoom interviews, Judge Dennis Davis talks to Gilad Isaacs, Co-Director, Institute for Economic Justice; Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance, Wits University.
Professor Lee Berger, Professor in Palaeoanthropology at Wits University and an Explorer at Large at National Geographic
Human origins video series In this series of 30min+ online video lectures, Lee Berger, a Professor in Palaeoanthropology at Wits University takes us on a journey insidethe University's world-renowned fossil vault.
Dr Julien Benoit
Fossil hunter Julien Benoit Catch the latest research news, talks and public lectures from Dr Julien Benoit's channel, vertebrate paleontologists at Wits.