Testing the vaccines

Aurum Health
Contact: Prof. Gavin Churchyard
Tel: +27 57 900 4392
E-mail: gchurch@mjvn.co.za

Aurum Health Research is a subsidiary of AngloGold Health Service and is involved in HIV vaccine trial preparation for future phase II and II trials. At present, research is focused on community education and vaccine preparedness activities. The aim is to develop and sustain a Community Advisory Group (CAG) and to implement a site-specific community education plan to ensure broad community support for and participation in HIV vaccine R&D.

The community preparedness and education programme identifies four objectives relating to raising community awareness, fostering trust, community facilitation and mobilisation.

Partners

Making the vaccines
   
The University of Cape Town (UCT)

Testing the vaccines
  
HIV Vaccine Research Unit, MRC, Durban
HIV Vaccine Division of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
Aurum Health
Cape Town Clinical Trials Consortium

Immunology assessment
   
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)

Ethical issues
     
HIV/AIDS Vaccine Ethics Group (HAVEG), University of KwaZulu-Natal

Community involvement
  
Masikhulisane SAAVI Community Involvement Group

Behavioural science
    
Socio-behavioural research group

Actuarial assessments
     
Actuarial Group

Data and bioinformatics
    
Data Management (MRC)