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RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
            AND UNITS WITHIN THE SAMRC




            Intramural research units (IMUs), extramural research units (EMUs), research centres and platforms constitute
            our  six  research  programmes.  IMUs  are  based  at  the  SAMRC  campuses,  and  the  scientists  are  directly
            employed by the organisation. EMUs enable scientists based at tertiary institutions to conduct research
            funded by the SAMRC. The research programmes and units are specified as follows:



               HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION                             RESEARCH PROGRAMME 1

               RESEARCH UNITS
                 › Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Health Research Unit (EMU)    NSDA 1: INCREASING
                                                                                     LIFE EXPECTANCY
                 › Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science Research Unit (EMU)
                 › Environment and Health Research Unit (IMU)
                 › Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Research Unit (EMU)
                 › Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use and Tobacco Research Unit (IMU)
                 › Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Research Unit (EMU)
                 › Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit (IMU)
                 › Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders Research Unit (EMU)
                 › Rural Public Health and Health Transition Research Unit (EMU)
                 › Violence, Injury and Social Asymmetries Research Unit (EMU)






               MATERNAL, CHILD AND WOMEN’S HEALTH                                  RESEARCH PROGRAMME 2

               RESEARCH UNITS
                                                                                     NSDA 2: DECREASING
                 › Child and Adolescent Lung Health Research Unit (EMU)              MATERNAL AND CHILD
                 › Development Pathways for Health Research Unit (EMU)               MORTALITY
                 › Gender and Health Research Unit (IMU)





               HIV, AIDS, TB AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES                       RESEARCH PROGRAMME 3

               RESEARCH UNITS
                 › Antibody Immunity Research Unit (EMU)                             NSDA 3: COMBATING
                                                                                     HIV AND AIDS, AND
                 › Centre for Tuberculosis Research Unit (IMU)                       DECREASING THE
                                                                                     BURDEN OF DISEASE
                 › Centre for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit (EMU)  FROM TB
                 › HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research Unit (IMU)
                 › HIV-TB Pathogens and Treatment Research Unit (EMU)
                 › Intersection of Non-Communicable Disease and Infectious Disease
                 Research Unit (EMU)
                 › Malaria Research Group (IMU)
                 › Office of AIDS and TB Research (IMU)
                 › Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (EMU)







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