Page 6 - A Widening Idea of Health and Health Research - The South African Medical Research Council from Creation to COVID

Contents

Preface 1

1. From Genesis to Exodus: The Founding of the MRC, 1969–1970 3

2. Aanmatiging (Self-Assertion): The MRC, 1969–1985 11

3. On and over the Brink: The MRC, 1985–1994 33

4. Positively into the New South Africa: The MRC, 1995–2012 53

5. Slimmer, but Not Lacking Gray Matter: The MRC, 2012–2021 95

6. Stress Test: The MRC and the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2020– 127

Conclusion 145
Notes 147

Index 163