16 March 2012
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and study partners kick starts its R42m national health survey, the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES) in four provinces as from Monday, March 19, 2012. Several…
23 February 2012
The Fourth South African National HIV, Behaviour and Health Survey (SABSSM 4), undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) every 3 years, has been underway for just over a month. Fifty seven teams of field-workers are visiting selected…
27 January 2012
Two significant national surveys will be conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) this year. The principal investigators of both studies are Dr Olive Shisana, CEO of the HSRC, Professor Leickness Simbayi (HAST), Professor…
28 November 2011
Port Elizabeth – More than 14 million South Africans took part in HIV counselling and testing campaign over the past year – that is the size of the urban populations of Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Soweto and Port Elizabeth…
24 November 2011
Professor Arvin Bhana has been appointed as executive director of the Human and Social Development (HSD) research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). He holds a PhD in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of…
17 November 2011
In their approach to COP17, governments need to see the environment not in conflict with economic growth, but as a means of boosting jobs and livelihoods. A positive ‘green growth’ agenda can help to revive the global economy from its…
24 October 2011
Africa’s investment in research infrastructure is inadequate, especially since the continent is going through an epidemiological transition where both communicable and non-communicable diseases co-exist. Collaboration between Northern and…
20 October 2011
The HSRC has won a bid to host the World Social Science Forum (WSSF) conference in 2015, CEO Dr Olive Shisana announced at the launch of the HSRC’s 2010/2011 Annual Report. Dr Shisana, who was appointed president of the International Social…
18 October 2011
The HSRC has once again received an unqualified audit from the Auditor-General’s office with respect to the 2010/11 financial year. The report of the Auditor-General for 2010/11 is contained in the HSRC Annual Report, which was presented to the…
26 August 2011
South Africa fact sheet: Zambia fact sheet: PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – Children and young people continue to lack accurate and comprehensive knowledge of HIV and how to avoid sexual transmission of HIV. The silence around sexuality in general and…
