Press Releases 2021
Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) wastewater surveillance team have repor…
Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) wastewater surveillance team have repor…
Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have detected the Omicron (B.1.1.529) var…
Cape Town, South Africa's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has been boosted with the latest approval by the Sout…
Cape Town | On 6 December, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) issued a press release about access to dat…
Cape Town | The current media attention that the National Department of Health (NDoH) has blocked access to data from th…
Cape Town | While South Africa and the rest of the world continue to make encouraging progress in their response to the…
Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has today confirmed rising concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 R…
Cape Town | While mortality of older persons in South Africa increased due to COVID-19, mortality of the young, particul…
Cape Town | Dr Mongezi Mdhluli, leader of the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Wastewater Surveillance P…
Cape Town | Despite a substantial increase in evidence showing the impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction, rotavirus r…
Cape Town | Pretoria | Sisonke 2 Booster early access study: The SAMRC and National Department of Health, Desmond Tutu H…
Pretoria | Sisonke early access study: Between 17 February and 17 May this year, the SAMRC worked with the National Depa…
Pretoria: The National Department of Health (NDoH), National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE), t…
Cape Town | Maintaining the momentum for rotavirus vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic remains critical for the hea…
Cape Town | With air pollution being one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, alongside climate change,…
Cape Town | A study analysing whether an experimental HIV vaccine regimen was safe and able to prevent HIV infection in…
Cape Town | As the country continues to commemorate Women’s Month, a recent study by the South African Medical Research…
Geneva – The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), Afrigen Biologics (PTY) Limited, the B…
Cape Town | As part of its many interventions to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African Medical Research Counci…
Cape Town | In its continued efforts to support the country in ramping up its COVID-19 vaccination drive, the South Afri…
Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have detected the presence of the highly…
Cape Town | 03 July 2021 | Researchers from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and University of Cape To…
Cape Town | Nearly every aspect of health care has been affected since the emergence of COVID-19, including health resea…
Cape Town | Given the intensity of the third wave and spread of the delta variant, the Sisonke investigators would like…
We note with extreme concern the unwarranted accusations levelled against the South African Health Products Regulatory A…
Cape Town | South Africa will play a leading role in the preclinical research phase of Africa’s first messenger RNA (mRN…
Cape Town | A study funded by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has revealed that a novel all-oral supe…
Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has launched a new SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Das…
Cape Town | South African Elite Athletes will be vaccinated through Sisonke ahead of International Sporting Events inclu…
The Gauteng Department of Health has noted the overwhelming demand for vaccines at various vaccination sites by healthca…
Cape Town | The Sisonke investigators would like to extend an invitation to all unvaccinated health workers to register…
Cape Town | Professor Salim Abdool Karim, former President and CEO of the South African Medical Council (SAMRC) and now…
Cape Town | The Sisonke investigators would like to update health workers and the public regarding the pause on vaccinat…
Cape Town | The Sisonke investigators are working to implement the conditions requested by the South African Health Prod…
Cape Town | Sisonke investigators are working with SAHPRA and haematology experts to review study procedures, the consen…
Cape Town | Health innovation in South Africa requires not only the ability to fund product development but the coordina…
Cape Town | We note with concern that the United States FDA and CDC have decided to pause rollout of their JnJ vaccine f…
Cape Town | While South Africa and many parts of the world have gained valuable experience on COVID-19 mitigation and ma…
Cape Town | Yesterday the Sisonke study reached 251 707 health workers marking its halfway point as it continues to move…
Cape Town | There has been tremendous global efforts to find multiple vaccine candidates to protect against COVID-19 inf…
Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) will soon implement the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS…
Cape Town | Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19, and probably does not reduce the number of people n…
Cape Town | While South Africa (SA) remains severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, it continues to suffer from four…
Day One of the first phase of COVID-19 Vaccine Programme to health workers was a huge success today. South Africa secure…
Cape Town | 28 January 2021 | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) regularly publishes the Report on Weekl…
Cape Town | When it comes to international collaborative research, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is…