The Aurum Institute

20/02/2026

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07/02/2026

With early testing and treatment, women living with HIV can have healthy, HIV-negative babies.

This , let’s remind women that support, care and knowledge make a difference, for both mother and child.

National Department of Health (South Africa) North West Department of Health

06/02/2026

is a strong tool, but it works best when you use it properly.
Test regularly. Take your pills every day. Use condoms.

This , let’s protect ourselves and the people we care about.

National Department of Health (South Africa) North West Department of Health

04/02/2026

Gender-based violence does not begin in adulthood, it often takes root much earlier.

New research from Aurum’s Clinical Research division explores adolescents’ attitudes toward GBV in Rustenburg and how these attitudes intersect with sexual behaviour and HIV vulnerability.

The findings show how deeply violence has been normalised in young people’s lives, shaped by unequal power, economic dependence, and silence within communities.

By combining research with community engagement, this study highlights why prevention must start early and why listening to young people is essential to meaningful change.

Read the full publication here: https://bit.ly/3NUdGyg

16/01/2026

24/12/2025

from Aurum!

Wishing you and your family a safe, restful, and joyful festive season.

Here’s to renewed purpose in the year ahead.

17/12/2025

Led by Health Economist Don Mudzengi and Aurum colleagues, with contributions from Reach Digital Health, this publication shines a light on the design and development of mHealth tools, a space where evidence is still limited but urgently needed.

The study unpacks the development of Shesha, a WhatsApp-based chatbot that supports TB household contacts, offering valuable lessons for digital health innovation in South Africa.

🔗 Read the full publication here: https://formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e71793

Congratulations to the study team for advancing this critical work. We are proud to have collaborated in building Shesha and strengthening the evidence base for digital TB care.

12/12/2025

12/12/2025

Friendly Reminder!

Please make sure you refill your treatment and have enough medication to last you through the holiday clinic break.

Our POP INN clinics will be closed as per the dates below, and all sites will reopen on 05 January 2026.

To avoid interruptions, kindly collect your refill before your site closes.

Your health matters to us stay stocked, stay safe, stay on treatment .


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10/12/2025

Catch Kagiso Pulane tomorrow in Motsweding FM educating us on male contraceptive and family planning is men’s role too.

10/12/2025

Community, Evidence and Action

Our week at brought together powerful voices from communities, government, technical partners, and civil society, all united in strengthening the response to Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) across Africa.

At our Communities Reimagining AHD Care cocktail event, hosted with Afrocab, FAC, GNP+, Matchboxology and Paediatric - Adolescent Treatment Africa, we launched the Accra Declaration and the Community Connector Toolkit, reaffirming that communities want more than consultation, they want leadership, accountability, and meaningful participation in shaping AHD services.

This continued at our hybrid session, Shaping AHD Service Delivery Through Responsive Delivery Models, where speakers from DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, Unitaid and Matchboxology shared early lessons on improving early diagnosis, strengthening TB/CrAg/OI screening, and advancing responsive, people-centred AHD pathways.

Together, these spaces underscored a single message: AHD progress depends on collaboration, community leadership, and evidence that drives action.

Thank you to all partners and delegates who joined us in Accra.

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) Solthis ICASA 2025