A colleague and a dear friend to many in the MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit, Prof Peter Byass sadly passed away unexpectedly on the 16th August 2020 at his home in the UK. We all feel heartsore for his wife, Margaret and their three sons and their families. Not only did Peter work
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SAPRIN WINS NSTF-SOUTH32 ‘DATA FOR RESEARCH’ AWARD
The South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN) has won the prestigious 2019/2020 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) ‘Data for Research’ Award. SAPRIN Director Dr Kobus Herbst, from Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), and co-Director Professor Mark Collinson, from the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit
PROTECTING THE RURAL FRONTLINE
When South Africa’s strict lockdown began on 27 March 2020, COVID-19 had reached nearly every country and the world faced a shortage of personal protective equipment. Netcare 911 issued a call to the 3D printing community to produce head rings for face shields used by the healthcare sector. A cross
MANDELA DAY 2020
Given the need for adhering to COVID-19 regulations, the indunas in our villages are having to ensure that people have access to sanitizer and hand washing facilities at funerals. Public Engagement Officer, Simon Khoza, decided that a meaningful contribution for Mandela Day would be to provide the induna of each
DR ARMSTRONG DZOMBA GETS HIS PhD – HALALA
Dr Armstrong Dzomba, one of the MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit’s current post-doctoral fellows, obtained his PhD from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal on his thesis “The effects of mobility on HIV risk acquisition in South Africa.” His published findings have described the effect of ART scale-up and female migration intensity on
DR JESSICA PRICE GETS HER DPhil – HALALA
Dr Jessica Price recently completed her DPhil in Primary Care Health Sciences as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. Her thesis focused on mortality among children under the age of five, specifically trying to better understand why a high proportion of child deaths occur at home in
The passing of one of the unit’s first staff members, Mr Obed Mokoena
Obed Mokoena was one of the first people to work with the unit, and many of our former and current collaborators and staff have fond memories of working with Obed as site manager. He lived in Ireagh A, within the Agincourt HDSS, and worked full time for the unit from
Practical help for Agincourt Health Centre
Tippy Tap Agincourt Health Centre. When Simon Khoza from the Public Engagement Office, and Steve Mhlanga one of the drivers, were putting up the tippy tap in the picture at the Agincourt Health Centre, they noticed that everyone was standing in the queue outside the health centre. We’ve just done
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR – Rural Response To COVID-19
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