Public Health - The Aurum Institute

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...
Ukhozi FM- Sbu Makhathini: Focus on giving same sex couple access healthcare services without discrimination

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Aurum awarded for supporting HIV/TB programme

The Aurum Institute has been awarded for being the Most Supportive Developmental Partner to the Department of Health in the North West province. The special recognition was conferred at the Phuthuma a...
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...
Men's Health Month: Aurum partners to implement campaigns supporting men living with HIV

The Aurum Institute is implementing two campaigns to empower and support men to lead healthy lifestyles. The MINA and Coach Mpilo campaigns were created specifically to bring men to healthcare, by pro...
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...
Youth Month: Diligent work earns youth three promotions

Pretty Nobuhle Sibanyoni is a testament to how The Aurum Institute’s affiliate Youth Health Africa, is bringing the South African Youth Month theme: Growing youth employment for an inclusive and tra...
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 takes COVID-19 vaccinations to the people

The Aurum Institute has partnered with the Solidarity Fund to scale up vaccinations by establishing sites in easy to reach and convenient locations. Staff from Aurum and affiliates CHAPS and YHA have ...
How Aurum's Communications Director Kanya Ndaki overcame her vaccine fears

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Aurum POP INN engages traditional healers to bring key populations to care

Aurum’s POP INN project was founded to bring sexual health services to key populations who fear stigma and discrimination at general health facilities. They have continued to be inclusive by embraci...
TB Prevention in People With HIV: How Short Can We Go?

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Call to action for an invigorated drive to scale up TB prevention

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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...
OPINION | South Africa mRNA technology hub gives hope to Africa

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Ascent South Africa launches in Cape Town

The Adherence Support Coalition to End TB (ASCENT) project is collaborating with City Health, and TB HIV Care funded by the Global Fund to implement Digital Adherence Technologies (DATs), to sup...