Howard Hughes Medical Institute Commits $60 Million to South Africa Institute for AIDS, TB Research

March 20, 2009, Philanthropy News Digest — The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has announced that it is partnering with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa to establish an international research center focused on the co-epidemic of tuberculosis and HIV and the training of a new generation of scientists in Africa. HHMI has committed $60 million to the initiative over the next ten years.