Research – Useful Contacts

Contact Name Description Phone Number Website Email
Africa centre for HIV/AIDS Management

A university medical programme aimed at educating people on HIV/AIDS

+27 21 808 3002 http://www.aidscentre.sun.ac.za/ .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Aurum Institute for Health Research

Health research facility based on preventative measures for HIV and TB.

+27 11 484 8844) www.auruminstitute.org
Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE)

This organisation focuses on developing, monitoring and evaluating policy, interventions and strategies that relate to HIV and AIDS through surveys.

(Gauteng) 011 339 2611 (Durban) 031 242 5413 (Grahamstown) 046 603 8553 www.cadre.org.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention Studies (CHAPS)

The Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention Studies (CHAPS) seeks to perform and support innovative and safe medical male circumcision procedures as part of a minimum HIV prevention package.

+27 11 484 8068 www.anovahealth.co.za/projects/entry/centre_for_hiv_aids_prevention_studies/ .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Centre for the Study of AIDS (CSA)

Part of the University of Pretoria’s mission to mainstream HIV/AIDS through all aspects of the University’s core business activities.

+27 12 420 2710 www.csa.za,org .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Children’s Institute

An NGO based at UCT involved in child policy and advocacy, with particular focus on children’s poverty, health services, rights and HIV/AIDS care.

021 689 5404 www.ci.org.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Clinical HIV Research Unit (CHRU)

An HIV research syndicate affiliated with the Wits health Consortium

+27 11 726 8800 www.chru.co.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

The Desmond Tutu foundation uses a combination of academic expertise and social activism to address HIV and AIDS in South African society. Projects include free HIV testing and counseling, training and guiding health care practitioners, supplying treatment and projects addressing TB as related to HIV and AIDS.

+27 21 633 6599 www.desmondtutuhivcentre.org.za/ .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Health, Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)

The organisation is based at the university of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN) and conducts applied research and runs development interventions aimed at mobilising evidence for impact in health and HIV in the SADC and east Africa region.

031 260 2592 www.heard.org.za/ .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Health_e

Local free online magazine type of supplement, focusing mainly on health writing.

(Cape Town) +27 21 683 8099 (Johannesburg) +27 11 484 3575 (Durban) +27 31 201 3481 http://www.health-e.org.za
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

An organisation which conducts research related to human and social development.

+27 12 302 2000 www.hsrc.co.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHUCCP)

An international research and medical organisation aimed at the betterment of society and providing aid in times of need

+27 11 366 9300/02 www.jhuccp.org .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)

A private NPO focusing on health care issues through research and communication programmes.

www.kff.org
Medical Research Council (MRC)

a South African health research institution

+27 21 938 0911 www.mrc.ac.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)

Aid and authority on communicable diseases in South Africa

+27 11 386 6000 www.nicd.ac.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Reproductuve Health and HIV Research Unit (RHRU)

An organisation based in Hillbrow which focuses on reproductive health and HIV research and programmes, as well as urban renewal and community development.

+27 11 358 5300 www.rhru.co.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS research unit (HSRC)

Specialising in research on the social determinants of health both generally and with a particular focus on HIV and AIDS.

(Pretoria) +27 12 302 200 (Cape Town) +27 21 446 8000 (Durban) +27 31 242 5400 (Port Elizabeth) +27 41 506 6700 www.hsrc.ac.za/research/programmes/SAHA/