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The Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa's (CIDRI-Africa) overarching scientific objective is to combat infection, especially HIV-1, TB and lower respiratory infections, through clinical and laboratory research

05/12/2025

UCT neurosurgeon Professor Anthony Figaji elected President of the International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery

The world has made great progress in HIV treatment. We have the medicines, the tools, and the resolve to end AIDS. In 20...
01/12/2025

The world has made great progress in HIV treatment. We have the medicines, the tools, and the resolve to end AIDS.

In 2024, 31.6M people received lifesaving antiretroviral therapy.

But in 2025, sudden funding cuts disrupted services for millions, placing that progress at risk.

Find out more: https://www.unaids.org/en/2025-world-aids-day

01/12/2025

On this , explore the 's 2025 HIV-related publications, starting with "Epstein–Barr virus and cytomegalovirus co-infections and mortality risk in patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective nested cohort in the AMBITION-cm randomised controlled trial" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352301825001638

And if you're hungry for more, visit our publications page at https://health.uct.ac.za/cidri-africa/publications/centre-publications

2.5M people accessed HIV prevention medicines in 2024. But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this esse...
01/12/2025

2.5M people accessed HIV prevention medicines in 2024.

But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this essential tool.

If we want to prevent a resurgence of HIV infections, we must re-prioritize prevention, NOW!

Read more: https://www.unaids.org/en/2025-world-aids-day

28/11/2025

UCT hosted its final inaugural lecture of its 2025 series on 20 November. It was delivered by Prof Wendy Burgers in the New Learning Centre Lecture Theatre on the Faculty of Health Sciences campus.

Meet the team: Contributing Investigator Prof. Heather Zar. Research interests: paediatric lung health.
26/11/2025

Meet the team: Contributing Investigator Prof. Heather Zar. Research interests: paediatric lung health.

Congratulations to members of the who recently received promotions! 🎉 Suraj Parihar was promoted to Principal Research...
26/11/2025

Congratulations to members of the who recently received promotions! 🎉
Suraj Parihar was promoted to Principal Research Officer; Virginie Rozot to Chief Research Officer; and Rachael Dangarembizi to Associate Professor. Halala!

22/11/2025
21/11/2025

IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn announces that registration is now open for AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, taking place in Rio de Janeir...

New from members of the : "Thalidomide as an Adjunctive Therapy for HIV-Tuberculosis–Associated Immune Reconstitution I...
21/11/2025

New from members of the : "Thalidomide as an Adjunctive Therapy for HIV-Tuberculosis–Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Case Series" in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/12/11/ofaf617/8269507

AbstractBackground. A small proportion of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who have tuberculosis-related immune reconstitution inflamm

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About CIDRI-Africa

The Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa) fosters investigator-led approaches via the overarching scientific objective of combatting infection, especially HIV-1 and tuberculosis, through clinical and laboratory research. In the future, CIDRI-Africa will expand its portfolio to include support for research on the interaction between communicable and non-communicable diseases, especially where the latter impact susceptibility to infection, or arise as a consequence of infection. In addition, CIDRI-Africa will improve understanding and management of the challenges of antiretroviral therapy (ART) such as metabolic complications and antiretroviral drug resistance.

CIDRI-Africa was established at the University of Cape Town to augment acknowledged strengths in the basic and clinical aspects of infectious diseases research in the Faculty of Health Sciences. This prestigious award is the only one given to an organisation outside of the United Kingdom. Three interlinked platforms support clinical studies in the community (Clinical Research), improve the depth of laboratory investigations for infected materials (Basic Science) and advance cutting-edge integration of high-dimensional, big data (Biomedical Data Integration). Each platform is led by an established internationally recognised investigator based in the Faculty of Health Sciences, supported by a Platform Academic.

The CIDRI-Africa Director, Professor Robert J Wilkinson, is supported and advised by a Steering Group consisting of the Platform Leads—Professors Mizrahi, Mulder and Boulle, and Meintjes—other senior academics in Infectious Diseases, and faculty representatives. In turn, the Steering Group is advised on scientific direction and strategy by an Expert Advisory Board of senior scientists with experience of the African research context.