African Programe for Training in HIV/TB Research

非洲艾滋病毒/结核病研究培训计划

• 批准号: 6574158
• 负责人: PETER R MASON
• 金额: $ 7.92万
• 依托单位: COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIS UNIV OF ZIMBABWE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-22 至 2003-09-21
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6574158
• 关键词: AIDS education /prevention; Africa; HIV infections; clinical research; cooperative study; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; health science research; opportunistic infections; postgraduate education; tuberculosis

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Infection with HIV has had its most devastating impact on the health of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The burden of HIV and its associated opportunistic infections, particularly TB, is so great that many of the advances in health that have been made are being rapidly eroded. Indicators such as infant mortality and life expectancy show the rapid decline in health status brought about by HIV .In developed countries research has long been recognized as an essential component of development. The resources in developing countries are, however, limited and research is not afforded high priority. Improvements in conditions for research and increased opportunities for researchers to develop their skills is essential for the development of Africa, and this is particularly true in health. This programme will develop both informal and academic frameworks to enable young African scientists to improve their research capacity to a level where they can design, implement and report on meaningful and relevant research. The BRTI has already committed resources to training in health. and has attracted over 300 scientists, technologists and clinicians from 23 countries in Africa to 36 training courses in the past 5 years. The BRTI has also provided a research environment for 21 post-graduate students in Zimbabwe, and has the capacity through interaction in 16 current HIV/TB research topics to attract more. This proposal intends to develop a programme of informal courses that are relevant across a broad range of health research activities. Specific training courses in HIV and TB can be used towards a proposed MSc in either Biomedical Research or Clinical Research. Having achieved these qualifications. support will be given for students to carry out clinical, epidemiological. clinical and laboratory based research. A support framework for clinicians completing M. Med and M.D. programmes will be designed. The BRTI will work closely with local and international collaborators in the development of these programmes.

描述（由申请人提供）：艾滋病毒感染对撒哈拉以南非洲地区人民的健康造成了最具破坏性的影响。艾滋病毒及其相关机会性感染（特别是结核病）的负担如此之大，以致于健康方面取得的许多进展正在迅速被侵蚀。婴儿死亡率和预期寿命等指标显示艾滋病毒带来的健康状况迅速下降。在发达国家，研究早已被视为发展的重要组成部分。然而，发展中国家的资源有限，研究并未得到高度重视。改善研究条件和增加研究人员发展技能的机会对于非洲的发展至关重要，在卫生领域尤其如此。该计划将制定非正式和学术框架，使年轻的非洲科学家能够将他们的研究能力提高到能够设计、实施和报告有意义和相关研究的水平。 BRTI 已投入资源用于健康培训。过去5年吸引了来自非洲23个国家的300多名科学家、技术人员和临床医生参加36个培训课程。 BRTI 还为津巴布韦的 21 名研究生提供了研究环境，并有能力通过当前 16 个艾滋病毒/结核病研究课题的互动来吸引更多的研究生。该提案旨在制定一个与广泛的健康研究活动相关的非正式课程计划。艾滋病毒和结核病的具体培训课程可用于申请生物医学研究或临床研究硕士学位。获得这些资格后。将为学生开展临床、流行病学研究提供支持。基于临床和实验室的研究。将为完成医学硕士和医学博士课程的临床医生设计一个支持框架。 BRTI 将与当地和国际合作者密切合作开发这些项目。