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A Package of Combination HIV Prevention Interventions for MSM in Southern Africa
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The overarching aim of this project is to develop an optimized combination package of HIV prevention interventions and services (CPHI) for men who have sex with men (MSM) in southern Africa, to develop preliminary data about the acceptability of the candidate package, and to develop a rational project for a
subsequent efficacy trial of the prevention package. The rationale for this study is simple: virtually no work, in either research or program, has focused on HIV preventive interventions for MSM in the southern African region—despite emerging evidence that a severe epidemic of HIV is underway among these men.
Communities of MSM are beginning to emerge in southern Africa and they are doing so in the context of the world’s most advanced and generalized epidemic of HIV. The understanding of these men, their social and sexual lives, and the multiple vulnerabilities and risks associated with their sexual behaviors in the
African context has just begun to be investigated. Indeed, the very existence of these men and their networks remains a contentious issue in several African States. African MSM remain among the most hidden and stigmatized groups at risk in the global HIV epidemic, and one for whom optimized prevention
packages, fit to challenging local environments,...
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Minority Global Health Disparities Research Training Program
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The Overarching goal of the "Minority Global Health Disparities Research Training Program" is to provide international health disparity research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate/medical students who are from health disparities populations. The program is also directed at increasing the students'' ability to function effectively in a global environment as well as gain insights into different cultures and ethical aspects of research. Inherent in this objective is for the trainees to realize the universality of requirements for critical thinking and quantitative thought in the global human health research arena, as well as the cultural and ethical aspects of conducting research abroad. The ultimate goal of this program is to meet the nation''''s need for increasing the number of highly motivated minority researchers who pursue biomedical, biobehavioral, and clinical research careers. In essence, our plan has four components: 1) planning, assessment and student selection; 2) student preparation for foreign research experience; 3) research experience in a foreign country; and 4) evaluation. Even though the research at foreign sites will be at different institutions, the research and other components are united by their focus on health disparities of underserved populations. A consortium of U.S., (Johns Hopkins University, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina A&T...
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Research and training US students for a Fogarty Funded MHIRT grant in CapeTown, South Africa
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South Africa Associate Award under HCP
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