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digital health apps, 118, 119 experimental research units, 30
diseases expo (careers), 123
of lifestyle, 72 extramural research units, 14, 80, 87, 89-90, 97, 104-6,
of poverty, 32, 62, 72 109, 112, 128, 146
Dladla, Mr Sifundo, 132
Dlamini-Zuma, Dr Nkosazana, 139 F
DNA, discovery of, 30 faeces composition, 28-9
DoH. See Department of National Health Family Health File, 66
Drug and Development Research Unit, 76 femicide, 67, 115, 141
drug discovery programme, 76 field trials, 84
drug-resistant pathogens, 112 Filies, Ms Charlene, 91
drugs, 70-1, 75-6, 80 finance, 105, 152n8
drugs, trafficking, 70 AIDS and TB Research Unit, 108
Durban, 4, 15, 25, 60-1, 65, 95, 124 cancer, 109
Cochrane Centre Research Unit, 78
E grants, 14, 89
Early Career Scientist Convention (2019), 102 Health Policy Research Unit, 74
Eastern Cape, 68, 106 HIV–TB Pathogenesis and Treatment Research
Eastern Cape Cancer Registry, 69 Unit, 108
educative field, 146 ischaemic heart disease, 21
e-Health Research and Innovation Platform, 78, 79 molecular and cellular cardiology, 21
electron microscopy, 15 National Institute for Nutritional Diseases, 6
Emergency Services (Cape Town), 45 Oligophrenia Research Group, 22
endemic diseases, 76 self-initiated research, publication counts, 97
ENHR. See Essential National Health Research student bursaries, 14
ENSEMBLE study, 131 Finance Department, 88
Environment and Health Research Unit, 129, 150n15 flagship projects, 97
epidemiological fluoridization (drinking water), 47
‘activist style epidemiology’, 41 food composition tables, 29
research projects, 39 Foodfinder, 37
study(ies), 29, 34, 70 foreign
surveys, 34 institutions, 57
transition, 21, 42, 108 researchers, 50-1
epidemiologist(s), 38, 42, 72, 95 forensic inquiry, 62-3
epigenetics, 108 Fort Hare University, 106
Essack, Professor Salima, 125 Fortuin, Ms Jill, 79
essential health care, 33 Fouche, State President Jim, 7
Essential Medical Guidance, 124 framework autonomy, 36, 38
Essential National Health Research (ENHR), 47-9, 66 Framingham Heart Study, 21
eSwatini (previously Swaziland), 80, 118, 131 funding, 14-15, 30, 36, 99, 104, 118, 145, 152n8
ethnopharmacological mission, 112 ADARU funding, 71
Europe, 3, 59, 121 cancer units, 69
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials CSIR funding, 4, 5, 6
Partnership, 87 Department of Arts, Culture, Science and
executive committee, 15 Technology (DACST), 55
Executive Management Committee (EMC), 57-8, 92, funding for external units, 20
103-4 genetics, 30
Executive Management corps, 89 government, 56, 74, 76, 88, 94, 104, 128
executive management team, 91 HIV–TB Pathogenesis and Treatment Research
exhibitions, 124 Unit, 108

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