Catalytic postgraduate research training in HIV disease monitoring its treatments and comorbidities in Namibia
Catalytic postgraduate research training in HIV disease monitoring its treatments and comorbidities in Namibia
批准号:
9769262
负责人:
Timothy Rennie
金额:
$3.02万
依托单位:
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2019
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2019-05-15 至 2020-04-30
关键词:
AddressAfrica South of the SaharaAnti-Retroviral AgentsAreaCaringCommunicationComorbidityDiagnosisDiseaseDrug MonitoringDrug resistanceElementsEpidemicFacultyGenotypeGrantHIVHIV/TBHealth SciencesHealthcareInvestigationMedicalMedicineMonitorNamibiaOutputPatient MonitoringPatient NoncompliancePrevalenceProcessPublic HealthResearchResearch MethodologyResearch Project GrantsResearch TrainingTherapeuticTimeTrainingTuberculosisUniversitiesWorkadverse drug reactionbasebehavioral adherenceco-infectionhuman subject protectionpharmacovigilanceprograms
中文摘要
艾滋病毒流行病继续对撒哈拉以南非洲和纳米比亚产生重大影响;
英文摘要
The HIV epidemic continues to have major impact on sub-Saharan Africa and Namibia specifically;
while HIV has been decreasing slowly over the last decade, prevalence is still approximately 17%
and a much greater effort is required to work towards elimination. Attempts at faster elimination
are thwarted by a number of factors including delayed diagnosis, inappropriate treatment due to
mis- or delayed diagnosis, poor treatment monitoring, co-infection of tuberculosis (TB) and other
comorbidities, and poor healthcare provision and consequent patient non-adherence. Though a great
volume of research is dedicated to the investigation of these HIV-related issues, there is a need
now to undertake greater research in the context of Namibia.
The planning grant we apply for will expedite the process of determining the best approach within
the setting of the University of Namibia Faculty of Health Sciences to implementing a postgraduate
training in HIV research around four scientific focus areas. Specifically, these focus areas are:
1. HIV/TB genotype-based drug resistance surveillance (public health monitoring)
2. Pharmacovigilance-based monitoring of antiretroviral agents causing adverse drug reactions
(public health monitoring)
3. Therapeutic drug monitoring of medicines used in the treatment of HIV and related co-infections
(treatment monitoring of HIV)
4. Monitoring of patient behavior (adherence) during treatment and their medical care (treatment
monitoring of HIV)
At this stage it is envisaged that the University of Namibia will develop and provide training in
HIV research through a 2-year full-time Masters-level program that will include a taught element in
the first year and a research project in the second year. Didactic training in the first year of
study towards our envisaged training approach will address more general areas including research
methodology, scientific communication, and human subjects protection in addition to the four
scientific subject areas. In the second year of the training, one aspect of the four focus areas
will form part of their research project. This approach is expected to provide a broad base
training in HIV-related research approaches as well as research scientific output in a specific
domain that can be supported locally. The planning grant will be fundamental in providing support
to the planning of this training.
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