SANTHE Programme Director, Professor Thumbi Ndung’u, is interviewed by DJ Bevalyne Musalia for a national news slot. The discussion surrounds Ndung’u’s work on HIV vaccine development.

Date: 17th of October, 2016 - 11:10am
Radio Station: KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) English Service

SANTHE Programme Director, Professor Thumbi Ndung’u, is interviewed by DJ Bevalyne Musalia

SANTHE Programme Director, Professor Thumbi Ndung’u, is interviewed by SABC News Journalist Minoshni Pillay, for a News and Current Affairs slot broadcast over 18 stations. The discussion surrounds his $2’842,000 Gilead Sciences grant for a University of KwaZulu-Natal project entitled “The FRESH study: Females Rising though Education, Support and Health (FRESH) Acute HIV Infection Cohort.”

Date: 31 January, 2016
Media: SABC News

SABC News - KwaZulu-Natal

SANTHE Programme Director, Professor Thumbi Ndung’u, is interviewed by SABC News

Dr Zaza Ndhlovu, SANTHE Researcher/Supervisor and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the HIV Pathogenesis Programme (HPP) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), appeared on South African television news regarding his selection for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) International Research Scholars Programme and subsequent $650 000 grant. 

Channel & Date: SABC TV (DSTV channel 404) interview on the 26 of June.

SANTHE Supervisor Appears On SA TV

Thursday, 22 June, 2017
Time: 19h47
Radio Station: SAFM 

Dr Zaza Ndhlovu, SANTHE Researcher/Supervisor and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the HIV Pathogenesis Programme (HPP) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), appears on a South African radio talk show to discuss his selection for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) International Research Scholars Programme and subsequent $650 000 grant.  He was one of 41 scientists selected, out of the 1 500 that applied from 16 countries worldwide. He is also one of only two successful applicants from the continent of Africa.

SANTHE Supervisor, interviewed on SA radio

SANTHE enjoys a productive relationship with the Integration of TB in Education and Care for HIV/AIDS (iTEACH) programme regarding ongoing and planned work with traditional healers on HIV diagnosis, identification of acute HIV infection and linkage to care - especially when it comes to the Network’s acute infection studies.
To date, over 450 traditional healers have graduated from its programme and iTEACH, based at Edendale Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, claims this has played a role in reducing the spread of the disease.
Officially recognising the organisation’s efforts, the Department of Health in KwaZulu-Natal has embarked on a dual campaign with iTEACH to train thousands of traditional healers to conduct HIV/AIDS tests on their clients.
iTEACH Founder and CEO, Dr Krista Dong, along with the MEC of Health for KZN, was recently interviewed on a South African radio station.

Radio Station: SAfm

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iTEACH enjoys media spotlight

Professor Thumbi Ndung'u, SANTHE Programme Director, is interviewed on "The Headspace" show in an update on Coronavirus in South Africa.

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Professor Thumbi Ndung'u, Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE) Programme Director, is interviewed on the "First Take SA" show on the first case of Coronavirus in South Africa.

South Africans urged not to panic as it records its first positive case of coronavirus

SANTHE Programme Director, Professor Thumbi Ndung'u, based at the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Durban, South Africa, comments (about 37 seconds into the newsfeed) on what aspects of Covid-19 are most concerning for South Africans.

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SANTHE Programme Executive Manager, Dr Denis Chopera, comments on the "Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto" show on aspects of Covid-19 treatment for South Africans with HIV and TB.

Denis Chopera - Cape Talk 10 April

SANTHE is an acronym for “SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN NETWORK FOR TB/HIV RESEARCH EXCELLENCE” - a Sub-Saharan African network of African-led research in HIV (particularly acute HIV (AHI)) and Tuberculosis (TB) infection.

SANTHE aims to shape and drive locally relevant basic, clinical and translational research in Africa.