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SATVI’s Tatenda L Bvudzijena will be presenting a poster at the HIP Research Dayon Thursday 30 October 2025.
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
SATVI’s Ahlisha Chetty will be presenting a poster at the HIP Research Day on Thursday 30 October 2025.
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
SATVI is inviting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship within our dynamic clinical immunology group to conduct immunology research on TB vaccines and immunopathogenesis in humans. Closing date: 31 October. @uctidm-mu.bsky.social @who.int lnkd.in/d7h4FNVg
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The 2024 SATVI Annual Report is now available.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
TB is the leading cause of disease of people living with HIV. TB can only be be beaten through the development of new vaccines to prevent TB infection and disease, quicker diagnostic tools and shorter, more effective drugs to cure. @stoptb.bsky.social; @cidri-africa.bsky.social; @who.int;
July 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The @who.int (WHO) has convened a consultation aimed at accelerating progress in tuberculosis (TB) research through the establishment of a country-led, streamlined platform for clinical trials in TB treatment.

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WHO consultation establishes country-led platform for clinical trials of tuberculosis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened a consultation aimed at accelerating progress in tuberculosis (TB) research through the establishment of a country-led, streamlined platform for clinical trials in TB treatment.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The @who.int is approving 6 software products for use in the computer-aided detection (CAD) of tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays during TB screening.
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WHO approves six software products for computer-aided detection of TB on chest X-ray
As outlined in a policy statement just released, the World Health Organization (WHO) is approving six software products for use in the computer-aided detection (CAD) of tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-ra...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dr Anele Gela, Research Officer at @satviuct.bsky.social‬ discusses the work that he does at the SATVI on host determinants of protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@usatoday.com reports that an estimated 11,000 additional TB patients have died after USAID funding freeze. If this continues, thousands more will likely die or lose a loved one, all from one shortsighted action.
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LSHTM TB Centre on X: "Tuberculosis spreads – fast. Trump USAID cuts put US at risk | Opinion - USA Today - https://t.co/Uu3WDjxwA7 #GoogleAlerts" / X
Tuberculosis spreads – fast. Trump USAID cuts put US at risk | Opinion - USA Today - https://t.co/Uu3WDjxwA7 #GoogleAlerts
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July 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
@satviuct.bsky.social‬ Dr Simon Mendelsohn will be presenting a seminar titled "Beyond the Cough: Non-Sputum Strategies for TB Diagnosis" on 23 July 2025 at a UCT Institute of Infectious diseases and Molecular Medicine; INPERSON SEMINAR. @stoptb.bsky.social; idm.uct.ac.za/events/idm-c...
July 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
satviuct.bsky.social Professor @tomscriba.bsky.social has co-authored Humoral, T cell and immune gene expression responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in a small group of children with previous MIS-C appearing in the Vaccine journal.
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Humoral, T cell and immune gene expression responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in a small group of children with previous MIS-C
The effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in children with previous multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) are not well understood. In this study, we a…
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July 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Bit of good news. NIH has lifted hold on payments for existing research grants to South Africa, in HIV & other infectious diseases. Although no new awards can be made, existing subawards with clinical research can continue under the new “supplement” plan. www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH restores grants to South Africa scientists, adds funding option for other halted foreign projects
A policy tweak to the ban on foreign “subawards” should allow clinical trials worldwide to continue
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July 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
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July 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What sad is that there is a safe, efficacious vaccine which is administered in drop form and which prevents measles. Two doses of a combined vaccine called Measles, Mump and Rubella (MMR) provides the best protection against measles..
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The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
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July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Research published in the @thelancet.com estimates that more than 14 million people could die the next five years from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, because of changes at the USAID.

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USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
SATVI author Professor Mark Hatherill co-authored an article @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social in which the authors argue that people in prison have the right to participate in biomedical research, as long as their autonomy and rights are fully respected.
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Personas en prisión: ¿deben participar en ensayos de vacunas contra la tuberculosis?
Una tribuna en The Lancet, firmada por investigadores del Hospital Clínic e ISGlobal, defiende que las personas privadas de libertad tienen derecho a participar en investigaciones biomédicas, siempre ...
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July 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Validate Network reports on a paper appearing in the @biomedcentral.bsky.social on the delivery of new tuberculosis vaccines to people living with HIV, when to vaccinate? bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
July 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Professor Mark Hatherill, Director SATVI will present a seminar titled: "A century of TB vaccine development" on Wednesday 18 June 2024 at the UCT Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine @uctidm-mu.bsky.social @tomscriba.bsky.social Attendance in person. Register at lnkd.in/dQGZHKbk
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Findings from the IAVI A-050 study, published in @lancetgh.bsky.social demonstrate that vaccination with MTBVAC caused similar or stronger immune responses compared to the BCG vaccine in adults, of MTBVAC were as safe as BCG. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
June 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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‪Wednesday 18 June 2025: Professor Mark Hatherill, SATVI Director, to present seminar titled "A century of TB vaccine development" at Wolfson Pavilion, at the Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine
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Seminar Mark Hatherill 18 June Century of TB vaccine Development
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dr Munyaradzi Musvosvi speaks about the Titan Vaccine Research Project which will allow selection of most promising TB vaccine candidates. This work is supported by the South African mRNA Vaccine Consortium & funded by @samrcza.bsky.social @tomscriba.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwPM...
April 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Immunopathology of TB: SATVI researchers discuss a groundbreaking study which investigates the role of lymph nodes in the context of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. The study was funded by a grant from
@wellcomeleap.bsky.social a program of youtu.be/8_gCOAfWUpw
Immunopathology of TB: Studying the role of the lymph nodes in the TB spectrum.
YouTube video by SATVIUCT
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April 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
IN PRESS PUBLICATION: SATVI authors have co-authored study which show global prevalence surveys showing that almost 63% of people with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis report no cough, and about 28% report no TB symptoms. @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40147469/
April 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The World Health Organisation have just released the latest consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis treatment and care. @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social
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April 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM