Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Commits $60 Million to South Africa Institute for AIDS, TB Research
March 20, 2009

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.