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A Widening Idea of Health: The SAMRC from Creation to Covid

National Reference Centre for African Traditional P
Medicine, 76 Paediatric Mineral Metabolism Research Unit, 25
National Research Foundation, 49 Pan African Clinical Trials Registry, 79
National Research Institute for Nutritional Disease, 16, ‘parachute research’, 122
148-9n17 parastatal organization, 33
National Research Institute for Occupational Diseases, 26 parkinsonism, 112
National Research Programme for Nutritional Parliament, 4, 11, 19, 50
Intervention, 82 Parow, 6, 8-9, 11, 14-15, 16
national research programmes, 66 passive immunity, 110
national school curriculum, 71 PATH, 122
National School Nutrition Programme, 83 Pathogenesis and Treatment Research Unit, 118
National Strategic Plan on GBV and Femicide (2020), pathologies, racialized nature of, 108
115. See also gender-based violence peer review, 66, 75, 86-7
‘National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs, Perinatal HIV Clinic, 99
2017–2022’, 118 perinatal mortality, 47
Nature, 96, 97 Perinatal Mortality Research Unit, 84-5
neonatal diseases, 110 Peta, Dr Kimberley, 110
nephrotic syndrome, 47 petrol, unleaded, 68, 146
Network for Genomic Surveillance, 130 Pettifor, Professor John, 25
neuropsychiatric disorders, 106 phagocyte function, 47
New England Journal of Medicine, 56, 97 pharmaceutical companies, 52, 121, 128
New York Academy of Sciences conference (1978), 26 Photobiology Research Group, 22
Ngobeni, Ms Sizzy, 135 phytomedicines, 112
Ngomane, Ms Orlinda, 135 Pick, Professor William, 87, 90-1, 91
NGOs, 48, 65, 70, 109, 156 Pienaar, Mr Graham, 9
Nhleko, Mr Sibusiso, 132 Pillay, Dr Anban, 136
NHLS. See National Health Laboratory Services PMTCT. See Prevention of Mother to Child
NIRU. See Nutritional Intervention Research Unit Transmissions
Noakes, Dr Tim, 47, 48 Pneumococcal and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, 110
non-biomedical therapy, 61 Pneumococcal Disease Research Unit, 75
non-communicable diseases, 38, 72 pneumoconiosis, 25
Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, 72, 108 pneumonia, 75
Novartis, 121 childhood, 146
nuclear accelerator applications, 15 Policy Briefs series, 86
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, 29 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, 128. See also
Nutritional Intervention Research Units (NIRUs), 83 Covid-19
nutritional supplements, 83 porphyria, 21, 32
Nyelimane, Joseph, 77, 85 Porphyria and Renal-Metabolism Research Group, 21
post-traumatic stress disorders, 69
O Precision and Genomic Medicine Research Unit, 112
obesity, 68, 72, 121 Precision Prevention and Novel Drug Targets for HIV-
occupational diseases, 15 Associated Cancers Research Unit, 109
Odendaal, Professor Hein, 85 Pretoria, 5, 8, 9, 11, 15, 83
Oligophrenia Research Group, 22 Pretoria University, 22, 109
Oncology Research Unit, 69, 69 Pretoria University–MRC Maternal and Infant Health
Onderstepoort, 15, 18 Care Research Unit, 66
Opie, Dr Lionel, 22 Prevention of Mother to Child Transmissions
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986), 71 (PMTCT), 114
Oudtshoorn skin disease, 23 ‘Priceless’ (Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems
Outbreak Communication Guidelines, 141 Strengthening), 106, 107

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