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Floidy Wafawanaka gets his Masters – halala
Well done to our Projects Operations Officer, Floidy, who got his Masters at North West University. The title of the study is “Usage of central nervous system medication in HIV/AIDS patients: Longitudinal analysis (2005-2015) of prevalence and prescribing pattern changes.”
Annual Community Feedback of results
The Public Engagement Office aims to meet with every village every year to feedback village specific data from the annual updates, as well as results from specific research projects. During June and July, 14 villages were visited. A fact sheet such as the one attached is given to each village
MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit takes Hoedspruit parkrun by storm
15 MRC/Wits-Agincourt unit staff and visiting collaborators completed the 5km Hoedspruit ParkRun – we reckon that’s a record. Living the healthy lifestyle.
HAALSi meeting in Harvard – many MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit staff were there
Member of our data and scientific teams were at a workshop at Harvard in the first week of June taking our understanding of ageing in Africa forward – click this link to read more https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population-development/2019/06/14/international-researchers-gather-to-strategize-next-steps-after-collection-of-2nd-wave-of-longitudinal-data-on-aging-population-in-south-africa/?fbclid=IwAR2PCWUA_3hkAuBS7N-fO0d26fpd80NJuRZ-CUlx9l8i-kJz9Opyjs0iYXQ
SAPRIN releases its first population dataset to keep track of people’s health and wellbeing
18 April 2019 | Cape Town | The South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN), together with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), recently released its first population dataset. The dataset monitors the health and wellbeing of people over time to gather new information on the situation of poorer
MRC/Wits Agincourt Unit’s Researchers Awarded by the NRF
Dr Ryan Wagner and Dr Sumaya Mall received Y2 ratings from the NRF. This means that leading national and international scientists agree that they have the potential to establish themselves as independent researchers based on reviewing their performance and the quality of their research. The Y category considers researchers that
OUR DIRECTOR PROF STEVE TOLLMAN WINS A ‘SCIENCE OSCAR’
Steve Tollman won the Science and Research Management Award at the 20th annual National Science and Technology Forum – South23 award ceremony in Johannesburg on the 28th June 2018. We all agree that this is very well-deserved, given for establishing a high functioning research and data infrastructure to bridge the
Halala Dr Limbani obtained his Doctorate Degree at Wits
Dr Felix Limbani obtained his Doctorate Degree at Wits on the 8th December 2017 – in very good time! His work is titled “A realist evaluation of a clinic based Lay Health Worker intervention to improve the management of hypertension in rural South Africa”. Well done Dr Limbani – we at the
9 people from each SAPRIN node meet to discuss a way forward
9 people from each of the three South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN) met with the 3 SAPRIN full time staff to learn from each other, and to discuss plans for field operations, data operations and public engagement in each site, aiming for maximum possible harmonisation. The workshop was