Collaboration between South African and US universities extended by five years
The Universities of the Witwatersrand and Cape Town have received US$27 million from the National Institute on Aging in the US to carry on a long-term study into healthy ageing in South Africa.
The study, a partnership with Harvard University in the US, has been running since 2013. It examines the demographic and epidemiological changes taking place in rural South Africa as a result of the country’s widespread antiretroviral drug rollout to combat HIV/Aids.