Press Releases 2022
South Africa is one of the few countries that report publicly - in close-to-real time - the numbers of excess deaths as…
South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) joins local and international civil societies, governm…
Cape Town | The Malaria Research Group of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has received substantial fu…
Cape Town | President and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Professor Glenda Gray, has called a…
Cape Town | The SAMRC’s Second Comparative Risk Assessment study for South Africa (SACRA2) has outlined the trends and r…
South Africa has endured a period of great illness, death and the loss of economic value over the last couple of years d…
Cape Town | As women’s month draws to an end, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has released a series o…
Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has issued a call for nominations for the annual 2022 SAM…
Cape Town | Through its Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) funded Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP…
Cape Town | Controlling and eliminating Malaria amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, remains critical for the health of souther…
Cape Town | Data from the Sisonke Study has confirmed that the single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine (Johnson and Johnson COVI…
Cape Town | As South Africa is in the midst of the fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, the Sisonke Study team are once ag…
Cape Town | The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) undertaken by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) on b…
Cape Town | Results of a South African study conducted by a group of investigators from the South African Medical Resear…
Cape Town | After showing the safety1 and effectiveness2 of the single dose Johnson & Johnson Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 v…
The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has awarded three-year (2022 – 2025) funding o…
Cape Town | President and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Professor Glenda Gray, has expresse…
Cape Town | A landmark study published in The Lancet has provided the world’s first evidence of the effectiveness of the…
Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) will tonight honour some of the country’s leading medical…
Cape Town | Research by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) suggests that there is a decline in intimate…
Cape Town | A study funded by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has revealed that nitazoxanide (NTZ), a…
The various professional medical and scientific institutions listed hereunder wish to categorically distance themselves…
In evaluating the asymptomatic carriage rate of SARS-CoV-2 in persons with no signs or symptoms of COVID-19 on the day o…