SAPRIN - DSI/ SAMRC South African Population Research Infrastructure Network
A long term investment into a national research infrastructure, funded by the National Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and hosted the the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
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Up-to-date, longitudinal data representative of South Africa’s fast-changing poorer communities for research, interpretation and calibration of national datasets
Access to an extensive, interdisciplinary research platform for researchers from universities, science councils, other organisations, including regional and international collaborations
An evidence-base for cost evaluation, policy making and targeting intervention programmes, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of pro-poor, health and wellbeing interventions
An expanded human capacity for conducting advanced research that is effectively linked with national, regional and international networks
"SAPRIN integrates public, private and academic sectors in a long-term partnership, to produce first-rate, highly-relevant research."
Professor Mark Collinson“Participating communities are helping to shape an all-inclusive socio-economic South Africa by providing valuable data that will inform and design life-altering interventions and strategies in response to the country’s biggest challenges”
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