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Female researchers from the CSIR will brief the media on the latest innovative research and technology solutions to respond to health and nutritional challenges in Africa.
The media briefing is scheduled to take place at the CSIR International Convention Centre (ICC) in Pretoria on Wednesday, 24 August 2022. Hosted under the theme: “Women in Science: Proactively responding to health and nutritional challenges impacting underserved communities”, the briefing session forms part of celebrating the role of female scientists in using research innovations to improve the lives of ordinary people during Women’s Month.
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CSIR experts in atmospheric science warn of the potential human health risks resulting from exposure to increased temperatures in Africa.
The vast contribution by Geoff Abbott in the planning, design and management of health facilities in South Africa has won him the coveted annual JD Roberts Award.
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The Mine Health and Safety Council has tasked the CSIR to investigate the ratio of South African National Accreditation System-accredited laboratories in relation to the number of mines serviced.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Nanomedicine research programme, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has been awarded Centre of Excellence in health innovation status by the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI).
The CSIR has developed a diabetes-detecting chip to monitor blood sugar levels by analysing breath. The breath analyser technology aims to supplement, and eventually replace, the current invasive “finger prick” glucometer for monitoring diabetes in both young and old patients with a completely pain-free solution through a breath analyser based on nanowire sensors.
The breath analyser technology was among some of the technologies displayed at the media briefing held in Pretoria.
The CSIR assisted six Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) in developing safe and standardised traditional medicines for commercialisation in a project funded by the Department of Science and In