Following deliberation on the public input on the National Health Insurance Bill, the Portfolio Committee on Health approved a list of amendments to the bill which was passed by the National Assembly on 13 June 2023. This article looks at the implications of the PCH decisions, and some possible courses of action.

One of the SAMRC’s Unit Directors, Prof Wiysonge will be leaving the SAMRC to join the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa as the Regional Adviser for Immunisation and Team Lead for the Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Programme.

The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings has announced that 9 young scientists from South Africa are to participate in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting taking place from the 25-30th June 2023 in Lindau, Germany. Ms Ramakgahlela Betty Sebati, a Research Assistant from the SAMRC / University of Johannesburg’s Pan African Centre for Epidemics Research (PACER) Extra Mural Unit was selected as one of the 600 young scientists worldwide to attend the meeting with this year’s focus being dedicated to Physiology and Medicine.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has undertaken a Heat-Safe Schools pilot project in Limpopo and Gauteng under the umbrella of its Socio-Economic Development (SED) initiative

The field of social science and humanities research covers many sectors, including politics, economics, and philosophy. According to Research.com, which released the 2nd edition of its annual ranking of best scientists in this area of specialisation, several South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) researchers featured and were included in the top 50 within South Africa.