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Reasons for
Actual Deviation revisions to
Audited Audited Planned Achievement from planned the Outputs/
Actual Actual Annual 2024/2025 target to Actual Output
Performance Performance Target until date of Achievement indicators/
No. Outcome Output No. Output indicator 2022/2023 2023/2024 2024/2025 re-tabling* 2024/2025 Reasons for deviations Annual Targets
Programme 5 – Research Translation
5.1 To facilitate the Local or 5.1.1 Number of local or international 120 231 6 304 298 SAMRC is a world-renowned science council, No revision
translation of health international policies, reports and guidelines and its researchers are invariably approached for
research policies, reports that reference SAMRC research scientific input into finding solutions for health
and guidelines issues, which led to overperformance. With this
that reference overperformance, SAMRC is contributing to the
SAMRC research translation of research into policy and practice by
producing these documents.
Reports and 5.1.2 Number of reports and 68 41 9 66 57 SAMRC is a world-renowned science council and No revision
guidelines guidelines (co)produced by the its researchers were highly involved in production
produced by SAMRC intramural researchers of reports and guidelines; hence the target is
SAMRC intramural exceeded. This overperformance indicates that
authors SAMRC plays a role in research translation by
producing these documents that inform health
policies and practices.
SAMRC researchers 5.1.3 Number of national or 205 202 50 266 216 SAMRC researchers are well sought after for their No revision
invited/serving international bodies/ scientific expertise. This is evident in the number
on national and committees that SAMRC of committees and bodies that staff serve on.
international employees serve on Researchers at SAMRC are good “citizens” locally,
bodies/committees nationally and internationally, and they play a
critical role in translating research findings.
SAMRC supported 5.1.4 Number of conferences, 73 92 10 175 165 SAMRC supported and hosted many meetings No revision
conferences, seminars and continuing and workshops than projected, hence the target
seminars and development points workshops is exceeded. This overperformance indicates that
CPD workshops supported by the SAMRC SAMRC plays a role in research translation by
hosting and supporting these engagements.

* As agreed with NDOH, SAMRC APP 2024/25 was not re-tabled

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