We will be taking a short posting break and will be back in action mid-January 2026. See you then!

IDSA has selected Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, as its next chief executive officer, effective Jan. 12, 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4pHt2nF

Balancing risks: can one-month treatment safely prevent TB disease in people living with diabetes mellitus? Find out more about the BALANCE trial here:

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam Data Systems Manager Amanda Jackson. She develops data management systems for a range of health-related research studies using RedCap, OpenClinica, FileMaker and MS Access, and develops and oversees data entry, processing and validation functions.

Wednesdays are our #ProudestOf days at the Unit! This week, we are spotlighting Hanif Esmail, Professor of Infectious Diseases. We asked Hanif what he was #ProudestOf in his work at the Unit 👇

It's beginning to look a lot like... Microbial Christmas! 🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam Senior Research Manager Rene Goliath is a qualified nurse with several diplomas. She supports regulatory affairs, clinical and staff management at CIDRI-Africa

🚨 Final deadline for #IBC2026 abstracts! After two extensions, today is the very last chance to submit and be part of the 19th International Biocuration Conference in Cape Town (20–24 April 2026). 🌍 🔗 Submit now (final deadline: 5 Dec 2025): www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/form/biocura...

Has anything good been published on the mechanism of nausea due to first line TB drugs? #IDSky #TBSky

The world has made great progress in HIV treatment. We have the medicines, the tools, and the resolve to end AIDS. In 2024, 31.6M people received lifesaving ART. But in 2025, sudden funding cuts disrupted services for millions, placing that progress at risk. www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl...

On this #WorldAIDSDay, explore the #CIDRITeam's 2025 HIV-related publications, starting with "Epstein–Barr virus and cytomegalovirus co-infections and mortality risk in patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis[...]" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#WorldAIDSDay2025 | Spotlight has launched a new HIV dashboard and graph generator based on outputs from the Thembisa model. Our hope is that this dashboard will help the public and people working in healthcare to find important HIV numbers more easily: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/

2.5M people accessed HIV prevention medicines in 2024. But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this essential tool. If we want to prevent a resurgence of HIV infections, we must re-prioritize prevention, NOW! Read more: www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl... #WorldAIDSDay

A golden era of tuberculosis vaccines is coming – but is the world ready? wellcome.org//insights/ar...

Congratulations to members of the #CIDRITeam who recently received promotions! 🎉 Suraj Parihar was promoted to Principal Research Officer; Virginie Rozot to Chief Research Officer; and Rachael Dangarembizi to Associate Professor. Halala!

Congratulations to members of the #CIDRITeam who recently received promotions! 🎉 Suraj Parihar was promoted to Principal Research Officer; Virginie Rozot to Chief Research Officer; and Rachael Dangarembizi to Associate Professor. Halala!

New from members of the #CIDRITeam: "Thalidomide as an Adjunctive Therapy for HIV-Tuberculosis–Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Case Series" in Open Forum Infectious Diseases academic.oup.com/ofid/article... #CIDRIPapers

There’s just ONE WEEK left to apply to join our amazing PhD programme next year! Visit our website for more information: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int... Applications close on 2nd DEC 2025

"We head in, clear security and almost immediately become lost [...]" - yours truly has ended up in: - the bowels of the hospital; and - A&E while trying to find a lecture theatre 😅

One week until #WorldAIDSDay –⁠ join us as we: 🤔 Rethink outdated models. 🛠️ Rebuild systems to put people first. 🚀 Rise together for equity, innovation & a stronger #HIV response. Explore resources & share your story! #RethinkRebuildRise #WAD2025

[HAPPENING NOW] What happens to HIV treatment when floods or droughts hit? Our #climate and #HIV experts will unpack how climate shocks affect access to care, and deepen inequality. Tune in 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...

Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystonesymposia.bsky.social #Tuberculosis: Understanding Disease Across Scales, March 2026 in Cape Town! keysym.us/KSTB26 #KSTB26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Watch @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social's inspiring opening keynote at the @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpM...

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam Contributing Investigator Prof. Heather Zar. Research interests: paediatric lung health.

🛣️ The journey to #AIDS2026 starts now! Registration is open, & we’re ready for your abstracts, satellites, Global Village projects, scholarship submissions & more. 🌎 Take part in #Rio de Janeiro, #Brazil or virtually from 26 to 31 July 2026! #RethinkRebuildRise

Find the #CIDRITeam @theunion.org today and tomorrow

Find the #CIDRITeam @theunion.org today and tomorrow

🚀 #AIDS2026 registration and activity submissions (scholarships, abstracts and more) open tomorrow – stay tuned! 📽️ Want to get a sense of what’s in store for AIDS 2026? Explore over 600 sessions from past IAS conferences on #IASPlus now: zurl.co/oqG00

🌍 You can still register for #WCLH2025 and stay at the forefront of TB and lung health. Be part of the conversations shaping the future, get the latest updates, and connect with global experts driving change in research, care, and policy. 🔗 https://ow.ly/i57X50XtQJh#WCLH2025

Find the #CIDRITeam @theunion.org today and tomorrow

New from members of the #CIDRITeam: "Thalidomide as an Adjunctive Therapy for HIV-Tuberculosis–Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Case Series" in Open Forum Infectious Diseases academic.oup.com/ofid/article... #CIDRIPapers

Find the #CIDRITeam @theunion.org today and tomorrow

Find the #CIDRITeam @theunion.org today and tomorrow

Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Executive Director of The Union, opened #WCLH2025 with powerful words: “In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”

Find the #CIDRITeam @theunion.org today and tomorrow

Find the #CIDRITeam @theunion.org today and tomorrow

Final call! Abstract submissions for #Biocuration2026 close 21 Nov 2025. Submit 👉 www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/form/biocura...

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam Contributing Investigator Prof. Robin Wood. Research interests: large-scale interventions against, and understanding the transmission of, #TB & #HIV.

Coming up at The Union Conference 2025 next week: where to find the #CIDRITeam

Coming up at The Union Conference 2025 next week: where to find the #CIDRITeam

Your weekend read from the #CIDRITeam: "A human YEATS4 variant confers resistance to TST and IGRA conversion despite Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure" at Genome Medicine genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #CIDRIPapers

News from our colleagues at the Africa Microscopy Initiative: www.nature.com/articles/d44... 👏

New resource: the NICD's End TB Campaign Dashboard is now live - view data for your area here www.nicd.ac.za/tb-naat-dash...

New 📃 from members of the #CIDRITeam concludes that "ART-exposed individuals with advanced HIV disease contribute substantially to ongoing HIV-related mortality in South Africa". Read the paper at journals.lww.com/jaids/abstra... #CIDRIPapers

Funding cuts for tuberculosis (TB) programmes and research are threatening to reverse recent gains made. Disrupted funding could mean up to 2 million additional TB deaths and 10 million extra people falling ill with TB between 2025 and 2035.

Ending this ancient disease, tuberculosis, is only possible if we double-down to achieve #EndTB targets. WHO calls for bold action: political will, domestic investment, and research to drive progress. 🔗 bit.ly/4qT5ihk

#Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and curable. Yet, it remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming 1.23 million lives in 2024. The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 talks about the gains made so far and the challenges ahead due to severe funding cuts: bit.ly/4qT5ihk

So, @angierasmussen.bsky.social and @kindrachukjason.bsky.social and other #ViroSky folks, Virology Africa 2026 is going to be INSIDE the Kruger National Park in South Africa in September 2026!! It will be awesome 😁

Publication of our protocol to test the safety of valganciclovir in patients with advanced HIV, CMV viraemia and no end organ disease. First Patient First Visit is imminent. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...