# K-RITH

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**K-RITH** (**Kwazulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV**) was a [tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis) and [HIV](/source/HIV) research institute in [Durban](/source/Durban), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). The Institute is a collaboration of the [Howard Hughes Medical Institute](/source/Howard_Hughes_Medical_Institute) and the [University of KwaZulu-Natal](/source/University_of_KwaZulu-Natal). K-RITH's 7-story research facility is situated on the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine Campus at [UKZN](/source/UKZN) and opened on 9 October 2012.

## Building

The home of K-RITH is a seven-story, 4000 sq. meter research building on the grounds of the [Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine](/source/Nelson_R._Mandela_School_of_Medicine) at the [University of KwaZulu-Natal](/source/University_of_KwaZulu-Natal). The building was designed by FGG Architects and includes [Biosafety level 3](/source/Biosafety_level_3) (BSL3) laboratories, able to handle pathogens such as [Mycobacterium tuberculosis](/source/Mycobacterium_tuberculosis), the causative agent of TB, as well as [HIV](/source/HIV) the causative agent of [AIDS](/source/AIDS). Approximately 10 K-RITH research groups will conduct research in the building, and office space will be used by other organisations, such as [CAPRISA](/source/CAPRISA). The K-RITH Tower Building, as it is officially named, cost R346m to build, and was officially opened on 9 October 2012, to a crowd of many local and international dignitaries, including the South African Minister of Health, [Aaron Motsoaledi](/source/Aaron_Motsoaledi).[1]

In 2016, K-RITH merged with the [African Centre for Population Health](/source/African_Centre_for_Population_Health) to form the Africa Health Research Institute.[2]

## References

1. ["R346m Research Centre to Tackle TB, HIV"](http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/r346m-research-centre-to-tackle-tb-hiv-1.1400171#.UHsZGa5uqSo). Retrieved 2012-10-14.

1. Cohen, Jon (July 18, 2016). ["Research charities help marry two major South African HIV/tuberculosis institutes"](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/research-charities-help-marry-two-major-south-african-hivtuberculosis-institutes). *[Science](/source/Science_(journal))*

## External links

- [Homepage of the institute](http://www.k-rith.org)

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