What lessons can we learn from Covid 19?

Q&A with Prof. Shabir Madhi: What lessons can we learn from Covid 19?

Source : Wits University OFFICIAL – Q&A With Prof. Shabir Madhi

2022-03-25T10:05:00+02:0023 Jun 2020|

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Wits VIDA

1 week ago

Congratulations to VIDA Ph.D. Research Fellow in Vaccinology, William McMahon on winning the Best Student Oral Presentation in Clinical Sciences and Therapeutics for Health at this year's Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day!"My presentation focussed on T cell responses induced by the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine in response to wild-type SARS-CoV-2 (ancestral virus) among people living with and without HIV in South Africa. Results presented (although not yet published) belong to a sub-study allocated to my Ph.D. research project in Vaccinology which broadly aims to investigate cell-mediated immunity induced by Covid-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This sub-study forms part of the main Covid-19 vaccine trial (COV005) conducted at Wits VIDA which assessed the safety and immunogenicity of AZD1222 in people living with and without HIV in South Africa. Results of the main trial have been published in Lancet HIV (DOI: doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00157-0)" ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

Wits VIDA staff and students representing at the Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences research day - come and say hi and learn more about our work! ... See MoreSee Less

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Wits VIDA

2 months ago

Witsies Tamiru Abiye, Professor of Hydrogeology in Geosciences; Sehliselo ‘Selo’ Ndlovu, Professor of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering and DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Hydrometallurgy and Sustainable Development; and Shabir Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology and Dean of Health Sciences (all pictured below left to right) won the Researcher, Capacity Development, and Lifetime Achievement awards respectively at the 2021/2022 NSTF-South32 Awards, the 'Science Oscars'. Read their inspiring stories of research for good here: bit.ly/3zDXk3j ... See MoreSee Less

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Wits VIDA

2 months ago

Congratulations Prof Madhi!Congratulations to Prof. Shabir Madhi the Dean of the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences for winning the @NSTF_SA Lifetime Achievement Award!Madhi is a Professor of Vaccinology at Wits as well as Director of the SA Medical Research Council Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (Wits-VIDA), and Co-Director of African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE) at Wits.A National Research Foundation A-rated scientist and a paediatrician, Madhi’s research has focused on the epidemiology and clinical development of vaccines against pneumonia and diarrhoeal disease. These studies have informed World Health Organization recommendations on the use of the lifesaving pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and rotavirus vaccine in children, and flu vaccination of pregnant women. Madhi led South Africa and Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trials (Oxford/AstraZeneca and Novavax Covid-19 vaccine). ... See MoreSee Less

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Wits VIDA

3 months ago

Happening today! Webinar with Prof Shabir Madhi on the Changing face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa. Register here: saimmunology.org.za/webinars.html ... See MoreSee Less

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Wits VIDA

5 months ago

“COVID-19 had a huge impact on household income and the ability to feed children. What makes it even worse, is the fact that children couldn’t go to school to get nutritional supplements. Some of these children depend on these school meals in the absence of any breakfast,” - Dr Portia Mutevedzi shared research by Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), locally led by Wits VIDA.Wits - University of the WitwatersrandRead more here: health-e.org.za/2022/04/06/obesity-stunting-on-the-rise-among-sas-children/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Wits VIDA

6 months ago

ICYMI: Prof Glenda Gray and Prof Shabir Madhi react to the latest COVID-19 regulations.wits-vida.org/blog/new-masks-regulations-met-with-mixed-reactions/ ... See MoreSee Less

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6 months ago

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6 months ago

Wits VIDA leads a Vaccine Information Network (VIN) project that will assess Covid-19 vaccine acceptance in SA and Zimbabwe with the goal of better informing efforts to promote vaccination in these two countries. Dean of Health Sciences Professor Shabir Madhi is the Principal Investigator and Dr Janan Dietrich (pictured), of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, will lead the project in SA through a partnership with Wits VIDA, under the auspices of the African Social Sciences Unit of Research and Evaluation (ASSURE). Joining Wits in the project consortium are Columbia University in the USA, RTI International, Charles River Medical Group in Zimbabwe, the Rhodes Trust based at the University of Oxford, the Atlantic Institute, and the Schmidt Science Fellows.Together, this consortium comprises the Vaccine Information Network (VIN), part of the VacSafe Working Group at Columbia University.VIN is funded by Schmidt Futures, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Aspen Pharmacare. t.co/RYhN1HU4Y5 ... See MoreSee Less

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Wits VIDA

7 months ago

Prof Shabir Madhi spoke to eNCA regarding the growing concern among some South Africans about the recently published side effects of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine. The documents in question stem from Pfizer’s clinical trials submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences ... See MoreSee Less

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Wits VIDA

7 months ago

COVID-19 measures that don't serve a purpose should be dropped - Prof Madhi ... See MoreSee Less

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7 months ago

Today is International day of women and girls in science! We celebrate all the #WomenInSTEM around the world making a difference each day through pioneering #medicalresearch. witshealthfac ... See MoreSee Less

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