May 18, 2021

#Back to the Beginning: AIDS and the elusive Vaccine

Today, on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, Femi Oke features Dr Anthony Fauci on HIV unmuted where he talks about why an HIV vaccine, promised by 1986, […]
May 17, 2021

CIDRZ Hands over ECG machines worth over ZMW 270,000 to Lusaka Provincial Health Office

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) has handed over new Electrocardiogram (ECG) machines worth over K270, 000.00 to the Lusaka Provincial Health Office. […]
May 13, 2021

CIDRZ Trains Motor Bike Riders in Efficient Sample Movement

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH) conducted a 2-day motor bike riders training at CIDRZ […]
May 5, 2021

CIDRZ Cuts down on time spent to do a COVID-19 Test with the introduction of a Computerised Booking system

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), has introduced Self-Service Kiosks at the Central and Campus Laboratory located in Kalingalinga and Ibex Hill to […]
April 29, 2021

CIDRZ commences study on Human Infectious Challenge (HIC) with live -attenuated Rotavirus to assess next – generation Vaccines in Africa

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), through its Enteric Disease and Vaccine Research Unit (EDVRU) has started enrolling participants for a study aimed […]
April 28, 2021

CIDRZ receives Test Kits worth over K400,000

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), through the Tuberculosis Local Organisations Network (TBLON) project, has received 5000 LAM Test Kits at an estimated […]