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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) was established in 1969 with the aim to deliver on a mandate to promote the improvement of the health and the quality of life of the population of our country through research, development and technology transfer.
The scope of the SAMRC’s research includes basic laboratory investigations, clinical research and public health studies. Research at the SAMRC focuses on the ten highest causes of death in South Africa and includes TB, HIV, chronic diseases, alcohol and drug abuse, and women’s health.
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Religiosity has been associated with lower alcohol, drug use and risky sexual behaviours in young people in the Western Cape.
Easy access to alcohol and exposure to alcohol advertisements affect social and health outcomes.
The National Tobacco Control Act gives the tobacco industry inside access to the decision making process.
Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa.
The leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa for adults 15 to 49 years were AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal disorders, and road injuries.
Introducing viral load testing at health facilities can help South Africa reach the United Nations target to end AIDS.
Paraffin stoves are used all over South Africa in millions of households and are the riskiest.
South Africa’s proposed new tobacco laws will tighten the grip on how cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold, marketed and regulated in the country.
Many young South African mothers who deserve to get the child support grant are excluded.
People living close to mine dumps are more inclined to show symptoms of asthma.
A spike in the number of malaria cases in southern Africa means that the region will not meet its initial target of eliminating malaria by 2018.
How will the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus deal with the mounting challenges? Africa’s academics have some tips.
South Africa has become the first country on the continent to purchase a national licence to the Cochrane library – giving everyone access to evidence-based information about health care.
Under pressure to create new markets, big alcohol producers are scouring the African continent in what promises to yield negative socioeconomic consequences.
Many students suffer from mental illness but universities have limited support services.
Should South Africa’s social grants not be disbursed, many households will lose the only source of income they have.
A global clinical trial has been launched to reduce the cardiovascular disease risk factors among people living with HIV who are on antiretrovirals.
The millennium development goals were laudable but the approach to achieving them was flawed. An integrated, bottom-up approach is needed if the sustainable development goals are to be met by 2030.
Africa has largely been ignored when it comes to official global air quality programmes. Yet low-income countries like many of those in Africa are particularly affected by air pollution.
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Medical Anthropologist, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
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Specialist Scientist, Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Director, Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit, SAMRC, South African Medical Research Council
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Specialist Scientist, Health Systems, South African Medical Research Council
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Deputy Director and Specialist Scientist , South African Medical Research Council
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Director: Office of AIDS and TB Research, South African Medical Research Council
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Research Professor, Perinatal HIV Research Unit and President, South African Medical Research Council
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Project Manager, South African Medical Research Council
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Specialist Scientist Researcher, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior Scientist, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Honorary researcher, Division of Social & Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, UCT, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor and Chief specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
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Specialist Scientist, Environment & Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Socio-behavioural public health researcher, South African Medical Research Council
