President Cyril Ramaphosa receives COVID-19 vaccine
CIDRI-Africa Principal Investigator Prof. Graeme Meintjes was present when the first healthcare workers, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize received COVID-19 vaccinations at Khayelitsha District Hospital.
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.
CIDRI-Africa in collaboration with City Health, WITS RHI, MSF, TB HIV Care, SWEAT and the Centre of Science and Technology hosted 130 school learners in Khayelitsha for World TB Day 2021.
Dr Linda Boloko has been awarded the Professor Bongani Mayosi Netcare Clinical Scholarship for 2021. Linda will conduct his PhD research within CIDRI-Africa.
South Africa’s vaccination drive began on Wednesday, 17 February 2021, at the Khayelitsha Hospital, with President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize and various frontline healthcare workers among the first to receive the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine.