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Scientific Challenges

Estimated incidence per 100,000 population (2008)
Source: World Health Organization

Confirmed multi-drug resistant TB cases (2008)
Source: World Health Organization

Estimated incidence (2007)
Source: World Health Organization

Estimated TB cases who are HIV-positive(2008)
Source: World Health Organization

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Using the tools of basic science, the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV seeks new approaches to fighting these deadly diseases.

Scientific Opportunities

K-RITH is now recruiting exceptional scientists. MORE »

K-RITH Announces Appointments

Resident and visiting scientists join program
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General Employment

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Updates & Events

Nobel Prize Winner to Speak at K-RITH

Professor Peter Agre, joint winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, will be K-RITH's guest speaker on February 2.

K-RITH Sponsors TB Diagnostics Supplement in Major Journal

Thousands of scientists will get a chance to learn more about the immense challenge of improving TB detection though a new journal supplement sponsored by K-RITH.

K-RITH Collaborator Gives Major Talk in U.S.

Subhadranalene Naidoo, head of department of radiography at the Durban University of Technology, traveled to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, U.S., presented her research on tuberculosis patients.

Student Chemist Awarded Prestigious Prize

Oluseye Kehinde “Kenny” Onajole, a 2011 Ph.D. graduate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Department of Chemistry, was awarded the prestigious Sasol Post-Graduate Medals by the South African Chemical Institute in August 2011 for his work on new anti-tuberculosis compounds.

Researchers Uncover New Mechanism of TB Resistance

March 20, 2012

Tuberculosis-causing bacteria have evolved resistance to nearly every antibiotic, hampering the ability of doctors to treat the disease. The Darwinian model of evolution suggests that this resistance comes at a cost.

UKZN Masters Student Receives Bioinformatics Training

January 4, 2012

University of KwaZulu-Natal masters student, Mhlengi Ncube, will complete a three-month skills training course in bioinformatics at Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. as part of K-RITH’s programme of collaboration and academic outreach.

Grants Bring K-RITH Closer to Durban TB/HIV Scientists

December 1, 2011

Fourteen Durban-based scientists and students will have a chance to start new projects and explore new collaborations with 1.36 million rand ($170,000 US) in grants awarded by K-RITH.