South Africa is facing a growing diabetes crisis that demands urgent, coordinated action from government, researchers, healthcare providers, civil society and communities, according to Dr Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Chairperson of the Diabetes Alliance and Co-founder of the University of Pretoria Diabetes Research Centre, during a recent South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) President and CEO Lecture.

Innovation in sport today extends far beyond the stadium, field, or training ground. Increasingly, it is shaped by the convergence of health research, intellectual property (IP), data governance, wearable technologies, artificial intelligence, and technology transfer.

Cochrane South Africa (CSA) is excited to announce becoming an Institutional Member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health Inequality Monitoring (HIM) Network as of 7 May 2026. Led by Specialist Scientist Dr Anelisa Jaca, CSA joins the WHO-managed Network that brings together institutions committed to advancing health inequality monitoring globally and strengthening the use of equity-focused evidence to inform policy and decision-making.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), together with partners from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and international collaborators, recently hosted a celebratory event at Wits Medical School to honour the remarkable impact and enduring legacy of the SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU).

Each year, WHO honours individuals and organizations from each of the six WHO regions for their outstanding contributions to tobacco control.