International - The Aurum Institute

IMPAACT4TB at The Hague

The IMPAACT4TB partners meeting will be held on Oct 18-20th and will be hosted by KNCV, one of the 5 partners under the IMPAACT4TB project, at their offices in the Hague, The Netherlands. Our team me...
Prevention has to be a priority for all diseases, not just the pandemic of the moment

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IMPAACT4TB Project statement responding to the WHO Global TB Report 2021

IMPAACT4TB Welcomes Gains in TB Prevention Among People Living With HIV, But Calls for Urgent Action to Address TB Prevention Deficits Among Children and Household Contacts of People Affected by TB ...
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...
Statement on The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis: Building a TB-Free World

March 20, 2019—Ahead of World TB Day, we welcome the release today of the report from Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis, which provides a much-needed framework for delivering on the political commit...
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...
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...
Football tournament attracts over 1000 people to screen for TB and HIV

Over 1000 people in the Ablekuma Central constituency in the Greater Accra region have been screened for Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other related diseases, over the w...
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...
Partners announce reduced price for patient-friendly tuberculosis preventive treatments

August 1, 2022: Unitaid, The Aurum Institute, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess today announced two new agreements to lower the price of rifapentine (RPT)-based treatments to p...
Aurum Institute Ghana supports TB case finding intervention

The Aurum Institute, on Monday 18 February, presented six motorbikes to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and its implementing partners, the Afro Global Alliance and Ghana TB Voice Network. The presenta...
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 ...
The Aurum Institute Opens New Office in Mozambique

MAPUTO – 13 MAY: The Aurum Institute formally opened its Maputo office last week, in a ceremony attended by senior representatives of the Mozambique Department of Health, donors and other partners i...
How Aurum's Communications Director Kanya Ndaki overcame her vaccine fears

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Aurum showcases expertise at SA TB Conference

SA TB Conference delegates packed the hall for an Aurum satellite session on: Scaling up shorter TB preventive treatment (TPT) - is there a role for new TB infection tests in South Africa? Prof Viol...
Shorter Regimen for Preventing TB Found to Have Lasting Protective Effect in People Living with HIV

New study finds there is no need to repeat short-course TB preventive therapy after one year and finds that shorter regimen nearly doubles treatment completion rate. The WHIP3TB finds a single course ...
Pricing Agreement Makes TB Prevention Affordable for High-Burden, Low, Lower-Middle and Upper-Middle Income Countries

Aurum Institute on behalf of the IMPAACT4TB project, congratulates Unitaid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Sanofi for having reached a volume-based agreement, securing a s...
Meet our new Group Chief Financial Officer Arshad Hassim

Aurum welcomes Mr Arshad Hassim who recently joined us as the Group Chief Financial Officer and an executive director and board member. A a registered Chartered Accountant, he brings over 20 years...
Aurum at the 53rd Union World Conference on Lung Health

The Aurum Institute will join colleagues, partners, advocates and friends at the biggest scientific conference on lung health, The Union World Conference on Lung Health which will take place virtually...