Implementation Research - The Aurum Institute

It's time to End TB

In recognition of World TB Day and for the rest of TB Month, Aurum is highlighting some of its staff working to End TB. ...
Progress on TB care should not reversed by COVID-19

“The progress made in TB prevention and care should not reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Professor Geoffrey Setswe, Aurum's Managing Director: Implementation Research Division. Speaking a...
South Africans should mobilise to support the NHI

This article was published in The Conversation on 13 January 2020. Lengthy negotiations ended in good news recently when the price of rifapentine, a lifesaving antibiotic, was marked down by 66% by i...
Join a live webinar and discussion with Prof Salome Charalambous on "Differentiated Service Delivery for TB Preventive Therapy

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a tremendous global public health challenge. TB Preventive Therapy (TPT) has demonstrated ~60-70% efficacy for reducing TB incidence. At the high level UN meeting of 40 coun...
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....
Celebrating women in science this IWD

In recognition of International Women’s Day, Aurum celebrates some of its leading UNESCO data states, less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. Not a single country can claim to have...
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 ...
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...