Globally, up to one in three women who live with a male partner report he is a heavy drinker. Evidence shows men’s drinking increases the severity and frequency of violence towards women and harms to children
- On World Mental Health Day (10th October), we are excited to announce the launch of a new initiative to strengthen child and adolescent mental health in South Africa.
- The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) celebrates and congratulates Dr Wanga Zembe-Mkabile, Chief Specialist Scientist in the SAMRC’s Health Systems Research Unit, for her appointment to the newly established Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts launched by the G20 Presidency of South Africa.
- Prof Jill Hanass-Hancock, Chief Specialist Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Gender and Health Research Unit, has been named the 2025 South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA) Distinguished Woman Researcher in Human and Social Sciences.
- The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) proudly congratulates Professor Shahida Moosa, a beneficiary of its SAMRC Early Investigators Programme (EIP) on receiving the prestigious NSTF/SAMRC Clinician Scientist Award for 2025— widely regarded as the “Science Oscars” of South Africa.