Posted on July 29, 2014 by Rhian in Uncategorized On the 23 and 24 May 2014, a delegation from Wits leadership -DVC Research Zeblon Vilakazi, DVC Academic Andrew Crouch, DVC Services Bea Lacquet Head of Research Office Rob Moore, HOD Anthropology Hylton Whyte, and the Dean Commerce Law and Management
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CARTA
CARTA Administrators workshop Posted on July 29, 2014 by Rhian in Uncategorized Ngoni Ngwarai attended the CARTA Capacity Development Joint Training Workshop for University Administrators and Faculty hosted by DRGT, 21-23 July 2014, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. The CARTA Initiative aims at strengthening doctoral training, supervision and developing the institutional
NEW EPILEPSY PUBLICATION
Posted on March 14, 2014 by Rhian in Uncategorized Epilepsy has been found to affect at least 7 out of every 1000 individuals in rural South Africa according to an Agincourt study published by Ryan Wagner and colleagues in Epilepsy Research. The research, led by Professor Charles Newton of the Department
TED TOLLMAN BUILDING DEDICATION
Posted on March 14, 2014 by Rhian in News The Induna and his chairperson, representatives of the Beare Foundation, a whole group of Tollman family members (from across the country and the world), senior staff from Wits University and staff of the unit all gathered on the 20th December 2013 to
INDEPTH ISC 2013
Posted on November 8, 2013 by Rhian in News In partnership with StatsSA, the Africa Centre, the Dikgale HDSS and the INDEPTH secretariat, the INDEPTH International Scientific Conference 2013 was hosted at the new Wits School of Public Health buildings, Johannesburg in November 2013. Apart from a phenomenal scientific
MSC Field Based Epi fieldtrip Oct 2013
Posted on November 6, 2013 by Rhian in News 12 Wits students spent a week in Agincourt during their MSc in Field Based Epi/MA Demography courses. Its a full week – but full of practical learning and we got great reviews from the students. We from Agincourt wish them all
Mark Collinson and Suleiman Afolabi in Korea
Posted on November 6, 2013 by Rhian in News Mark Collinson and Sulaiman Afolabi, both from the Acornhoek offices, attended the IUSSP (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population) Conference in Busan, South Korea from the 26-31st August, 2013. Their oral presentation was titled: The Relationship between AIDS/TB Mortality and Migration
MADIMAH – The INDEPTH Migration, Urbanisation and Health Working Group
Posted on November 6, 2013 by Rhian in News The MADIMAH Project (multi-centre analysis in the dynamics of migration and health) is glad to have updated their web-presence on the INDEPTH website. Visit the site on http://www.indepth-network.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=219
The Lancet Global Health editorial cites INDEPTH’s data repository and INDEPTHStats as ‘the good’
Posted on August 16, 2013 by Rhian in News The editor of The Lancet Global Health, Zoë Mullan, in The Lancet Global Health, Volume 1, Issue 2, August 2013 states: “Osman Sankoh and fellow INDEPTH Network colleagues announce a new freely accessible repository of Health and Demographic Surveillance System data
Census 2013 launched
Posted on August 16, 2013 by Rhian in News Standing around the marula tree singing Nkosi Sikelel‘ iAfrika marks the start of the Agincourt census every year. Its the end of a long road of preparation, recruitment, training, printing, thought and is a moment of hopeful anticipation for THE BEST CENSUS