Khulani Siphile Siphuhle Training Program in South Africa (KiSS-TP)

南非 Khulani Siphile Siphuhle 培训计划 (KiSS-TP)

• 批准号: 10688439
• 负责人: Linda-Gail Gail Bekker
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: DESMOND TUTU HIV FOUNDATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2028-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10688439
• 关键词: Academic support; Address; Area; Behavioral; California; Caring; Cities; Country; Development; Disadvantaged; Doctor of Philosophy; Eastern Africa; Economics; Ensure; Environment; Epidemic; Faculty; Foundations; HIV; HIV/TB; Hares; Health; Health Status; Health trends; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Incidence; Inequity; Institution; Investments; Mental Health; Mental disorders; Mentors; Outcome; Persons; Population; Prevalence; Prevention; Province; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Resources; Risk Factors; South Africa; Surveys; Training; Training Programs; United States; Universities; adolescent health; aged; comorbidity; global health; health inequalities; male health; next generation; programs; segregation; skills; social

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT South Africa is the centre of the global HIV epidemic and has the largest absolute number of people living with HIV (~7.9 million) of any country in the world. South Africa also has the world’s highest TB prevalence (852 per 100,000 population aged >15 years), and the greatest incidence of co-morbid TB among those living with HIV. These high rates of HIV and TB are further compounded by the high burden of common mental disorders (CMDs), especially when co-morbid with HIV and HIV/TB. Underlying these national-level health trends are provincial and district health inequalities resulting from the legacy of the racist apartheid regime. The structural inequities wrought by apartheid continue to influence the distribution and prevalence of social, economic and behavioural risk factors that impact health outcomes, all of which continue to be observed in national surveys and health indicators. Similar to Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States, South Africa’s Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) were established as non-White, segregated institutions during apartheid. Due to historic injustices, HDIs have not generated the type of academic resources or research infrastructure to enable them to compete with their affluent counterparts or establish a global footprint within the research environment. To address these historic health and institutional inequities wrought by South Africa’s racist Apartheid regime, invest in institutions outside of the historically advantaged cities of Durban, Johannesburg or Cape Town, and create a critical mass of cutting-edge HIV researchers within the HDIs of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, we propose the Khulani Siphile Siphuhle Training Program (KiSS-TP). Specifically, we will offer an intensive, interdisciplinary, mentored PhD training program to eight carefully selected Masters-level faculty and staff at University of Fort Hare (UFH), Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation’s (DTHF) research program in Eastern Cape; UFH and WSU are two of South Africa’s eight designated HDIs. We will also strengthen PhD training capacity in Eastern Cape through professional development and progression towards independent research programmes for UFH and WSU faculty and D43 trainees. Our training consortium will include DTHF, UFH, WSU, University of Cape Town and University of California Global Health Institute. By selecting PhD trainees who are junior faculty and staff affiliated with Eastern Cape HDIs and research institutions, we ensure an immediate return-on-investment regarding: 1) an increase in cutting-edge research capacity in Eastern Cape, 2) support of academic capacity for nascent PhD programs at UFH and WSU, and 3) training of next generation HIV researchers. Trainees will have the opportunity to practice their developing skills through mentored research in the Eastern Cape focused on one of four critical areas of need in that region of South Africa: Adolescent health, HIV care and prevention; Men’s health, HIV care and prevention; HIV and mental health; and HIV and TB.

项目总结/摘要 南非是全球艾滋病毒流行的中心， 艾滋病毒感染者（约790万人）是世界上任何一个国家。南非也是世界上结核病发病率最高的国家（852 每10万名年龄>15岁的人口中结核病的发病率最高）， 艾滋病。艾滋病毒和结核病的高发病率因常见精神疾病的高负担而进一步加剧 （CMD），特别是与HIV和HIV/TB共病时。这些国家一级的健康趋势的基础是 种族主义种族隔离制度遗留下来的各省和地区的保健不平等现象。结构性 种族隔离造成的不公平现象继续影响着社会、经济和文化权利的分配和普遍程度， 影响健康结果的行为风险因素，所有这些都继续在国家调查中观察到 健康指标。 与美国历史上的黑人学院和大学类似，南非的历史上 种族隔离机构（HDIs）是在种族隔离期间建立的非白人隔离机构。由于 历史上的不公正，HDIs没有产生学术资源或研究基础设施的类型， 使他们能够与富裕的同行竞争，或在研究领域建立全球足迹， 环境 为了解决南非种族主义隔离制度造成的这些历史性的卫生和体制不平等， 投资于德班、约翰内斯堡或开普敦等历史悠久的城市以外的机构， 在南非东开普省的艾滋病研究机构中培养一批顶尖的艾滋病研究人员， 我们提出了Khulani Siphile Siphuhle培训计划（KiSS-TP）。具体来说，我们将提供一个密集的， 跨学科，指导博士培训计划，以八个精心挑选的硕士水平的教师和工作人员在 福特黑尔大学（UFH），沃尔特西苏鲁大学（WSU）和德斯蒙德图图健康基金会（DTHF） UFH和WSU是南非八个指定的HDIs中的两个。我们还将 通过专业发展和进展加强东开普省博士培训能力， 为UFH和WSU教师和D43学员提供独立的研究计划。我们的培训联盟将包括 DTHF、UFH、WSU、开普敦大学和加州大学全球健康研究所。选择PhD 学员谁是初级教师和工作人员附属于东开普省HDI和研究机构，我们确保 立即投资回报：1）增加东开普省的尖端研究能力，2） 支持UFH和WSU新生博士课程的学术能力，以及3）下一代艾滋病毒的培训 研究人员学员将有机会通过指导研究实践他们的发展技能， 东开普省集中注意南非区域四个关键需要领域之一：青少年保健， 艾滋病毒护理和预防;男性健康、艾滋病毒护理和预防;艾滋病毒和心理健康;以及艾滋病毒和结核病。