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primary health care, 33-4, 47, 74, 106 international, 55
private sector, 57, 77, 122, 128, 145 mid-career, 103
Programme for Experimental Health and Toxicology, 24 qualitative,106
Programme on Mycotoxins and Experimental research grants, 99
Carcinogenesis (PROMEC), 24, 25, 68 Self-Initiated Research Grants, 103
Project Management Office, 98 Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical
PROMEC. See Programme on Mycotoxins and Environment, 15, 50
Experimental Carcinogenesis Research Institute for Nutritional Diseases (RIND), 18,
prophylactic. See vaccines 24, 30, 91
Prozesky, Professor Walter, 34, 35-6, 38, 42, 49, 51, Research Institute for TB, 15
53-4, 65-6 research thrusts, 66
psychiatric genetics, 112 Research Translation Office, 77, 86, 92
public health, 30, 48, 56, 66, 68-72, 81, 91, 105-6, 108-9, research unit
117, 145 extramural, 87-90, 105, 128
domain, 109 intramural, 139
methodology, 105 research units, 4-6, 14-15, 19, 29-30, 42, 45, 47, 66, 68-
-oriented projects, 29 70, 72, 74-5, 80-1, 84, 89, 97, 101, 105, 108, 112-13,
research units, 106 115-16, 118, 122, 128, 132, 141, 146
system, 48 external, 64
Public Relations/Corporate Communications Division, internal, 64
124 public health orientation, 68, 74, 108
publication count, 86, 97, 121 world-class, 121
pulmonary diseases, 108 Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, 75
respiratory peptides, 47
Q retinal disease, 112
qualitative research, 106 revitalization programme, 96, 98, 103-05, 145
R rickets, 27
racial differences, inherent, 31 RIND. See Research Institute for Nutritional Diseases
racial discrimination, 15 Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders Research Unit,
racial framework, 28 106, 141
racial group diseases, 25 Rossouw, Dr Jacques, 18
racial groups (South Africa), 27, 29 Rotarix, 74
racial lens on disease, 28 rotavirus, 74-5, 146
racial studies, 20 Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, 14
racial typologies, 29 rugby injuries, 47
radiobiology, 29
Rainbow Nation, 53 S
Ramaphosa, President Cyril, 131 SAAVI. See South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Ramokgopa, Dr Gwen, 90 SABC TV News, 138
rape, 67, 115 SACENDU. See South African Community
Rape Adjudication and Prosecution Study, 115 Epidemiology Network on Drug Use
‘Rape of Girls in South Africa’ (2002), 68 SADTU. See South African Democratic Teachers’
Rath Foundation, 65, 94 Union
Raymond, Major-General E.C., 7 SAIMR. See South African Institute for Medical
receptor biology, 75 Research
Reddy, Professor Priscilla, 71, 72 SAMJ. See South African Medical Journal
Registration of Births and Deaths (2014 Regulations), 82 SAPRIN. See South African Population Research
Research Capacity Development Programme, 56 Infrastructure Network
research SASH. See South African Stress and Health Survey
contract, 36, 88 Sathekge, Professor Mike, 88

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