South Africa Tuberculosis/AIDS Training

南非是世界上结核病负担最高、结核病/艾滋病毒负担最高和艾滋病毒负担最高的五个国家之一。缺乏在临床、手术、实验室和卫生服务研究方面经验丰富的调查人员S是南非未能实现其结核病控制目标的主要原因之一。由于结核病很容易通过呼吸道飞沫传播，最近关于艾滋病毒患者中高度耐药结核病的报告特别引起全球社会的关注。这笔赠款是来自三所南非大学(威特沃特斯兰德大学、开普敦大学、斯泰伦博什大学)和两所美国大学(约翰·霍普金斯大学和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校)的联合提案。这笔赠款创建了一个全面的结核病/艾滋病毒培训和研究计划。这笔赠款的总体目的是在南非研究人员中开发关于艾滋病毒和结核病联合流行的新研究想法。我们将确定聪明、年轻的研究人员，并在他们开发临床、流行病学和实验室项目以解决这两个问题时对他们进行指导。我们将通过在美国和南非的短期、中期和长期培训计划来实现这一点，包括讲座、小组、基于互联网的培训和一对一指导。

South Africa is one of the five countries worldwide that rank in the top ten of highest TB burden, highest TB/HIV burden and highest HIV burden. The lack of experienced investigators in clinical, operational, laboratory and health services research s one of the main reasons behind the failure of South Africa to meet its tuberculosis control targets. The recent reports of highly resistant tuberculosis among HIV patients are of particular concern to the global community as tuberculosis is easily transmitted through respiratory droplets. This grant is a combined proposal from from three South African universities (University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University) and two US universities (Johns Hopkins and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). This grant creates a comprehensive TB/HIV training and research program. The overall aim of this grant is to develop new research ideas among South African investigators concerning the joint epidemic of HIV and tuberculosis. We shall identify bright, young investigators and mentor them as they develop clinical, epidemiological and laboratory projects to attack these twin problems. We shall do this through short, medium and long term training programs both in the United States and South Africa including lectures, small group, internet based and one on one mentoring.