1. “ In…repositioning the Medical
Research Council…
I would like to see a world class MRC,
…not just an MRC
for South Africa but
…one that has
world class scientists and
…one that does
world class research ! ”….Speech by the Honorable
Minister of Health Dr Aaron
Motsoaledi at the NIH-MRC
Summit , 17 June 2013

2. 2012: MRC scientific achievements

3. High level national recognition for the MRC
MRC features in State of Nation Address
It was with good reason that
we were delighted when late
last year, studies from the
Medical Research Council,
the Lancet medical journal
and others began reporting a
dramatic increase in life
expectancy…

4. 2013: MRC science impacts global policy on
Intimate partner violence

5. 2012/13 MRC Lancet papers: TB & HIV treatment
MRC researcher:
C Lombard (Biostatistics Unit)
MRC researcher:
M van der Walt (TB Epidemiology
and Intervention Research Unit)
MRC researcher:
A Venter (Centre for Molecular and
Cellular Biology) and P Becker
(Biostatistics Unit)

6. 2012/13 MRC Lancet papers: Burden of Disease
MRC researcher:
R Matzopoulos (Safety and Peace
Promotion Research Unit)
MRC researcher:
D Bradshaw (Burden of disease
research unit)
MRC researcher:
C Parry (Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Research Unit)
MRC researcher:
D Bradshaw and N Nannan (Burden
of Disease Research Unit)Kerber K, Tuaone-Nkhasi M, Dorrington RE, Nannan N, Bradshaw D
Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4

7. MRC-NIH Summit & AIDS Conf: July 2013

8. MRC science impacts global policy on
Intimate partner violence

9. MRC science contributes to clinical
development of Bedaquilline for MDR-TB

10. MRC contributes to malaria drug development