Following the introduction of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to parliament in August this year, a group of scientists from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have also weighed in on the discussion, focusing on what may not have been stated on the bill but needed to be known.
A group of scientists from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)’s Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP) suggest that plant-based diets high in Polyphenols may be a solution to obesity and related metabolic diseases.
CAPE TOWN - On Thursday, 19th September, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) played host to a group of twenty-two medical sciences students from the University of Limpopo. The visit to the SAMRC’s Headquarters was part of the students’ five-day educational tour to Cape Town.
Economic disparities, inequality and unemployment, particularly among young people, remain pervasive in South Africa. Lack of access to services and inadequate living conditions also affect people’s quality of life, health and well-being.
Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Director of the HIV-TB Pathogenesis and Treatment Research Unit, one of the Extramural Research Units at the South African Medical Council (SAMRC), has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society in London.