Public Health - The Aurum Institute

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

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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's Kathy Mngadi on Metro FM's The Kings Suite

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

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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...
Q&A: Locally led leadership key to global health solutions

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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...
Advice to Government: SA can get through the Covid-19 maze ahead of the festive season – here’s how

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World AIDS Day 2021: "Aurum helps me live positively with HIV"

“I was very sick, I was finished. It was God’s mercy that saved me from death. So when I was diagnosed with HIV, I started treatment and I take it vigilantly.” Millicent Mnisi is one of the m...
100k COVID-19 vaccinations administered to vulnerable communities

The Aurum Institute has administered over 100,000 COVID-19 vaccinations at conveniently located sites across seven provinces in South Africa. “This milestone is a credit to the incredible effor...
The geography of COVID-19 misinformation: using geospatial maps for targeted messaging to combat misinformation on COVID-19, South Africa

Chimoyi, L., Mabuto, T., Dube, T., Ntombela, N., Nchachi, T., Tshisebe, D., Chetty-Makkan, C.M. and Setswe, G.K., 2021. The geography of COVID-19 misinformation: using geospatial maps for targeted mes...
The Tyranny of Distance’: How to Vaccinate South Africa’s Most Remote Villages

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IndyGeneUS, Global Health Innovations, Aurum Institute Partner for Large-Scale Sequencing

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Aurum SA CEO Prof Vinodh Edward appointed at UKZN

Aurum South Africa CEO Prof Vinodh Edward has been appointed Honorary Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Edward said he was especially proud of this appointment at the Col...