A lens on medical toxicology and the committed team at the Tygerberg poison information centre.

<p>Carine Marks and Arina du Plessis at the Tygerberg Poison Information Centre serve a range of communities across South Africa <u><em><strong>and</strong></em></u> the continent as there are only 7 Poison Information Centres (PICs) currently in <u><em><strong>all of Africa</strong></em></u>.</p> <p>To grow the availability of trained poison information specialists, they are driving signups for the <u><em><strong>Hybrid Learning Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Toxicology</strong></em></u>.</p> <p>The poison info centre is key to save lives through their cross disciplinary knowledge of medicine and pharmacology, and local contexts, also considering drug fads and typical household chemicals which often impact young children.</p> <p>More information:</p> <p><a href="https://hybridlearning.sun.ac.za/pgdiptox/">https://hybridlearning.sun.ac.za/pgdiptox/</a></p> <p>&amp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/healthsciences/Clinical%20Pharmacology/Poison%20Information%20Centre/Pages/About-us.aspx">http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/healthsciences/Clinical%20Pharmacology/Poison%20Information%20Centre/Pages/About-us.aspx</a></p>