Press Releases 2023
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SEATTLE - Dec. 5, 2023 - Today PrEPVacc announced that vaccinations have been stopped in its HIV Phase 2 prevention stud…
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The PrEPVacc HIV prevention study of experimental vaccine regimens and a new form of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP…
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World AIDS Day is an opportunity to further assert and realign our shared commitment to end HIV/AIDS as a public health…
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Cape Town, South Africa| Global and national data shows that people with disabilities have increased healthcare needs co…
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Cape Town, South Africa | The University of Cape Town's pioneering photovoice project, initiated as a Grand Challen…
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Professor Caradee Wright, a dedicated scientist from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Environment and…
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Cape Town, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in partnership with the Bill & Melinda…
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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 Re…
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Cape Town, South Africa | The critical need for accurate and timely mortality data, especially information regarding cau…
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Cape Town, South Africa | The nominations for the South African Medical Research Council 2023 Scientific Merit Awards ar…
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The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation (CSSFF) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) are proud to annou…
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Globally and in South Africa, female students in higher education are part of a vulnerable group in sexual violence vict…
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Cape Town, South Africa | Professor Glenda Gray, who has served as the President and CEO of the South African Medical Re…
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Pretoria, South Africa | The 8th Southern Africa Malaria Research Conference will take place from 1-3 August 2023 at the…
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The Wellcome Trust has provided funding to support research addressing heat-related health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa (…
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Investigators have announced the completion of participant enrolments into the PrEPVacc trial at all four sites in East…
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Geneva, 8 June 2023 – A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis…
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Cape Town, South Africa | The Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill of 2022 was presented in parliament…
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Cape Town, South Africa | Recognising outstanding contributions to science, technology, innovation, and engineering in S…
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Cape Town, South Africa | A first-for-Africa pathogen genomics platform, led by the SAMRC/SANBI/UWC Bioinformatics Capac…
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Melbourne, Australia | On Wednesday, 26 April a new partnership was established between the South African Medical Resear…
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The President and Chief Executive Officer of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Professor Glenda Gray wa…
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Cape Town, South Africa, - In mid-2020, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) rallied key local partners fr…
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Research conducted by a global coalition consisting of more than 1500 researchers and physicians has found that the heal…
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Cape Town, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), through its Strategic Health Innovation Pa…
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Friday 24th March 2023 is World TB Day which is spearheaded by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The aim of World TB…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), through its Research Capacity Development (RCD) division, hosted mor…
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South Africa | Traditional cardiovascular risk factors, exposure to HIV per se and antiretroviral therapy (ART) are assu…
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Cape Town, South Africa | Professor Rachel Jewkes has been awarded a grant by The Wellcome Trust for Discovery Research…
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Pretoria, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) would like to congratulate Prof Rabia Johnso…
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Cape Town, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) held its 9th SAMRC Scientific Merit Awards…
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Cape Town and London | A study funded by the US National Institutes of Health and the South African Medical Research Co…
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Sustainable and decentralized: Health care in rural areas of the sub-Saharan region. With the aim of being able to ensur…
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BGI Group recently donated a DNBSEQ-G400 gene sequencer to the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). This will…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) through the Europe-Africa Personalised Medicine (EU- Africa PerMed) c…
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South Africa | Pregnant mothers living in air pollution hotspots in South Africa risk bearing a child with a congenital…
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SAMRC Chief Specialist Scientist invited to lead a commentary to a new Lancet series on breastfeeding which exposes the…
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An international study led by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN’s) Professor Dhayendre Moodley, confirmed the safe…
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In January 2023, South Africa was admitted as a member of the International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) follow…
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The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Innovative Ph…
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South Africa | Infants, the elderly, persons living with disabilities, pregnant women, outdoor workers, and those who ar…