On behalf of the board, management and staff of SABCOHA we wish to express our condolences on the passing away of Dr Mark Colvin. Mark was the CEO of Maromi Health Research as well as a medical doctor and epidemiologist in the field of public health research in Southern Africa.  He was previously a director of CADRE (Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation) and prior to that worked for the South African Medical Research Council for 10 years.  Without any doubt, the death of Dr Colvin is a loss not only to the health fraternity but the business community as well.