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The Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology March 16, 2005 http://www.mrc.ac.za. VISION Building a healthy nation through research MISSION

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The Medical Research Council

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  1. The Medical Research Council Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology March 16, 2005 http://www.mrc.ac.za

  2. VISION Building a healthy nation through research MISSION To improve the nation’s health status and quality of life through relevant and excellent health research aimed at promoting equity and development

  3. MRC Pretoria MRC Durban MRC Cape Town MRCBUILDING A HEALTHY NATION THROUGH RESEARCH • A Statutory Council – one of 9 Science • Councils • Established by Act of Parliament • 9% of Science Vote • Turnover ~R350 million (60% baseline) • Staff 800 • 48 Intra- and Extra-mural Research Units

  4. Executive Management Committee Board President Environment and Development Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit Health and Development Research Group Health Promotion Research and Development Group Infection and Immunity HIV and AIDS Research Lead Programme Clinical and Biomedical Tuberculosis Research Unit Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit Genital Ulcer Disease Research Unit HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research Unit South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative Immunology of Infectious Disease Research Unit Inflammation and Immunity Research Unit Malaria Research Lead Programme Operational and Policy Tuberculosis Research Group Pneumococcal and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit South African Traditional Medicines Research Unit Tuberculosis Research Lead Programme Non Communicable Disease Anxiety and Stress Disorders Research Unit Cancer Epidemiology Research Group Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Research Unit Crime, Violence and Injury Lead Programme Diabetes Research Lead Programme Interuniversity Cape Heart Research Group Medical Imaging Research Unit PROMEC Unit Molecules to Disease Bioinformatics Capacity Development Research Unit Bone Research Unit Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology Human Genetics Research Unit Human Genomic Diversity and Disease Research Unit Liver Research Centre Molecular Hepatology Research Unit Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit Oesophageal Cancer Research Group SA MRC/British MRCReceptor Biology Research Group Indigenous Knowledge Systems Research Lead Programme Woman and Child Health Gender and Health Research Unit Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research Unit Mineral Metabolism Research Unit Nutritional Intervention Research Unit Health Systems and Policy Burden of Disease Research Unit Biostatistics Unit Cochrane Centre Health Policy Research Group Health Systems Research Unit National Telemedicine Lead Programme

  5. Variations in household living conditions by province, 1999 Province House Type Piped water inside % Without toilet % Reporting hunger % % traditional % shack Eastern Cape 31.9 12.1 23.4 25.1 30.9 Free State 7.0 19.4 29.9 5.3 23.8 Gauteng 0.2 24.7 58.8 0.8 14.7 Kwa-Zulu Natal 18.6 19.3 34.6 12.7 26.8 Mpumalanga 8.7 17.5 27.6 3.5 31.9 Northern Cape 0.9 12.9 48.1 10.7 15.1 Northern 15.2 6.2 12.1 18.8 15.5 Northern West 1.7 12.1 21.6 5.7 22.5 Western Cape 0.2 15.9 76.7 3.8 15.0 South Africa 10.9 16.9 38.8 9.7 21.9 Source: StatsSA 1999 October Household Survey

  6. HIV prevalence levels by sex and age group in 2004

  7. Note : RPR trends by age are shown from 1998 when these became available

  8. Number of associated deaths for the ten leading reported natural causes of death in 2001 Source: Statistics South Africa 2005

  9. Top 10 causes of death, South Africa 2000National Burden of Disease Study, Total deaths 556 585 Source: Bradshaw et al., 2003

  10. Estimated population pyramid, 2004MRCBurden of Disease Research Unit

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