Press Releases
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) mourns the passing of Professor Tandi Matsha-Erasmus, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) and Director of the SAMRC Extramural Cardiometabolic Research Unit. Her passing is a profound loss to the South African and African scientific community, where she was widely respected as a distinguished researcher, academic leader, mentor, and champion of health research.
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) are proud to announce that Prof…
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South Africa has made important progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), but the country is not yet winning the…
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Respectful maternity care is a cornerstone of high-quality maternal and newborn health services, yet many women report p…
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South Africa has launched its first national Climate and Health Surveillance platform, available at Climate Health Surve…
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UNESCO and The Fondation L’Oréal and are proud to announce the names of the five international Laureates of the 2026 L’O…
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The SAMRC is injecting $400, 000.00 into South African health and medical research funding to address strategies for sup…
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The World Health Organization has announced updated recommendations for its forthcoming guidelines on the treatment of o…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is making a bold and strategic investment in the future of health in…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) honoured two of its former leaders, Prof Glenda Gray and Prof Johnny…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), together with the Presidency of South Africa’s Presidential Youth Em…
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Through the South African Medical Research Council’s Grand Challenges South Africa programme, supported by baseline fund…
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A new research and policy initiative aimed at providing a pathway to reducing the severe health impacts of air pollution…
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South Africa has taken a historic step toward contributing to the development of an HIV vaccine, aimed at HIV vaccine st…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) notes with concern the significant health risks associated with the r…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has welcomed the announcement by the Global Antibiotic Research &…
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As South Africans head into the festive season and probably spending more time outdoors in the sun, the South African Me…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have launched a landmark multid…
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For the first time in more than half a century, a South African bio-pharmaceutical company is manufacturing a preventati…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has launched Africa’s first DNBSEQ-T7 Sequencer, a powerful machine c…
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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in partnership with the Department of Science, Technology and Innova…