COVID-19 - The Aurum Institute

Aurum Launches Covid-19 Trials in Tembisa

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Watch- When epidemics collide: TB, HIV and COVID-19 webinar

Aurum in partnership with the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, hosted a webinar with a panel including Aurum Group CEO Professor Gavin Churchyard discussing: When epidemics collide: TB, HIV an...
COVID-19: Women on the frontline

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Faith in training and experience helps Aurum nurse conquer COVID-19 fears

Aurum nurses Faith Majola, Marcia Roberts, Nokuthula Malinga and Lerato Matlala Life in the time of COVID-19 is very different for many people. For Faith Majola, it has meant enduring the lockdown a...
Aurum: Public health champions

"The Aurum Institute knows diseases very well, particularly the epidemic ones. We have been fighting them since we came into existence. The first was TB, a hyperepidemic on the gold mines and an epide...
Aurum conducts COVID-19 contact tracing

After a medical doctor at an academic hospital in Gauteng tested positive for COVID-19, a team of Aurum staff were deployed to trace more than 300 patients who were possible contacts of the clinician....
TB prevention must be a priority during COVID-19

Members in Action highlights the many areas of work that our members are championing to ensure a better future in lung health. From our Regions, Scientific Sections and member working groups, to the ...
KAB study finds high COVID-19 awareness

As South Africa experiences a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Aurum Institute has released findings of a research study on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors which could be driving the ...
Trial of potential COVID-19 treatment begins in SA

This article was originally written by Tamar Khan for Business Day on August 24. Scientists at Cape Town’s Groote Schuur Hospital have begun enrolling volunteers in a phase 3 trial investigatin...
Clinical trials at Aurum

The Aurum Institute's Clinical Research Division is preparing to start several COVID-19 trials. Professor Vinodh Edward, Regional Chief Operating Officer: Health Research, explains why clinical tria...
Coronavirus vaccine: How will poorer countries get a fair shot?

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PEPFAR funds local hand washing innovation Shesha Geza

On Global Handwashing Day, we reflect on this partnership which has enabled Aurum to donate 250 Shesha Geza hand washing stations to schools and healthcare facilities in the areas we support- Ekur...
World Aids Day 2020: Gains against HIV should not be derailed by COVID-19

Let us not lose sight of HIV in the face of COVID-19. This was the World AIDS Day message from Professor Dave Clark, Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer: Southern Africa at the...
The Aurum Institute and IAS to Present the Inaugural Gita Ramjee Prize at HIVR4P // Virtual

Johannesburg, 25 January 2021- The Aurum Institute, in collaboration with the International AIDS Society (IAS), will present the inaugural Gita Ramjee Prize at the upcoming HIV Research for Prevention...
New publication: BCG vaccination and COVID morbidity and mortality

Lucy Chimoyi In 2020, in the absence of therapeutic interventions to control COVID-19 spread, and a seemingly higher COVID-19 burden in many developed countries, many researchers investigated the ass...
How Aurum's Communications Director Kanya Ndaki overcame her vaccine fears

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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 celebrates its nurses

The Aurum Institute celebrated International Nurses’ Day by looking back at the oath of service each of our almost 300 nurses took at the start of their careers. Aurum nursing staff recited the Nur...
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...