The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded a $368,070 Project Grant under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to Trustees of Boston University to identify and address barriers in the cervical cancer treatment cascade among women with HIV in South Africa.
The project aims to conduct formative research, including qualitative interviews with women with HIV and healthcare providers, to develop a multi-level retention care intervention tailored to the needs of this high-risk population. Boston University is collaborating with sub-awardees Massachusetts General Hospital and the Match Research Unit at Wits Health Consortium in South Africa to implement the research activities. The sub-awards support oversight, participant recruitment, intervention delivery, data collection, and dissemination of study findings to help mitigate cervical cancer disparities affecting women with HIV in South Africa.
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