Press Releases
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) are proud to announce that Prof Liesl Zühlke has been selected as the 2026 L’Oréal UNESCO for Women in Science International Award Laureate for Africa and the Arab States in the field of Life and Environmental Sciences.
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South Africa has made important progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), but the country is not yet winning the…
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Respectful maternity care is a cornerstone of high-quality maternal and newborn health services, yet many women report p…
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South Africa has launched its first national Climate and Health Surveillance platform, available at Climate Health Surve…
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UNESCO and The Fondation L’Oréal and are proud to announce the names of the five international Laureates of the 2026 L’O…
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The SAMRC is injecting $400, 000.00 into South African health and medical research funding to address strategies for sup…
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The World Health Organization has announced updated recommendations for its forthcoming guidelines on the treatment of o…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is making a bold and strategic investment in the future of health in…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) honoured two of its former leaders, Prof Glenda Gray and Prof Johnny…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), together with the Presidency of South Africa’s Presidential Youth Em…
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Through the South African Medical Research Council’s Grand Challenges South Africa programme, supported by baseline fund…
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A new research and policy initiative aimed at providing a pathway to reducing the severe health impacts of air pollution…
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South Africa has taken a historic step toward contributing to the development of an HIV vaccine, aimed at HIV vaccine st…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) notes with concern the significant health risks associated with the r…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has welcomed the announcement by the Global Antibiotic Research &…
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As South Africans head into the festive season and probably spending more time outdoors in the sun, the South African Me…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have launched a landmark multid…
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For the first time in more than half a century, a South African bio-pharmaceutical company is manufacturing a preventati…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has launched Africa’s first DNBSEQ-T7 Sequencer, a powerful machine c…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in partnership with the Department of Science, Technology and Innova…
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The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) annually awards the ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals to recognise ou…