Ambassador brainstorm
The Norwegian Ambassador to South Africa, Ms Trine Skymoen met with BRIGHT’s Dr Eyrun Kjetland and the consequences of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS, Bilharzia) for millions of African women was discussed together with the Minister Counsellor Ola Brevik and...
PhD in the pipeline
Medical doctor Elisabeth Kleppa has completed her field work, published 3 articles as a first author and co-authored some more. She will defend her thesis on December 14th 2015 at the University of Oslo. The title of her thesis is: HIV SUSCEPTIBILITY RELATED TO...
Student in exchange to Norway
Anele Kwitshana (back row, 4th position from the right) spent the summer in Oslo, Norway studying gender equality in the Nordic countries. Anele Kwitshana holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Human Resource Management & Media and in Oslo she got the opportunity...
Dedicated – Sipho Zulu
Mr Sipho Zulu has been appointed as a lecturer in the School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, he says he did not envisage that he would one day become an academic.
5 things you should know about Bilharzia
The parasite disease is a big public health problem in South Africa. Here is a list of five things everyone should know about Bilharzia.