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The South African Medical Research Council, through its five sites under HIV and Other Infectious Diseases Research Unit, contributed to an international multicentre study that resulted in a 100% efficacy for HIV prevention injectable Pre-exposure prophylaxis
The Board of the South African Medical Research Council and its staff are excited to welcome Professor Ntobeko Ntusi as…
South Africa has a well-established Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system, but there are indications that the c…
The SAMRC’s Vevo F2 facility allows state-of-the-art non-invasive, real-time imaging for preclinical biological and phys…
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership is pleased to announce renewed funding from the South African…
The South African Medical Research Council is addressing concerns over the dissemination of misleading information impac…
When the world was facing unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic with global vaccine shortages, a project…
A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been presented…
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Agreeme…
On 7 March 2024, the South African Medical Council held its 10th scientific merit awards to honour some of the best scie…
The SAMRC is pleased to announce that it has awarded a R21 million grant to the South African TB Vaccine Initiative for…
Cape Town | Professor Debbie Bradshaw from the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Burden of Disease Resear…
Cape Town | A new partnership between the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the United Kingdom Research…
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof. Ntobeko Ntusi as its…
SEATTLE - Dec. 5, 2023 - Today PrEPVacc announced that vaccinations have been stopped in its HIV Phase 2 prevention stud…
The PrEPVacc HIV prevention study of experimental vaccine regimens and a new form of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP…
World AIDS Day is an opportunity to further assert and realign our shared commitment to end HIV/AIDS as a public health…
Cape Town, South Africa| Global and national data shows that people with disabilities have increased healthcare needs co…
Cape Town, South Africa | The University of Cape Town's pioneering photovoice project, initiated as a Grand Challen…
Professor Caradee Wright, a dedicated scientist from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Environment and…
Cape Town, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in partnership with the Bill & Melinda…