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The Aurum Institute Opens New Office in Mozambique

MAPUTO – 13 MAY: The Aurum Institute formally opened its Maputo office last week, in a ceremony attended by senior representatives of the Mozambique Department of Health, donors and other partners i...
TB Prevention in People With HIV: How Short Can We Go?

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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 ...
Aurum staff appointed to Vanderbilt University

The Aurum Institute is proud to announce that 10 senior staff members have been appointed in various adjunct positions at the Department of Medicine in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. T...
Improving availability of patient-friendly tuberculosis preventive therapy

Global partners working to tackle the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic have announced the latest in a package of measures to increase supply security and availability of a short-course TB preventive therapy...
Aurum welcomes new board members

The Aurum Institute welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors, each bringing a wealth of expertise. Dr Jerry Gule, Yaw Peprah and Paula Fray recently joined the Aurum Board as non-executi...
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...
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...
Pessoal da Aurum nomeado para a equipa tecnica da Vanderbilt University

O Instituto AURUM tem orgulho em anunciar que 10 membros do seu pessoal sénior foram nomeados para diferentes posições adjuntas no Departamento de Medicina da Escola de Medicina da Vanderbilt Unive...
Watch: IMPAACT4TB Project 3HP rollout

We have carried Tuberculosis (TB) for far too long, we need to move away from a narrow focus on treatment in order to end TB. Despite TB being both a curable and treatable disease, millions of people...
Call to action for an invigorated drive to scale up TB prevention

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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...
Aurum acolhe novos membros do conselho de direcção

The Aurum Institute acolhe três novos membros do seu Conselho de Direcção, todos eles com amplos conhecimentos e experiência. O Dr Jerry Gule, Yaw Peprah e Paula Fray uniram-se recentemente ao Co...
Assista: Projecto IMPAACT4TB para a introdução de 3HP

Temos sofrido com a Tuberculose (TB) durante demasiado tempo, precissamos de mudar o nosso foco limitado ao tratamento para acabar com a TB. Apesar da TB ser uma doença tratável e curável, milhões...
Aurum's Kathy Mngadi on Metro FM's The Kings Suite

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A Fundação Aurum entra em parceria com o Governo de Moçambique para acabar com a TB

O Governo de Moçambique demonstrou o seu compromisso para acabar com a TB, com o Primeiro Ministro Carlos Agostinho do Rosário presidindo recentemente o lançamento de uma nova terapia de prevençã...
Concern as TB Preventative Treatment Declines

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Shorter weekly course of rifapentine-isoniazid associated with much higher treatment completion rates compared to longer daily course

A randomized trial found that treatment completion was higher among HIV-positive persons who were assigned a shorter course of rifapentine-isoniazid therapy to prevent tuberculosis disease compared to...
Q&A: Locally led leadership key to global health solutions

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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...