Monthly Archives: October 2022

Science versus the virus: Science is saving millions of lives, but how is it so rapid, and why is the death rate so variable?

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Estimates show millions of additional deaths have been averted, or avoided, as a result of scientific advances during the pandemic. In a paper in Health Research Policy and Systems we addressed questions about how advances were so rapid, and why national death rates varied so much. Rapid development of the first effective therapy Trials were… Read more »

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Meet the SDG3 researchers: Tatenda Mawoyo and Stefani Du Toit

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Tatenda Mawoyo joined the Institute of Life Course Health and Research (ILCHR) in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University in April 2020 as a junior researcher. Soon, he will be working towards a PhD focused on the role of school climate in supporting adolescent mental health.

Stefani Du Toit is a researcher working at the Institute of Life Course Health Research in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University. She is currently working towards a PhD in Public Health where she is exploring adolescent mental health in the context of adversity.

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