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

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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...
Aurum recognised for advancing women

With more than 60% of Aurum’s senior and professional level leadership positions filled by women, we are bringing the International Women’s Day theme- Gender equality today for a sustainable tomor...
Public health and hospital‐based nursing intersection: Case study of drug‐resistant tuberculosis patients.

Pietersen, E., Anderson, K. and van der Heijden, Y.F., 2022. Public health and hospital‐based nursing intersection: Case study of drug‐resistant tuberculosis patients. Public Health Nursing....
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The Aurum Institute World TB Day Press Release

JOHANESBURG (24 MARCH 2022) Today, on World Tuberculosis Day, The Aurum Institute acknowledges the progress made and the challenges that lie ahead in efforts to end tuberculosis (TB). While COVID-19 h...
WereId TB dag by Piketberg Kliniek

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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...
mRNA HIV Vaccine Development Programme launches in Africa

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A revolution in HIV vaccine where it’s needed the most

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KZN Health Department sets aside over R20m to equip and protect LGBTQI+ community

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Thembisa clinic launches Youth Zone

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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...