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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...
Aurum Institute set to reveal groundbreaking research on HIV vaccine

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Prof Pontiano Kaleebu joins Aurum Board

Aurum is pleased to announce the appointment of renowned researcher Professor Pontiano Kaleebu to its Board of Directors. Prof Kaleebu is a Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence ...
Aurum scientist appointed to new journal editorial board

Aurum Scientist Lucy Chimoyi has been appointed to the editorial board of the new PLOS Global Public Health Journal which is aimed at charting a new path towards equity, diversity, and inclusion in gl...
New appointments strengthen Aurum/Vanderbilt partnership

The partnership between Aurum and Vanderbilt University has been strengthened with the appointment of four researchers. Professors Salome Charalambous and Vinodh Edward, as well as Drs Mandla Mlotshw...
mRNA HIV Vaccine Development Programme launches in Africa

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Aurum SA CEO Prof Edward discusses HIV vaccine progress

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

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KZN Health Department sets aside over R20m to equip and protect LGBTQI+ community

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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...
The Aurum Institute’s digital transformation journey demonstrates how innovation can drive meaningful impact

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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...
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 ...
Wattville organisation a pillar of strength to community

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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...