Wits Impacts For Good

As humanity is faced with increasing global emergencies, now more than ever we must all contribute to solutions for good . For the good of all people. Introducing the Wits Impacts For Good podcast series. Eusebius McKaiser connects with Wits Originators - researchers from Wits University - to interrogate some of the challenges we are faced with, and to map the process of finding impactful solutions.

Episodes in this series

Musa Manzi: The Wits researcher saving lives in the depths of SA’s mines

04 June 2020 | 36 Minute Listen

As humanity is faced with increasing global emergencies. Now more than ever, we must all contribute to solutions: For Good. Meet Musa Manzi – the Wits professor whose ground-breaking mathematical algorithm has the potential to save the lives of mine workers down in the darkest depths of South Africa’s deepest mines. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https://www.702.co.za/features/411/the-wits-impacts-for-good-podcast-series

Helen Rees: The Wits researcher championing SA’s fight against Covid-19

19 May 2020 | 30 Minute Listen

As humanity is faced with increasing global emergencies. Now more than ever, we must all contribute to solutions: For Good. Meet Helen Rees – the Wits professor leading the South African division of the Solidarity Trial that forms part of the international drug trial launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to accelerate the search for an effective vaccine for Covid-19 patients in hospital. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https://www.702.co.za/features/411/the-wits-impacts-for-good-podcast-series

Why do our babies die? Wits researcher unravels mystery around stillbirths

04 May 2020 | 25 Minute Listen

As humanity is faced with increasing global emergencies. Now more than ever, we must all contribute to solutions: For Good. Meet Shabir Ahmed Madhi – the Wits professor pioneering the vaccine to prevent stillbirths amongst pregnant women in impoverished communities, who are dependent on public health facilities. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https://www.702.co.za/features/411/the-wits-impacts-for-good-podcast-series

Wits researcher’s technovation stops infection before it starts

27 April 2020 | 19 Minute Listen

As humanity is faced with increasing global emergencies. Now more than ever, we must all contribute to solutions: For Good. Meet Michael Lucas – the Wits PHD student whose break-through academic research in infection control could wipe the slate clean and stop nosocomial infections before it starts. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https://www.702.co.za/features/411/the-wits-impacts-for-good-podcast-series

Wits Impacts for Good launches soon!

23 April 2020 | 1 Minute Listen

Eusebius McKaiser previews a brand new podcast series aimed at revealing Wits Originators, researchers, working to answer some of the world's pressing problems. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https://www.702.co.za/features/411/the-wits-impacts-for-good-podcast-series