MHRP researchers recently published findings from a study comparing HIV gene and genome sequence analyses to help inform strategies to best estimate the timing of HIV infection.
In Kenya, the HIV epidemic among adolescents and young people between the ages of 10 and 24 is characterized by relatively high HIV incidence and sub-optimal treatment outcomes, including a high loss to follow-up, low adherence to treatment and low viral suppression.
The criteria described in this manuscript enabled rapid and efficient ART initiation across a diverse network of thirty participating clinical research sites in six countries.
MHRP, with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF), was selected by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at National Institute of Health as a Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) for their HIV research networks for the next seven years.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM), through a sub-recipient contract under the National Agency for the Control of HIV/Aids (NACA), selected the MHRP/HJFMRI Ltd. Gte Nigeria team to develop national guidelines for key population services. The award will allow the MHRP Nigeria team to help develop national guidelines for key population (KP) services.
