By Nobhongo Gxolo Professor Heather Zar, the chair of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and the director of the South African Medical Research Council Unit on Child and
Wits postgraduate students in Medical Anthropology share the effects of living under lockdown amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic. The students co-authored How a pandemic shapes the city: Ethnographic voices
Despite the contributions of women in Africa to food and nutrition security, they face significant and persistent inequalities. By Dr Melody Mentz-Coetzee As we celebrate Women’s Month in
For the first time, scientists have identified male mosquito-specific pheromones that influence mating rituals. Scientists at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria (WRIM), Stockholm University (Sweden), the Institute
By Asiphe Nombewu Africa’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic was recently discussed at a digital dialogue hosted by Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Social Justice Chair. The virtual conversation was set
