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FIND and Unitaid invest US$ 50 million to speed lifesaving testing and treatment solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic’s frontlines

Geneva, 9 November 2021 – FIND, Unitaid, and partners are joining forces to quickly deliver new end-to-end strategies that will accelerate and enhance improved access to diagnostics and treatment, ...
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...
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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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...
Advice to Government: SA can get through the Covid-19 maze ahead of the festive season – here’s how

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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 geography of COVID-19 misinformation: using geospatial maps for targeted messaging to combat misinformation on COVID-19, South Africa

Chimoyi, L., Mabuto, T., Dube, T., Ntombela, N., Nchachi, T., Tshisebe, D., Chetty-Makkan, C.M. and Setswe, G.K., 2021. The geography of COVID-19 misinformation: using geospatial maps for targeted mes...
Digital Chest X-ray with Computer-aided Detection for TB Screening within Correctional Facilities

Velen, K., Sathar, F., Hoffmann, C.J., Hausler, H., Fononda, A., Govender, S., Lerefolo, M., Govender, A. and Charalambous, S., 2021. Digital Chest X-ray with Computer-aided Detection for TB Screening...
Digital chest X-ray, symptom-based screening doubled yield of undiagnosed TB in inmates

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The Tyranny of Distance’: How to Vaccinate South Africa’s Most Remote Villages

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Locally-led development: We are willing and ready

We are willing and ready to lead, says Prof Gavin Churchyard in response to more funding being allocated to locally-led development organisations. Prof Churchyard, Aurum Group Chief Executive Officer...
IndyGeneUS, Global Health Innovations, Aurum Institute Partner for Large-Scale Sequencing

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Locally-Led: Operationalizing USAID’s New Vision

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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...
Lung and blood early biomarkers for host-directed tuberculosis therapies: Secondary outcome measures from a randomized controlled trial

Wallis, R.S., Ginindza, S., Beattie, T., Arjun, N., Likoti, M., Sebe, M., Edward, V.A., Rassool, M., Ahmed, K., Fielding, K. and Ahidjo, B.A., 2022. Lung and blood early biomarkers for host-directed t...
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...
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...