The following research grants/ contracts were recently awarded to the MRC:
By the WHO to the Research Development Directorate (Dr R Maharaj) for the development of a train-the-trainer package for project planning and evaluation in health research training;
By the University of Michigan to the Health Promotion Research and Development Group (Prof P Reddy) for tobacco control in South Africa: prevention and capacity building;
By the University of Michigan to the Health Promotion Research and Development Group (Prof P Reddy) for tobacco control in South Africa: prevention and capacity building, Year 2;
By the NRF to Technology and Business Development (Dr N Bhagwandin) for a national research and development platform for novel drug development from indigenous medicinal plants and “ Unblocking of the plant-to-product pipeline”;
By Lever Pond’s (Pty) Ltd to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr M Colvin) to conduct an HIV surveillance and a KAP study;
By the CDC to Research Information Systems (Dr C Seebregts) for provision of software programming services in support of development and implementation of the electronic TB register;
By the Health Systems Trust to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr M Colvin) for the PMTCT Cohort: qualitative sub-study;
By the HSRC to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr M Colvin) for a study of demands and supply of educators based in public schools and FET colleges;
By Pioneer Foods to the Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Research Unit (Dr K Steyn) to study the impact of dietary manipulation of sodium, potassium and calcium on blood pressure in hypertensive black South Africans;
By the University of Ottawa to Informatics and Knowledge Management (Prof JA Louw) for the FAKTS Study: international study on knowledge translation;
By the HSRC to the Telemedicine Lead Programme (Dr M Molefe) for technology transfer for poverty reduction in respect of telemedicine;
By the Innovation Fund Trust to the Telemedicine Lead Programme (Dr M Molefe) for the electronic interface for the primary health care telemedicine workstation computer;
By the Johns Hopkins University to the Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Research Unit (Dr K Steyn) for the study on barriers to HBP care and control in black South Africans, Year 2;
By the Johns Hopkins University (Fogarty International Center) to CDL (Dr K Steyn) the study on barriers to high blood pressure care and control in black South Africans, Year 2;
By the Department of Health to the Crime, Violence and Injury Lead Programme (Dr S Marais) for a feasibility study on the possibility of introducing brief interventions to reducing alcohol consumption during pregnancy to women attending selected primary health care facilities in the Western Cape;
By the HSRC to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr M Colvin) to build the capacity of Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland to undertake a national HIV prevalence and behavioural survey study that informs their policy and programme development;
By the City of Cape Town to Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Dr G Matsabisa) for a training programme on TB and HIV/ AIDS for traditional healers as DOTS treatment supervisors in Khayelitsha;
By IAVI to the HIV Vaccine Research Unit (Dr A Robinson) for a clinical trial agreement;
By DST to IKS (Dr M Matsabisa) to regulate the poverty reduction allocation to the implementation agency for the execution of the project or cluster of projects;
By the Shuttleworth Foundation to the Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Relations Directorate (Ms K Ramahlape) for the Khanyagula Science Expo 2004;
By the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr G Ramjee) for the AIDS International Training and Research Programme;
By SA Bioproducts to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr M Colvin) to determine the prevalence of HIV infection in the SA Bioproducts workforce;
By Family Health International to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr M Colvin) for South Africa: impact of syndromic treatment packets on quality of care;
By the SA Sugar Association to NIRU (Dr M Faber) for Project 185: the seasonality of the availability of beta-carotene-rich vegetables in the diets of 2-5-year-old children in a rural setting that produces beta-carotene-rich vegetables at household level;
By Transnet to SAAVI (Dr T Tucker) for SAAVI;
By Nova Research Co. to the Health Systems Research Unit (Dr C Mathews) for adolescent HIV/ STD risk-of-exposure screen development supplement;
By the Population Council to the HIV Prevention Research Unit (Dr G Ramjee) for Phase III study of the efficiency and safety of the microbicide Carraguard in preventing HIV seroconversion in women.
These contracts and grants total an amount of R37 070 093.
