Updates, publications, and achievements
14 April 2026
Researchers at the University of Cape Town are playing a leading role in a significant international collaboration to fast-track the understanding of fungal diseases that claim about 2.5 million lives each year. The funding of £4.5 million (approximately R100 million)...
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10 April 2026
Researchers at the University of Cape Town are part of a major international effort backed by about R100 million to combat fungal infections that kill an estimated 2.5 million people worldwide each year...
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22 September 2025
A deadly fungal infection is claiming more lives in sub-Saharan Africa than tuberculosis among people living with HIV, yet few outside the continent even know its name...
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