The Fogarty HIV- associated Tuberculosis Training Program through which the University of Cape Town is partnering with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University to provide research training opportunities to develop the next generation of researchers working on the epidemiology, treatment issues and immunology of HIV and tuberculosis as well as HIV and COVID-19 interactions. In this Training Program we will place strong emphasis on training clinician scientists/researchers, attracting medical students to HIV-associated tuberculosis and HIV-associated COVID-19 research, and on demographic transformation of the research platform to redress disparities persisting from apartheid.