Wits-UNC Partnership: Expanding Capacity in HIV Implementation Science in South Africa

联系PD/PI：Pettifor，Audrey PrPorjoejcetcST uSmummmarayry 南非仍然是艾滋病毒流行的中心，全球艾滋病毒携带者最多。 尽管近年来获得艾滋病毒预防和抗逆转录病毒疗法(ART)的机会有所扩大，但仍有 在获得预防和护理方案的人的比例方面存在重大差距。要成功地到达 艾滋病规划署的疫情控制、获取和遵守有效预防和治疗方案的目标必须 将得到显著扩展。实施科学可以帮助理解如何改善获取、吸收 遏制疫情所需的项目的数量和质量。通过增加实施科学的数量 专家和组织，我们的建议可以带来改变。在目前的D43奖项(2014-2019年)中，大学 北卡罗来纳州教堂山分校(UNC-CH)和加州大学公共卫生学院(SPH) 南非威特沃特斯兰德(Wits)成功开发并实施了第一批硕士和博士学位 在南非和非洲区域实施科学(IS)计划，并在 南非的教职员工、学生和政府。WITS和北卡罗来纳大学的教职员工密切合作，开发新的 在IS开设课程，设立学位课程，共同教授11门课程。有了这个坚实的学术基础 在这次续签中，我们寻求加强已开发的学位课程，以便Wits完全拥有 该计划并通过与南非三家领先的艾滋病毒感染者合作，扩大我们的培训和指导模式 隶属于Wits(Wits生殖健康和艾滋病毒研究所(RHI)，Anova Health)的研究机构 研究所和Aurum研究所)根据其已确定的需求构建临界数量的信息系统专业知识 组织。在该项目中，我们的目标是：1)将WITS SPH打造为卓越的实施中心 科学培训，并支持WITS SPH独立领导IS学位课程走向未来。 2)支持Wits教职员工，以及我们3个艾滋病毒研究合作伙伴和UCT的Wits附属人员，在 职业发展和成为拥有IS和IS专业知识的独立研究人员 爱滋病毒。3)在南非3项领先的艾滋病毒研究中发展实施科学方面的专门知识 组织：WITS RHI，Anova和Aurum。这次续订将巩固is That Wits中的一个成功计划 和UNC在当前的D43中联合实施。我们将利用我们的经验和强大的合作历史 在北卡罗来纳大学和Wits之间建立Wits作为IS培训的领导者，并扩大在我们的 通过与领先的艾滋病毒研究机构-Wits RHI、Anova和Aurum联手，目前的D43。在这 更新我们的目标是扩大IS研究人员的队伍，他们可以进行严谨和创新的IS研究 改善预防和护理方案的接受和交付，最终预防新的艾滋病毒感染和 死亡。

Contact PD/PI: Pettifor, Audrey PrPorjoejcetcSt uSmummmarayry South Africa continues to be at the center of the HIV epidemic with the most persons living with HIV globally. While access to HIV prevention and antiretroviral therapy (ART) has expanded in recent years, there are still significant gaps in the proportion of people accessing prevention and care programs. To successfully reach the UNAIDS goal of epidemic control, access and adherence to effective prevention and treatment programs must be significantly expanded. Implementation science can help in understanding how to improve access to, uptake of and quality of programs needed to curtail the epidemic. By increasing the number of implementation science experts and organizations, our proposal can effect change. In the current D43 award (2014-2019), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and the School of Public Health (SPH) at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa successfully developed and implemented the first Masters and Doctoral program in Implementation Science (IS) in South Africa and the Africa region and built research capacity among South African faculty, students and government. Wits and UNC faculty worked closely together to develop new courses in IS, set up the degree program and taught 11 courses together. With this strong academic foundation in place, in this renewal, we seek to strengthen the degree program developed, for Wits to take full ownership of the program and to expand our training and mentoring model by partnering with three leading South African HIV research organizations affiliated with Wits (Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (RHI), Anova Health Institute, and Aurum Institute) to build a critical mass of IS expertise based on identified need within their organizations. In this project we aim: 1) To establish Wits SPH as a center of excellence in implementation science training and to support Wits SPH to independently lead the IS degree program into the future. 2) To support Wits faculty, and those affiliated with Wits at our 3 HIV research partners and UCT, in career development and progression to becoming independent researchers with expertise in both IS and HIV. 3) To develop expertise in implementation science among 3 leading South African HIV research organizations: Wits RHI, Anova and Aurum. This renewal will solidify a successful program in IS that Wits and UNC jointly implemented in the current D43. We will leverage our experience and strong collaborative history between UNC and Wits to establish Wits as a leader in IS training and to expand the groundwork laid in our current D43 by joining forces with leading HIV Research Institutions—Wits RHI, Anova and Aurum. In this renewal we aim to expand the cadre of IS researchers who can conduct rigorous and innovative IS research to improve the uptake and delivery of prevention and care programs, ultimately preventing new HIV infections and deaths.