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Congratulations to Prof Helene Schneider, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Alison Swartz, Annibale Cois on graduating with their PhDs on Friday 14 July 2017.
UCT Public Health ranked 40th on list of Academic Rankings of the World's Universities.
Congratulations to A/Prof John Ataguba on receiving a NSTF Award for Emerging Researchers at a Gala Dinner on 29 June 2017.
A/Prof Tolu Oni has been elected to jointly lead the Global Young Academy (GYA) as co-chair for 2017/18.
The School, at the recent staff tea on 25 May 2017 expressed their thanks and appreciation to Prof Mohamed Jeebhay whose 5 year term as Head of Department and Director of the School comes to an end on 30 June 2017.
The present working paper explores the complex issues around working time organization and their effects in the health services sector in South Africa.
Congratulations to Dorothy on being awarded the SASOM Medal by the Colleges of Medicine on 18 May 2017.
A recent study based in the Public Health Medicine Division is the first study of its kind from Sub-Saharan Africa and the latest from a long term project since 2004, which aims to advance access to health care for signing Deaf people and to bring their needs to the attention of the health authorities.
Congratulations to John on being shortlisted as a finalist in the 2016/2017 NSTF-South32 Awards.
The School of Public Health and Family Medicine joins forces with various civil society organisations urging the South African government to uphold our national position on asbestos at the global level by promoting and supporting the proposed amendment to the Rotterdam Convention of listing chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous substance.
A group of MPH graduate students won first place in the WHO’s Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) essay competition.
The South African sugar tax is based on solid science and is a step in the right direction, say UCT health sciences researchers.
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