Dr. Euphrasia Makgatho

Euphrasia Makgatho is a South African health sciences researcher whose work spans paediatric infectious diseases and laboratory-based investigations of malaria. Affiliated with academic and clinical institutions linked to tertiary hospitals in Soweto, contributions reflect a strong engagement with public health challenges affecting children in high-burden settings.

Research has focused prominently on diarrhoeal disease in children, particularly evaluating trends in hospitalisation and the sustained impact of rotavirus vaccination. Through retrospective hospital analyses, important risk factors for severe outcomes have been highlighted, including comorbid infections and vulnerability in infancy, informing clinical risk stratification and health policy.

Earlier laboratory research explored antiplasmodial drug candidates and developed flow cytometric methods for rapid quantification of malaria parasitaemia. This blend of clinical epidemiology and experimental methodology demonstrates expertise in infectious disease research from bench to bedside. The profile is based on a limited set of available publications.