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Issue 3 | December 2023
SAMRC awarded a
multi-million rand grant
from USAID to develop and test
R867 novel HIV vaccines in Africa.
MILLION The SAMRC with partners in South Africa and seven
other African countries have come together to form a
collaboration called the BRILLIANT (BRinging Innovation
Awarded by USAID. This to cLinical and Laboratory research to end HIV In Africa
is the largest ever grant through New vaccine Technology) consortium.
received by an African
organisation and will go
a long way in efforts to
obtain an effective vaccine The consortium were recently awarded more than US $45 million (approx. R867 million) by the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a programme called “HIV Vaccine Innovation,
against HIV. Science, and Technology Acceleration in Africa (HIV-VISTA). This is the largest ever grant received by an
African organisation and will go a long way in efforts to obtain an effective vaccine against HIV, which
continues to impact the lives of countless individuals and communities in South Africa.
Photo above: SAMRC President and CEO Prof Glenda Gray with Paloma Adams-Allen (Deputy Administrator of USAID) and
Reuben Brigety (United States Ambassador to South Africa)
