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Research ServicesGauteng, South Africa1001-5000 Employees
Wits RHI is one of the largest research institutes of the University of the Witwatersrand, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It pursues health-related science and innovation to address Africa's public health challenges. The institute focuses on HIV and related issues, sexual and reproductive health, and vaccinology, drawing on a multidisciplinary and holistic approach. Its portfolio centers on HIV care, treatment implementation and prevention, sexual and reproductive health, and vaccine-preventable diseases, with work spanning across all nine provinces and the head office located in the Hillbrow Health Precinct. A notable recent development is a 2022 partnership with Unitaid to integrate long-acting PrEP into national programmes and generate real-world evidence to support rapid scale-up.