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

schistosomiasis, 76 South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR),
schizophrenia, 112 3-4, 11, 28-9, 156n89
Schneider, Professor Helen, 106 South African Institute of Race Relations, 28
scholarships and bursaries, 56 South African Medical Association, 65
schools, outreach, 86 South African Medical Journal (SAMJ), 28, 42, 78, 136
Schools Outreach Programme, 124, 146 South African Medical Research Council
Science, 97 campus, Cape Town. See Parow
Science, Engineering, Technology Institutions (SETI), morale, 89
66, 87 reputation, 87
Review (1997), 77 values, 58, 158n33
Review (2001), 86, 90 South African Medical Research Council Act (Act 19 of
Review (2010), 88 1969), 6, 148n19
Scientia, 5, 6, 8, 11 South African Medical Research Council Act (Act 58 of
‘Scire volumus’ (‘We wish to know’) (1970), 12, 12, 146 1991), 49-50, 152n62
sclerosteosis, 31 South African National Clinical Trials Register, 79
Seedstars Best Health Technology Award, 124 South African Population Research Infrastructure
Sefatjana, Sister Agnes, 83 Network (SAPRIN), 115
Self-Initiated Research Grants, 103 South African Stress and Health Survey (SASH), 70
SETI. See Science, Engineering, Technology South African Technology Innovation Agency, 123
Institutions Southern African Development Community, 70, 80
Sewram, Professor Vikash, 67 Soweto, 40, 68
sexual behaviour, high-school learners, 72 Spooner, Dr Elizabeth, 132
‘Shaping a healthy future’ (1989), 146 sports injuries, 47
SHIP. See Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships staff, 87, 89, 152n12, 153n26, 156n158
Shiri, Mr Donald, 114 funding, 104
Sisonke Research Study, 131 housing subsidy, 56
Sisonke Vaccine Study, 132 racial and gender composition, 103
Smith, Dr Steve, 96 retrenchment notices, 36, 97, 98
smoking, 21, 42-3, 72, 151n39 retrenchment policy, 98
anti-smoking campaign, 43 retrenchments, 36, 97
anti-smoking lobby, 42 salaries, 104
in schools, 72 white staff, 103
‘Smoking and Health in South Africa: The Need for women, 103
Action’, 42 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), 62, 138, 139
social impact bonds, 108 Stein, Professor Dan, 70, 106
Sogoni, Ms Olwethu, 132 Stellenbosch University, 6, 8, 19, 69, 75, 84, 106, 112, 128
South Africa’s Expanded Programme on Immunization, 74 Stellenbosch University–MRC Anxiety and Stress
South African Addiction Treatment Service Assessment, Disorders Research Unit, 69
71 Stem Cell Research and Therapy Unit, 110, 110
South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) project, Stemlit (Statistics, Electron Microscopy and Literature)
59-61 Building, 15, 17
South African Childhood Immunization Schedule, 75 ‘Stepping Stones’, 68
South African Community Epidemiology Network on Stereophotogrammetric Image-Guide Neurological
Drug Use (SACENDU), 70, 146 System (SIGNS) pointer, 84
South African Defence Force, 23 stereotactic pointer (Cape Town), 85
South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU), Steyn, Dr Krisela, 72
138 Strachan, Dr Alistair, 37
South African Guidelines Excellence Project, 79 Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP), 97,
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, 124
131, 133 Strategic Plan (MRC), 77, 90, 115, 118

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