International - The Aurum Institute

Working with traditional healers to improve TB case finding in Mozambique hands to end TB in Mozambique

More than 140 traditional healers have undergone training to help with TB case detection in Mozambique. This is part of Stop TB Partnership’s TB Reach Wave 8 project implemented by Fundação Aurum...
World TB Day 2023: Aurum Ghana donates commodities to health facilities

On 24 March 2023, Ghana joined the rest of the world in observing World TB Day, a day set aside to increase public awareness of TB, highlight the suffering that the disease continues to cause, and ins...
IWD 2023: Aurum Celebrates Women in Science

In order to protect women's rights and create more tolerant and equitable societies, Aurum salutes the inspiring and courageous work done by women around the globe this International Women’s Day 20...
World TB Month: Aurum welcomes OPT4TPT consortium to SA

Aurum hosted the OPT4TPT (Optimising the delivery cascade for Tuberculosis preventive treatment among people living with HIV) study consortium to discuss preliminary findings and identify opportunitie...
War against TB heightened as efforts to expand access to shorter TB prevention advances elimination

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression associated with fluoroquinolone resistance and efflux pump inhibition

van der Heijden, Y.F., Maruri, F., Blackman, A., Morrison, R., Guo, Y. and Sterling, T.R., 2023. Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression associated with fluoroquinolone resistance and efflux pump i...
Aurum PI appointed Co-Chair for MATRIX study

The Aurum Institute is pleased to present Dr Kathryn Mngadi, Aurum Principal Investigator (PI) and Tembisa CRS Leader as a co-chair for the MATRIX-003 study. The MATRIX-003, sponsored by MATRIX, A US...
CDC South Africa supports vaccination against COVID-19

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Aurum showcases HIV and TB expertise at INTEREST 2023

Fundação Aurum, together with The Aurum Institute South Africa, participated in the INTEREST 2023 conference, showcasing the innovative work the Aurum Group does in HIV research, treatment, and care...
Aurum welcomes new TB funding commitment by donors

The Aurum Institute welcomes the recent announcement by Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate, M72/AS01E (M72), through a Phase III clin...
Key Takeaways from IAS 2023: Part 1

The 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science, IAS 2023, brought together delegates from The Aurum Institute and around the world to share research and remarkable achievements in the battle against HIV. This...
Africans secured 60% of the Gates Foundation’s $5M fund for health-focused AI projects

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AI-Powered Decision Support for Antibiotic Prescribing (DS4AP) Dataset Development Workshop

The two-day AI-Powered Decision Support for Antibiotic Prescribing (DS4AP) Dataset Development Workshop held in Accra brought together various experts including clinicians, allied health professionals...
Aurum Group CSO speaks at 9th Science Summit

Prof Salome Charaloumbous, Aurum Chief Science Officer participated in two sessions as a panelist at the 9th edition of the Science Summit around the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in N...
Fundação Aurum pharmacist passionate about his profession

As we celebrate Pharmacy Month and World Pharmacists Day 2023, we shine a spotlight on the contributions made by Fundação Aurum Pharmacist Daniel Cueteia within the communities of Maputo City, Moza...
What's behind the debate to re-authorize PEPFAR, the widely hailed anti-HIV effort?

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US Aids fund: What is the Pepfar fight and what does it mean for Africa?

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Prof. Gavin Churchyard receives A-rating from National Research Foundation

South Africa’s National Research Foundation has released its rating of researchers as part of its goal to develop an internationally competitive scientific research system. Aurum Group CEO Prof Gavi...
Interview: “The situation is not going away,” says inspiring TB doctor

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Aurum at Union Conference 2023

We are excited to announce our participation in this year's Union World Conference on Lung Health, which will take place in person from November 15th to 18th at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.The Co...