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Making COVID resources and training more accessible. 24 July 2020 | Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT Read full story…
Professor Ntobeko Ntusi, Head and Chair, Department of Medicine at UCT, acknowledges Knowledge Translation Unit’s work in ‘developing COVID-19 educational material for healthworkers and assisting provincial and national Department of Health with communication strategies through the development of posters, appropriate for every stage of the disease…’ 2 July 2020 | Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT Watch video…
KTU’s Head designer, Pearl Spiller, featured in TimesLive for youth day 2020. Pearl Spiller says it’s a privilege to know that her work is having an impact… 16 June 2020 | Times Live Read full article…
UCT News has featured a video interview with Professor Lara Fairall on the important work of the Knowledge Translation Unit, in partnership with WCDOH, fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 May 2020 | UCT news Read full article…
A big Thank You to our research partners, Asset (Health System Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa) for the substantial endorsement of our COVID-19 materials and resources.. 5 April 2020 | ASSET website Read full article…
Celebrating the University of Cape Town Lung Institute’s 20th anniversary 28 August 2019 | IOL Story by IOL staff writer Read full article…
The development of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Lung Institute and its many accomplishments over the past 20 years provide shining examples of how to address priority health issues in education, research and service. This was Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng’s message to the institute’s current and former members, as well as its strategic partners, during the official anniversary celebration. 22 August 2019 | Newsroom […]
The BMJs annual International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare (aka the “Quality Forum”), organised by BMJ and IHI, was held in Glasgow from 27th to 29th March this year. The Glasgow Quality Forums theme was “People Make Change” and was attended by over 3400 delegates from 70+ countries. PACK and the KTU team were in attendance, with our PACK Global Director, Tracy Eastman […]
A cost-effectiveness modelling study published in the Lancet Global Health in February 2019 shows that South Africa’s PACK programme (previously known as PC101) can improve access to care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), save government money and is cheaper than using World Health Organization NCD guidelines. February 2019 | Read the study in Lancet Global Health 5 February 2019 | Read the article in The Conversation
