Major research projects at PHRU
PHRU has been conducting research since 1996. Initially the focus was on prevention of mother to child transmission, however this has expanded in recent years.
Currently, PHRU conducts bio-medical research in HIV covering prevention, treatment and care. In addition, HIV/AIDS related research is conducted to inform these initiatives.
The areas of research are listed below:
Prevention:
Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), couples counselling and community based VCT, a focus on men and prevention, new prevention approaches including diaphragm interventions and HIV vaccine trials and initiatives aimed towards adolescents.
Treatment:
PMTCT, paediatric and adult treatment, household treatment studies, resistance studies, clinical trials, adherence and resistance.
Care:
Comprehensive care and support, opportunistic and other infections, depression, HIV and tuberculosis clinical epidemiology, novel TB prevention regimens, rural and urban models, children.
HIV/AIDS related research:
Behavioural and anthropological studies on masculinity and men’s sexual behaviour and living with and dying of AIDS and traditional medicine. Household surveys investigating health and economic impact. Research into adherence to antiretroviral treatment. HIV/AIDS and the media.
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Gender, sex & HIV
The AIDS Priorities Symposium
Cape Town – 29th & 30th October 2009
Johannesburg – 4th – 5th November 2009
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Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Program
Report On USAID/PEPFAR Funding To PHRU
October 2007- September 2008
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Professor James McIntyre and Professor Glenda Gray Croi Presentaion 2009
Responding to the HIV Epidemic in Soweto, South Africa
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