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Doris Duke Research Institute to open in July
Patrick Leeman. 03 July 2003. The Mercury. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd.
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Top HIV/AIDS academic at the Nelson Mandela Medical School at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Professor Jerry Coovadia, is hoping a new R40-million research institute will create jobs to counteract the medical brain drain from South Africa.
Coovadia said the exodus of medical people was "jeopardising the health of the nation".
The Doris Duke Research Institute, named for its American benefactor, will be officially opened on July 29 by South African deputy President Jacob Zuma and Doris Duke Foundation president Joan Spero.
The institute is a major collaborative effort involving Harvard University in the US and Oxford University in the UK.
Coovadia said the main thrust of the research would involve HIV/AIDS with 10 specialist laboratories allowing scientists to undertake sophisticated research at molecular and bio-molecular levels.
Future research at the institute would also probe tubercolosis, cancers associated with HIV/AIDS, children's diseases and complications in pregnancy. |
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