AITRP SUPPLEMENT TO INDIA

这项提议是为了扩大耶鲁AITRP内部的活动，以支持培训和研究，以帮助加强印度的艾滋病毒预防和护理。在印度，有效预防艾滋病毒的必要性尤其重要，因为印度已经有大约400万艾滋病毒感染者，在许多邦，艾滋病毒发病率在高危和低危人群中都在稳步上升。补充资金将用于在耶鲁大学为六名印度科学家提供为期四个月的培训，为期三年(2000-2003年)。每名科学家将接受印度国家艾滋病控制组织(NACO)和世界银行第二个艾滋病毒/艾滋病控制项目确定的三个优先研究领域之一的培训：流行病学、社会/行为科学和项目评估。研究人员将有机会参加耶鲁大学的课程：参加关于艾滋病毒预防干预的课程；并参加耶鲁大学艾滋病跨学科研究中心(CIRA)预定的研讨会和正在进行的研究项目。培训结束后，当他们返回印度时，他们将获得一笔重新进入美国的补助金，用于开展研究项目。该项目将在学员留在耶鲁期间设计，并由参与培训的研究人员提供指导，将对NACO和世界银行项目具有价值。培训还将使这些科学家能够在艾滋病毒预防领域为NACO和第二个世界银行项目提供强有力的技术领导。提高培训所涵盖领域的国内技能将有助于印度努力确定最适当和最有效的艾滋病毒预防和护理干预措施。

This proposal is for expanded activities within the Yale AITRP to support training and research to help strengthen HIV prevention and care in India. The need for effective prevention of HIV in India is Particularly critical, as India already has about 4 million HIV-infection people, with HIV incidence rising steadily in both high- and low-risk populations in many states. The supplemental funds will be used to provide four months of training at Yale University for six Indian scientists over three years (2000-2003). Each scientist will be trained in one of three priority research areas that have been identified by the Indian National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and the Second World Bank HIV/AIDS Control Project: epidemiology, social/behavioral sciences and program evaluation. The researchers will have the opportunity to enroll in courses at Yale University: participate in a course on HIV prevention interventions; and take part in scheduled seminars and ongoing research projects at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale. Following the training and upon return to India, they will receive a re-entry' grant to conduct a research project. The project will be designed during the trainees stay at Yale with guidance from researchers involved in their training and will be of value to NACO and the World Bank Project. The training will also allow these scientists to provide strong technical leadership in areas of HIV Prevention for NACO and the Second World Bank Project. Enhanced in-country skills in the areas covered by the training will contribute to efforts in India to identify the most appropriate and effective HIV prevention and care interventions.