Press Releases 2023
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…
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…
Cape Town, South Africa | Professor Rachel Jewkes has been awarded a grant by The Wellcome Trust for Discovery Research…
Pretoria, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) would like to congratulate Prof Rabia Johnso…
Cape Town, South Africa | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) held its 9th SAMRC Scientific Merit Awards…
Cape Town and London | A study funded by the US National Institutes of Health and the South African Medical Research Co…
Sustainable and decentralized: Health care in rural areas of the sub-Saharan region. With the aim of being able to ensur…
BGI Group recently donated a DNBSEQ-G400 gene sequencer to the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). This will…
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) through the Europe-Africa Personalised Medicine (EU- Africa PerMed) c…
South Africa | Pregnant mothers living in air pollution hotspots in South Africa risk bearing a child with a congenital…
SAMRC Chief Specialist Scientist invited to lead a commentary to a new Lancet series on breastfeeding which exposes the…
An international study led by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN’s) Professor Dhayendre Moodley, confirmed the safe…
In January 2023, South Africa was admitted as a member of the International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) follow…
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Innovative Ph…
South Africa | Infants, the elderly, persons living with disabilities, pregnant women, outdoor workers, and those who ar…