Press Releases
SAMRC awarded a multi-million rand grant from USAID to develop and test novel HIV vaccines in Africa
Cape Town, South Africa | The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) more than US $45 million (approx. R867 million) through a competitive process to implement a programme called “HIV Vaccine Innovation, Science, and Technology Acceleration in Africa (HIV-VISTA).”
Cape Town, South Africa | The critical need for accurate and timely mortality data, especially information regarding cau…
Cape Town, South Africa | The nominations for the South African Medical Research Council 2023 Scientific Merit Awards ar…
The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation (CSSFF) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) are proud to annou…
Globally and in South Africa, female students in higher education are part of a vulnerable group in sexual violence vict…
Cape Town, South Africa | Professor Glenda Gray, who has served as the President and CEO of the South African Medical Re…
Pretoria, South Africa | The 8th Southern Africa Malaria Research Conference will take place from 1-3 August 2023 at the…
The Wellcome Trust has provided funding to support research addressing heat-related health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa (…
Investigators have announced the completion of participant enrolments into the PrEPVacc trial at all four sites in East…
Geneva, 8 June 2023 – A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis…
Cape Town, South Africa | The Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill of 2022 was presented in parliament…
Cape Town, South Africa | Recognising outstanding contributions to science, technology, innovation, and engineering in S…
Cape Town, South Africa | A first-for-Africa pathogen genomics platform, led by the SAMRC/SANBI/UWC Bioinformatics Capac…
Melbourne, Australia | On Wednesday, 26 April a new partnership was established between the South African Medical Resear…
The President and Chief Executive Officer of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Professor Glenda Gray wa…
Cape Town, South Africa, - In mid-2020, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) rallied key local partners fr…
Research conducted by a global coalition consisting of more than 1500 researchers and physicians has found that the heal…
Cape Town, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), through its Strategic Health Innovation Pa…
Friday 24th March 2023 is World TB Day which is spearheaded by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The aim of World TB…
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), through its Research Capacity Development (RCD) division, hosted mor…
South Africa | Traditional cardiovascular risk factors, exposure to HIV per se and antiretroviral therapy (ART) are assu…