The purpose of SAHTAC is to advocate for an enabling environment for research, development, and access to life-saving health technologies and innovations. This will increase public awareness on the need for harmonised and improved medicines regulatory; research and development (R&D) systems, influencing change through appropriate policy and budget mechanisms, activating political and social support for these changes, and holding government accountable for their commitments to improving the health R&D landscape in South Africa. SAHTAC is hosted by The Aurum Institute.