Why AI still needs humans: key lessons from the Wits FHS Prestigious Lecture 2025
In the near future, people, pharmacists and employers won’t need to decipher difficult-to-read doctors’ scripts and sick notes.
Wits Dominates wins at the South African Undergraduate Medical Research Competition
The South African Undergraduate Medical Research Competition (SUMRC) was created to expand meaningful research opportunities for undergraduate medical students.
Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Professors Sustain Global Recognition as Highly Cited Researchers
Mental Health Science Fair Highlights Synapses of Support
Mental Health and Neuroscience Fair
2025 School of Public Health Biennial Research Day
Wits hosts the 5th Life Science Imaging Facility Research Day
Rethinking Postpartum Hemorrhage Thresholds: A Global Meta-Analysis on Prognostic Markers
Health Sciences Researchers Recognised for Impactful Scholarship at the Open Access Author Awards
The challenges and successes of vaccinology in Africa
Wits Researchers Call for Data-Driven Action on Climate Change as a Public Health Emergency
A New Hope Against RSV
RSV is the most common cause of hospitalisation of children in South Africa and globally
Passion Meets Purpose: A Wits Registrar’s vision for transforming neurosurgery in Africa
WITS BREAKS GROUND ON AFRICA’S FIRST FULLY INTEGRATED BIOHUB
From Bedside to Bench to Breakthrough
How AI-Powered Omnichannel Chatbots Are Transforming HIV Prevention for South African Youth
2025 Wits School of Clinical Medicine Biennial Research Day
2025 Wits School of Biomedical Sciences Research Day
Closing the Surgical Gap by 2035
Critically Ill Africans Treated Outside Intensive Care
A major study across 22 African countries
HEALTH FUNDING IN AFRICA: NAVIGATING CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY
The Changing Map: Global Health on Shifting Sands
Uncovering Diabetes Diversity in Sub-Saharan African Youth
2025 Wits School of Therapeutic Sciences Biennial Research Day
Wits Launches Groundbreaking Mass Spectrometry and Drug Monitoring Initiative
Launch of the Mass Spectrometry and Drug Monitoring Initiative
WITS UNIVERSITY JOINS THE FIRST OBSERVATORY MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE NETWORK IN AFRICA
Africa carries the highest burden of mosquito-borne diseases in the world, with climate change accelerating the spread of disease-carrying vectors.
Wits MSc student and Changer-maker Named Among M&G’s 200 Young South Africans
Wits MSc candidate and dentist named in the 2025 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans
South Africa’s Scientific Fight Against Malaria
World Mosquito Day is more than just a date on the calendar
IMPRI and Separations Partnership Powers Breakthroughs in Biomedical Imaging
IMPRI, has partnered with Promolab (Pty) Ltd T/A Separations
Bridging the Gap: How Financial Incentives and Counselling Improve TB Treatment Outcomes
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious health challenge, particularly in low-resource settings.
A Lifeline for Infants: Gavi’s Push to End RSV Deaths in Low-Income Countries
(How Gavi support for RSV immunisation will advance health equity)
Wits Launches Digital Pathology Hub to Transform Cancer Diagnosis and Training in Africa
Launch of the Wits Digital Pathology Hub
New Study Highlights How to Improve Mental Health Integration in South African Primary Healthcare
A staggering 92% of South Africans living with mental health conditions are not receiving the treatment they need.
BCG Revaccination: Can a Second Shot Stop TB in Teens?
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to claim lives, especially among young people
Wits Postdoc Leads African Youth Mental Health Data Project
Dr Trust Gangaidzo, awarded a grant to lead the development of a Mental Health Data Platform for Young People (PAMHoYA).
13 Years of Relief: Success of Gene Therapy for Severe Haemophilia B
Imagine a single cut or bruise being a serious risk to your life.
Treating Neuropathic Pain: A Review of Pharmacotherapy and Non-Invasive Neuromodulation
Neuropathic pain, a type of chronic pain caused by nerve damage, can be very hard to treat and affects millions of people worldwide.
