Project Grant SUG50020GR0017

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants provides $547,321 to Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda to develop and pilot an intervention to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation and persistence among male clients of female sex workers (FSWs). The key components of the intervention, named "Kayungirizi", involve: 1) secondary distribution of HIV self-testing kits by...

This federal Project Grant award of $632,775 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program aims to develop and pilot test the EMPOWER (Enhancing and Motivating PREP Options among Women through Empowerment and Resilience) telehealth intervention. The primary goals are to assess the sexual health and PrEP-related needs of Black women, refine the EMPOWER intervention, and conduct a pilot randomized trial to evaluate the feasibility...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded Emory University a $422,282 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to develop an implementation strategy for linking adolescent girls and young women in South Africa who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options, including long-acting PrEP modalities. This 2-year research project aims to conduct formative qualitative and quantitative assessments...

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) provides $146,550 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on the social and behavioral drivers of HIV risk among South African adolescent girls and young women (SA-AGYW). The key objectives are to: 1) Analyze baseline data from a large HIV prevention intervention study involving SA-AGYW and their female...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) titled "SUUBI4PREP: IMPROVING PREP ACCESS AND ADHERENCE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN UGANDA" to The Washington University in the amount of $665,225.00. This 5-year grant, effective January 1, 2025, will fund a randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of a multilevel combination intervention on increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,365,212 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop and test a peer-led dynamic choice HIV prevention intervention for women at elevated HIV risk in Uganda. The project aims to: 1) Refine and optimize a peer-led dynamic choice HIV prevention intervention providing access to oral PrEP, the dapivirine vaginal ring, long-acting cabotegravir, and...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $1,888,033 to the Center for Innovative Public Health Research to test a text messaging-based HIV prevention program called "In This Together" (ITG) across Uganda. The ITG program was developed specifically for and with feedback from 18-22 year-olds in Uganda, and aims to harness the potential of text messaging to deliver research-driven...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $119,943 cooperative agreement to Family Development Initiatives LIMITED of Zambia to support a Community Led Monitoring Initiative to Improve Quality of HIV Care Services in Eastern Province from January 19, 2023 through November 30, 2023. The initiative will support community-based monitoring of HIV care services delivered through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in Eastern Province, Zambia....

This $707,796 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a study to evaluate the sustainability and scale-up of the Malkia Klabu (MK) intervention. MK is a loyalty program that creates youth-friendly drug shops where adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) can access HIV prevention services and contraception. The key objectives are to: 1) Test the adoption and continuation of MK in control and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) provides $431,712 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to implement and evaluate an innovative HIV testing program for children aged 18 months to 5 years in rural Uganda. The key objectives are: Determine barriers and facilitators to pediatric HIV testing, and adapt a traditional healer-facilitated HIV testing...