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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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