Know your Status
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Building on the success of a pilot program training traditional healers to initiate HIV counseling and testing, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and the University of Witwatersrand have partnered to expand healer-initiated HIV testing and linkage to care in South Africa.The study team will conduct a cluster, randomized, controlled trial comparing healer-initiated HIV counseling and testing to the standard of care in rural South Africa by utilizing an existing and trusted resource — traditional healers.
Aima Ahonkhai receives grant to improve HIV care in Tennessee
https://news.vumc.org/2022/02/24/ahonkhai-advances-in-national-challenge-to-improve-hiv-care-for-black-men-in-tennessee/
The Office of Minority Health announced phase one winners of The HIV Challenge, a national competition seeking innovative approaches to reduce HIV-related stigma and increase prevention and treatment among minority communities. The HIV Challenge provides an opportunity for individuals and organizations to develop novel, innovative approaches for implem
Optimal Management of HIV Infected Adults at Risk for Kidney Disease in Nigeria
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Principal Investigator(s):
Muktar Aliyu, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
William Wester, M.D., M.P.H.
Immunogenetic predictors of active and incipient TB in HIV-negative and -positive close TB contacts
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Principal Investigators:
Timothy Sterling, MD
Bruno Andrade
Thomas Hawn
HIV Mobility and Engagement in Care in TN
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The project connects Vanderbilt researchers across disciplines in order to understand how often people living with HIV move within or outside of the state, and if this mobility is associated with HIV outcomes.
CareConekta: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a mobile health intervention to improve engagement in postpartum HIV care in South Africa
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South Africa has more HIV/AIDS patients than any other country and is home to the world’s largest antiretroviral program. According to the World Bank, as of 2018 the prevalence of HIV among South Africans ages 15 to 49 was 20.4%. Nearly one in three pregnant women attending antenatal care in South Africa is living with HIV.
As South Africans with HIV move around the country, there is a risk they will disengage from the health care system or otherwise become lost to follow-up care.
The South African National HIV Pregnancy Cohort: evaluating continuity of care among women living with HIV
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Project Details: NIH Reporter
Avante: Towards Epidemic Control
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https://www.vumc.org/friends-in-global-health/avante
Principal Investigator(s):
William Wester, M.D., M.P.H.