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In 2019 alone, suicide claimed over 700,000 lives across the globe, according to the World Health Organization. This means 1,925 people commit suicide a day, or one every 45 seconds. A change in the narrative is needed to move from presenting suicide as a purely mental health issue to also acknowledging the impact of social factors, such as poverty, debt, homelessness, substance use, discrimination and social isolation.
The nominations for the South African Medical Research Council’s Scientific Merit Awards are now open. Please note that…
As Mpox continues to present a significant public health challenge, the South African Medical Research Council stresses…
The nominations for the South African Medical Research Council’s Scientific Merit Awards are set to open on 1 September…
The Grand Challenges Network, a family of global partners fostering innovation to solve key global health and developmen…
The South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Malaria Research Group (MRG) is set to host the 9th Annual Southern…
The South African Medical Research Council, through its five sites under HIV and Other Infectious Diseases Research Unit…
The Board of the South African Medical Research Council and its staff are excited to welcome Professor Ntobeko Ntusi as…
South Africa has a well-established Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system, but there are indications that the c…
The SAMRC’s Vevo F2 facility allows state-of-the-art non-invasive, real-time imaging for preclinical biological and phys…
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership is pleased to announce renewed funding from the South African…
The South African Medical Research Council is addressing concerns over the dissemination of misleading information impac…
When the world was facing unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic with global vaccine shortages, a project…
A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been presented…
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Agreeme…
On 7 March 2024, the South African Medical Council held its 10th scientific merit awards to honour some of the best scie…
The SAMRC is pleased to announce that it has awarded a R21 million grant to the South African TB Vaccine Initiative for…
Cape Town | Professor Debbie Bradshaw from the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Burden of Disease Resear…
Cape Town | A new partnership between the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the United Kingdom Research…
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof. Ntobeko Ntusi as its…
SEATTLE - Dec. 5, 2023 - Today PrEPVacc announced that vaccinations have been stopped in its HIV Phase 2 prevention stud…