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The Aurum Institute at the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health

Aurum has extensive experience in TB research, specifically TB treatment clinical trials, TB prevention trials with vaccines, preventive therapy, epidemiological studies, implementation research an...
Opt4TPT South Africa study team recruits and enrols participants

On 16 September 2021, the Opt4TPT study team in South Africa implemented by The Aurum Institute, started enrolling patients visiting the Chiawelo Community Health Centre (CHC) for antiretroviral the...
Aurum's Dr Lindiwe Tsobe honoured among 2021 Heroic Women

Being named as one of the 2021 Heroic Women is a honour Dr Lindiwe Tsobe is both proud of and encouraged by. The 27-year-old Project Coordinator in Aurum’s Implementation Research Division, was rec...
OPINION | South Africa mRNA technology hub gives hope to Africa

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IMPAACT4TB Project statement responding to the WHO Global TB Report 2021

IMPAACT4TB Welcomes Gains in TB Prevention Among People Living With HIV, But Calls for Urgent Action to Address TB Prevention Deficits Among Children and Household Contacts of People Affected by TB ...
New study to find and treat TB cases earlier, begins

The first participants have been enrolled in a new Tuberculosis (TB) study aimed at saving lives by increasing early detection and treatment initiation through universal testing. The Community and Un...
Q&A: Locally led leadership key to global health solutions

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Ascent South Africa initiates TB community outreach activities

ASCENT South Africa recently held a campaign in the busy Tshwane’s inner city “Marabastad”, aimed at tuberculosis (TB) case finding and community education on the use of digital adherence techn...
Q&A: Locally led leadership key to global health solutions

This article was originally published in Devex on 15 November 2021 It’s time for low-income countries on the African continent and elsewhere to stand up and take on leadership in finding globa...
World AIDS Day 2021: "Aurum helps me live positively with HIV"

“I was very sick, I was finished. It was God’s mercy that saved me from death. So when I was diagnosed with HIV, I started treatment and I take it vigilantly.” Millicent Mnisi is one of the m...
100k COVID-19 vaccinations administered to vulnerable communities

The Aurum Institute has administered over 100,000 COVID-19 vaccinations at conveniently located sites across seven provinces in South Africa. “This milestone is a credit to the incredible effor...
Aurum at 21st ICASA

Aurum was at the 21st International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Africa (ICASA). This year themed; The race to 2030 – Evidence. Scale Up. Accelerate, the conferen...
The Tyranny of Distance’: How to Vaccinate South Africa’s Most Remote Villages

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IndyGeneUS, Global Health Innovations, Aurum Institute Partner for Large-Scale Sequencing

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Aurum SA CEO Prof Vinodh Edward appointed at UKZN

Aurum South Africa CEO Prof Vinodh Edward has been appointed Honorary Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Edward said he was especially proud of this appointment at the Col...
Aurum recognised for advancing women

With more than 60% of Aurum’s senior and professional level leadership positions filled by women, we are bringing the International Women’s Day theme- Gender equality today for a sustainable tomor...
Children and adolescents in African countries should also be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Sam-Agudu, N.A., Quakyi, N.K., Masekela, R., Zumla, A. and Nachega, J.B., 2022. Children and adolescents in African countries should also be vaccinated for COVID-19. BMJ Global Health, 7(2), p.e0083...
The Aurum Institute World TB Day Press Release

JOHANESBURG (24 MARCH 2022) Today, on World Tuberculosis Day, The Aurum Institute acknowledges the progress made and the challenges that lie ahead in efforts to end tuberculosis (TB). While COVID-19 h...
Webinar: Invest to find TB to End TB

Prompt diagnosis and treatment of TB are essential to achieving the End TB strategy goal of a world free of TB by 2035. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on our lives, more so in TB whe...
Aurum at Forum on Microbial Threats workshop

Aurum Group CEO Prof Gavin Churchyard presented at the Forum on Microbial Threats workshop recently. The Forum which is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, brought...