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Average audio length:
26 minutes
English
United States
11 episodes
since April 23, 2020
episodic

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Meet Lucy Allais — the Wits professor whose research around philosopher Immanuel Kant’s theoretical philosophy seeks to confront the ethical dilemmas faced by healthcare workers on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https…

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Meet Lenore Manderson — the Wits professor whose work in medical anthropology, social history and public health seeks to address the complex social responses to disease, inequality and social injustices facing humankind in the Black Lives Matter era. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good …
Meet Bob Scholes — the Wits professor working hard to address the catastrophic impacts of climate change and global warming with deep transformative change. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https://www.702.co.za/features/411/the-wits-impacts-for-good-podcast-series…
Meet Raees Dangor — the Wits student whose affordable clean energy system is set to address South Africa’s crippling loadshedding crisis and, radically change the lives of villagers affected by energy poverty. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: https://www…
Meet Claudine Storbeck — the Wits professor championing the cause of the deaf community by ensuring that all babies and children are given equal access to education and opportunities in order to develop to their full potential. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page: …
Meet Jo Vearey — the Wits professor fighting not only for the inclusion of marginalised African migrants in South Africa's Covid-19 response but also for their protection as a wave of xenophobic violence sweeps through the country. #ForGood Visit the Wits Impacts For Good feature page:&…
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/4…
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 …
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-wit…
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…
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