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A revolution in HIV vaccine where it’s needed the most

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Building partnerships of consequence beyond project funding

“For us to be able to deliver on our work and make an impact, we strongly believe in developing partnerships of consequence, which are long term commitments to an equal, mutually beneficial partners...
Aurum Institute Ghana: Making significant contributions towards Ghana’s healthcare services.

Aurum Institute Ghana, a proudly African organisation working to advance health science and innovation has reached a milestone of five years of operation in Ghana.  Aurum Ghana is part of T...
New collaboration to research COVID-19 vaccine strategies for people living with or without HIV

Johannesburg/New York City/Oslo. 19 July 2022: The Aurum Institute, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Human Vaccines Project are partnering to deliver an important Afr...
Aurum Annual Report 2021

Aurum Board Chairperson Ms Phangisile Mtshali characterises 2021 as a year of adapting and building resilience. She writes in the Aurum Annual Report 2021, that the organisation had to pivot and seiz...
Partners announce reduced price for patient-friendly tuberculosis preventive treatments

August 1, 2022: Unitaid, The Aurum Institute, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess today announced two new agreements to lower the price of rifapentine (RPT)-based treatments to p...
Global Consortium welcomes reduced price for patient-friendly treatment to prevent tuberculosis

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Press Statement: Global Consortium welcomes reduced price for patient-friendly treatment to prevent tuberculosis

The Aurum Institute and its partners also announce the launch of the next phase of work to improve access to shorter TB prevention treatments for children and pregnant women Johannesburg, 3 Aug...
Aurum tackles TB in Western Cape farmlands

Jacobus Engelbrecht had been living with TB symptoms for some time, hoping it was a passing flu as he could not afford to be off work on a farm, to go to the clinic. “The clinic is very far, so it ...
Aurum awarded NIH grant to boost research administration

The National Institute of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded Aurum Institute a new two-year grant to improve administrative oversight of NIH/NIAID gra...
Hope for TB patients as treatment cost cut by more than half

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Aurum showcases expertise at SA TB Conference

SA TB Conference delegates packed the hall for an Aurum satellite session on: Scaling up shorter TB preventive treatment (TPT) - is there a role for new TB infection tests in South Africa? Prof Viol...
Rollout of new drug resistant TB treatment expected next year

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The NIH/DAIDS Cross-Network TB Vaccine Working Group calls for people living with HIV to be included in tuberculosis vaccine development

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The Aurum Institute’s Digital Transformation journey demonstrates how innovation can drive meaningful impact

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Aurum at the 53rd Union World Conference on Lung Health

The Aurum Institute will join colleagues, partners, advocates and friends at the biggest scientific conference on lung health, The Union World Conference on Lung Health which will take place virtually...
South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal Doing Well Compared to Other Provinces but Some Health Services Still a Challenge

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World Aids Day 2022: Aurum taking action, making an impact

As an organisation which is part of the response to End Aids, Aurum joined the global community in commemorating World Aids Day. In our work in HIV clinical and implementation research, we genera...
Scientists graduate from IAVI Leadership Programme

Three Aurum scientists have graduated from the inaugural cohort of the IAVI ADVANCE Leadership Development Programme (LDP). Aurum’s Dr William Brumskine: Rustenburg Clinical Research Site Leader, ...
Passing of the Aurum Board Chair, Ms Phangisile Mtshali

The Aurum Institute announces with deep sadness the passing of Ms Phangisile Mtshali, Chairperson of The Aurum Institute Board on Wednesday, 4 January 2022. The sudden loss of our leader, colleague,...