Clinical Research - The Aurum Institute

Aurum supporting COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the North West

More than 12 000 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the North West province under the Sisonke implementation study with The Aurum Institute supporting the provincial government by managi...
A people-centered approach to clinical trials

As South Africa prepares for the second phase of the Sisonke implementation study rollout, providing accurate information to the public has become critical. As one of the clinical research partners f...
Aurum ready to start two new PrEP trials to prevent HIV in women

The Aurum Institute is preparing to start two clinical trials to help prevent HIV in women and girls, who are still disproportionately impacted by the diseases. Heeran Makkan, Aurum Clinical Research...
Aurum supports innovative vaccination drive-through

The Aurum Institute has continued to assist in the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, this time by supporting the innovative Gauteng Department of Health (DOH) drive-through. This follows the suc...
Aurum at 11th IAS Conference on HIV science

Aurum experts recently presented at the 11th International Aids Society (IAS) Conference, which brought together thousands of HIV professionals virtually from 18 to 21 July. On the opening day of the...
Aurum research works towards youth friendly health services

Aurum recently completed a research study aimed at ultimately establishing youth friendly sexual and reproductive health services. The study evaluated the feasibility of enrolling adolescents and a...
TB Prevention in People With HIV: How Short Can We Go?

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Aurum's Kathy Mngadi on Metro FM's The Kings Suite

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South Africa must heed the lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic on health research and development

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Strengthening the Mentorship and Leadership Capacity of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Researchers in South Africa

Desai, M.M., Göç, N., Chirwa, T., Manderson, L., Charalambous, S., Curry, L.A. and Linnander, E., 2021. Strengthening the Mentorship and Leadership Capacity of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Researchers ...
Dablapmeds: A convenient shortcut to medication collection

The Aurum Institute continues to bring patient-centred healthcare solutions, this time, supporting the Department of Health Dablapmeds initiative. Dablap is a colloquial term for shortcut and is the n...
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...
OPINION | South Africa mRNA technology hub gives hope to Africa

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Q&A: Locally led leadership key to global health solutions

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Advice to Government: SA can get through the Covid-19 maze ahead of the festive season – here’s how

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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...
Infusion Reactions After Receiving the Broadly Neutralizing Antibody VRC01 or Placebo to Reduce HIV-1 Acquisition

Takuva, S., Karuna, S.T., Juraska, M., Rudnicki, E., Edupuganti, S., Anderson, M., De La Grecca, R., Gaudinski, M.R., Sehurutshi, A., Orrell, C. and Naidoo, L., 2022. Infusion Reactions After Receivi...
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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