Every woman, young and old, has the right to access contraception and other family planning services, information and education. Adolescent girls and young women in South Africa, require special attention when it comes to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services as they have a higher unmet need for contraception than older women.
- The Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) held their 17th annual conference in eThekwini District, Durban from the 11-15th September 2022. Attended by public health professionals, researchers, policymakers, academics, students, civil society activists, and anyone interested in advancing the interests of health, healthcare and public health.
- The 7th South African TB conference was held from the 13 – 16th September at the Durban ICC International Convention Centre. This meeting aimed at addressing a critical juncture in TB control as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic that has been devastating after declines in global TB mortality over decades - an increase in TB deaths was suddenly shown in 2020.
- As part of SAMRC’s efforts to build capacity for the long-term sustainability of South African health research, the Division of Research Capacity Development (RCD) offers research grants and scholarships to researchers in the clinical or health sciences. One such programme is the SAMRC Clinicians Researcher Programme scholarship funding.
- As an extension of its many interventions to strengthen the country’s health systems and its response to the disease burden and pandemics such as COVID-19, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has introduced four new Extramural Research Units (ERUs).