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RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
            AND UNITS WITHIN THE SAMRC



            Intramural and extramural research units constitute our six research programmes. Intramural research units
            (IRUs) are based at the SAMRC campuses, and the scientists are directly employed by the organisation.
            Extramural research units (ERUs) 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


                NSDA 1: INCREASING LIFE EXPECTANCY
               RESEARCH UNITS
               1.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Global        6.   Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Research
                  Health Research Unit (ERU)                     Unit (ERU)
               2.   Centre for Health Economics and            7.   Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit (IRU)
                  Decision Science-Research Unit (ERU)
                                                               8.   Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders Research
               3.   Environment and Health Research Unit (IRU)   Unit (ERU)
               4.   Hypertension and Cardiovascular            9.   Rural Public Health and Health Transition Research
                  Disease Research Unit (ERU)                    Unit (ERU)
               5.   Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use      10.  Violence, Injury and Social Asymmetries Research
                  and Tobacco Research Unit (IRU)                Unit (ERU)




               Maternal, child and women’s health                                   RESEARCH PROGRAMME 2


                NSDA 2: DECREASING MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY

               RESEARCH UNITS
               1.   Child and Adolescent Lung Health Research    3.   Gender and Health Research Unit (IRU)
                  Unit (ERU)
               2.   Development Pathways for Health Research
                  Unit (ERU)



               HIV, AIDS, TB and other communicable diseases                        RESEARCH PROGRAMME 3



                NSDA 3: COMBATING HIV AND AIDS, AND DECREASING THE BURDEN OF DISEASE FROM TB
               RESEARCH UNITS
               1.   Antibody Immunity Research Unit (ERU)      6.   Intersection of Non-Communicable Disease and
                                                                 Infectious Disease Research Unit (ERU)
               2.   Centre for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance
                  Research Unit (ERU)                          7.   Malaria Research Group (IRU)
               3.   Centre for Tuberculosis Research Unit (IRU)  8.   Office of AIDS and TB Research (IRU)
               4.   HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research    9.   Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research
                  Unit (IRU)                                     Unit (ERU)
               5.   HIV-TB Pathogens and Treatment Research
                  Unit (ERU)




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