AGINCOURT

An open public university, we cherish academic freedom and pursue the truth. We uphold no distinctions of class, wealth, race or creed. We are committed to academic and research excellence... SAMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit of Wits' School of Public Health and SA Medical Research Council, has a field research centre in South Africa's rural northeast. The Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system, established in 1992, comprises 31 villages and 120,000 people. This platform links to clinical data from primary care clinics and district hospitals, generating robust data on rapidly transitioning populations. It supports observational and interventional studies across the life course, health systems research and development, and policy evaluations... We work within the areas of Diversity, Ethics, Social Justice, Employment Equity, B-BB EE and Anti-discrimination.

Registration numbers: WIT001 (W)