STIs
- UNC Project Malawi
- The UNC Project is in Lilongwe, Malawi. Over the past 16 years, this project has been active in conducting research and training, as well as providing general medical care, HIV and STI diagnoses and care, and administering the PMTCT program for the city of Lilongwe.
- Family AIDS Care and Education Services, Kenya
- Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) is an HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in Western Kenya and Nairobi. FACES is a collaboration between the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), funded through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
- University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
- University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban is formed since January 2004 as a result of a merger between the former universities of Natal and Durban-Westville, the University of KwaZulu-Natal adopted a vision of the “Premier University of African Scholarship” with research innovation as a cornerstone of this new higher learning institution. The University is made up of five different campuses including the internationally recognised Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine located in Durban, adjacent to King Edward VIII academic hospital. This medical school was founded in 1950 and only during its 50th anniversary in 2000 that the former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nelson R Mandela agreed to link his name to the school. The Medical Microbiology Research Unit is part of the Department of Infection Control and Medical Microbiology, School of Laboratory Medicine at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. The research unit is located in the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute and is a leading unit and centre of excellence for TB and STD research. It is currently working in collaboration with the newly founded KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB and HIV (K-RITH). The unit is home to the leading academics and impressive researchers willing to mentor the young generation of scientists and clinical researchers.