Wits PhD Student Selected for Prestigious Novartis Internship in Switzerland to Advance Cutting-E
Caitlin Wheeler, a Human Genetics PhD student at Wits, has been selected for the prestigious Next Generation Scientist (NSG) Internship Program
Why Are Newborns Still Dying from Preventable Causes?
A closer look at missed opportunities in neonatal care across LMICs
A New HIV Prevention Option: Just Two Injections a Year
FHS Communications, Nkosiphile Ndlovu
What Drives Type 2 Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Insights from the AWI-Gen Study of Adults Aged 40-6
A Setback with Global Implications: U.S. Funding Cuts Hit South African Health Research
The recent termination of competitive U.S. federal research funding to South African and global health researchers has sent shockwaves
Is an HIV Vaccine Still Needed in the Era of Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir?
Experts say yes
Clinical cardiologist contributes to the formulation of the standard set in valvular heart disease
Young researchers celebrate remarkable achievements at SEMDSA congress 2025
SEMDSA Congress 2025
Global Health Diplomacy in a Transactional Era
On January 20th 2025, President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and suspended foreign health aid
Commemorating African Vaccination Week
The development and use of vaccines were turning points in global public health.
Wits University Leads Scientific Charge to Eliminate Malaria in Africa
As the world commemorated Malaria Day on the 25th of April, and the global community intensified efforts to eradicate malaria,
Could Lentivirus Be the Answer to Gene Therapy Challenges in Haemophilia A?
Exploring a promising alternative to current treatments
Chronic Diseases on the Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chronic lifestyle diseases such as high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes, and obesity are often overlooked in lower-income countries,
$2.9 million Grant for Research on Neurological Health Effects of Environmental Manganese Exposure
Professor Gill Nelson Secures $2.9 million Grant for Research on Neurological Health Effects of Environmental Manganese Exposure
Health Sciences Profs Named Among Top 1% of Global Scientists on 2024 Highly Cited Research List
The Legacy of Statins: Advances in Treating High Cholesterol (alumni)
Can an Antibiotic Prevent MDR Tuberculosis in Children
New breast Health Clinic at CMJAH
Wits hosts the first-ever Fetal Therapy Workshop in Africa
The Wits Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine in partnership with the One Learning Academy hosted the first-ever Fetal Therapy Workshop in Africa.
The Intergenerational Impact of Violence on Families
Wits Fulbright Scholar Pioneers Development of Gene-Edited Tuberculosis Vaccine
Genomics research in Africa will improve global health
Health-Centred Policy Design: Are Sugar Taxes Effective?
IMPRINT - Fungal HIV Global Health Research
Wits University partners in a new NIHR-funded Global Health Research Group on HIV-associated Fungal Infections (IMPRINT)
Wits scientists contribute to the largest data-driven COVID-19 response consortium of African scient
Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Biennial Research Day Returns!
New Study Alert: Wits Making Visible the Breastfeeding Experiences of Wits Staff and Students
The MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit celebrated three decades at the 18th Prestigious Research Le
Professor Shabir Madhi receives the NSTF-South32 Lifetime Award
Professor Yahya Choonara receives the 2022 FIP Distinguished Pharmaceutical Science Award!
Global comparison of communication of end-of-life decisions in the intensive care unit
Are there regional differences in end-of-life communication practices in ICUs worldwide?
Multi-morbidities Associated with Tuberculosis in South Africa: A Systematic Review of the Literatur
SA research leads to new WHO guidelines for improved TB treatment
How obesity plaques the private sector & burdens Health Economics in SA
SBIMB publishes the largest African study on the genetic architecture of lipid traits
The Human Heredity and Health in Africa Consortium (H3Africa) AWI-Gen (Africa Wits-INEPTH partnership for genomic studies) team, led from the SBIMB, recently pu
Wits VIDA scientists find that Covid-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy
A review of Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy by Wits scientists shows that vaccination during pregnancy is safe.
