CIDRI-Africa

Clinical research site shines in Khayelitsha

Working on some of the most important breakthroughs in TB diagnostics globally, and testing HIV and TB vaccines, is a vital part of the pioneering work being done at the Khayelitsha-based Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa...

Watch the video

Image of scientist holding up a Petri dish

Supporting Excellence

The Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa fosters investigator-led approaches via the overarching scientific objective of combatting infection, especially HIV-1 and tuberculosis, through clinical and laboratory research.

Macrophages infected with M. tuberculosis; image by Dr Suraj Parihar

Basic Science

Our Basic Science Platform provides the laboratory infrastructure and technical support to ensure the safe handling of infectious material.

Subgraph of the ANIMA network for dataset HIVsetB

Biomedical Data Integration

We work with multidimensional clinical and scientific data at the molecular, cellular, clinical and population levels.

Image of a researcher and study participant reading an informed consent document

Clinical Research

CIDRI-Africa supports clinical studies in the community at our facility at Site B in Khayelitsha.

News

Sunday, 8 December 2019

Confirmed: vaccine could prevent TB

Two University of Cape Town research groups participated in a study that examined how well a new tuberculosis vaccine works in adults.

Publication Date:

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 - 13:00

Clinical research site shines in Khayelitsha

Working on some of the most important breakthroughs in tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics globally, and testing HIV and TB vaccines, is a vital part of the pioneering work being done at the Khayelitsha-based Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa).

Publication Date:

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 - 08:00

CIDRI-Africa team members in the news

Clinical Research Platform Academic Sean Wasserman was awarded the Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize at the 50^th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India.

Publication Date:

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 - 09:00