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This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $1,251,196 to the University of Washington to scale up an evidence-based Adolescent Transition Package (ATP) to support transitional care for youth living with HIV in Kenya. The project aims to compare two implementation strategies for scaling up the ATP: the standard Kenya Ministry of Health approach versus an enhanced "ATP-YES" strategy...

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940). The purpose of this 3-year project, titled "RE-ENGAGEMENT TO CARE AND OUTREACH FOR PERSONS WITH HIV IN RURAL COMMUNITIES (REACH: RURAL RE-ENGAGEMENT AND CARE USING CHWS FOR PERSONS WITH HIV)," is to enhance linkage,...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $710,187 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) on Sep 11, 2024. The purpose of this 5-year grant is to adapt and evaluate the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and continuation among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), is focused on exploring synergies in pharmacy-based delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and contraception services for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kenya. The $393,142 award to the University of Washington will support a cluster randomized clinical trial at 20 pharmacies in Kisumu, Kenya...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the federal Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $707,796 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to study the effectiveness of a loyalty program intervention called Malkia Klabu (MK) that aims to increase access to HIV prevention services and contraception for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa through drug shops. The key products...

This Project Grant award of $573,475 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund a randomized trial in Botswana to determine the effect of integrating sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing with expanded pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options on PrEP use among pregnant women. The study aims to increase PrEP initiation, persistence, and adherence by offering both...

This federal Project Grant award, with funding of $431,712.00 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research), aims to improve HIV testing among children under five in rural Uganda. The project has two key objectives: To determine barriers and facilitators to pediatric HIV testing and adapt a traditional healer-facilitated HIV testing program for children aged 18 months to 5 years. This will involve interviews with...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,551,042 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) will establish a Regional Research Hub (RRH) in metropolitan Atlanta to improve linkages to care for recently incarcerated individuals experiencing substance use disorder (SUD) and at risk for HIV transmission. The award has two key objectives: 1) In years 1-2, to pilot test a previously developed intervention called SUCCESS-E that uses case management...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $756,077 was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award supports a 5-year longitudinal study to examine the long-term immunologic, cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurocognitive consequences of inflammation in children with perinatal HIV in sub-Saharan Africa who have achieved viral suppression on long-term...

This $1,243,071 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports the development of a new collaborative eligibility platform to improve access and retention in care for people living with HIV who receive services through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP). The key objectives are to: 1) Develop a web-based platform to streamline eligibility determination, enrollment, and management of ADAP and other...