African Research into Kidney Disease
A collaboration between researchers at centres in South Africa, Malawi, Uganda and LSHTM studying the best way to define kidney disease and studying its prevalence in large population-representative cohorts.
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STATS SA EVENT 2016
Dr Mark Collinson from the MRC/Wits Agincourt Unit was at the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) event to release the 2016 Community Survey Statistics.
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RESEARCH THEMES
We currently have five research themes covering adult, adolescent and child health and wellbeing, demographic trends, livelihoods and social responses to health issues
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MRC/Wits-AGINCOURT GRADUATES
Recently conferred PhDs based on work in the MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit
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Qualification: PhD, 2017
Title: Changes in Mortality Patterns and Associated Socioeconomic Differentials in a Rural South African Setting: Findings from Population Surveillance in Agincourt, 1993-2013
Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula
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Qualification: PhD, 2015
Title: Preventing cardiovascular disease in rural South Africa; The study employs modelling techniques to simulate the incidence and progression of stroke within a rural South African population.
Mandy Maredza
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Qualification: Msc, 2017
Title: The effects of HIV and ART on serum lipids amongst adults in Agincourt, rural South Africa in 2015. The study demonstrated a high prevalence of HIV in an older population of rural South Africa ..More