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Catalyzing Change for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems

PRICELESS is part of the Catalyzing Change for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems (CCHeFS) initiative to strengthen food-system policies and practices to address the emerging problem of obesity and NCD’s

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Food Policy Program Global Expert Advisory Committee Meeting

PRICELESS Research Director Dr Evelyn Thsehla and Economist Dr Chengetai Dare attended a meeting with global partners to discuss evaluation of Diet related policies to decrease obesity and NCD’s. The meeting was held in Mexico City on the 8-10 April 2024.

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Social grants: A hand up, not a hand-out

When Covid-19 tore holes in the already flimsy social fabric of communities across South Africa, the government introduced a Social Relief of Distress grant for those in acute crisis. It supplemented the existing social grants and highlighted that the government could execute its social protection and constitutional mandate.

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The health of SA is the wealth of SA

We are proud to announce that Prof Karen Hofman our Director received the AASAF gold medal for application of scientific thinking in the service of society, making South Africa Healthier!

PRICELESS SA

The SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA) is a research-to-policy unit that provides evidence, methodologies and tools for effective decision-making in health.