Stellenbosch University awarded R40m grant by US for HIV-prevention programmes | City Press

The proposed research titled “The changing face of HIV in the era of Covid-19: Maximising HIV incidence reduction through dynamic targeting of current and future distributions of acquisition risk” would be used to inform the future implementation of HIV-prevention programmes.

Tanser added even though his recent research has shown that there had been a substantial reduction of 43% in new HIV infections in rural areas, events, such as Covid-19, which disrupted HIV care, could create shifts in the burden of unsuppressed viral load and new HIV infections. "The HIV epidemic is rapidly changing, and existing intervention strategies will, therefore, need to evolve to keep up with the changing dynamics of the epidemic."We have a fantastic team in place and I’m confident that the findings from this work will allow us to take HIV-prevention strategies to the next level and ultimately to make a massive difference to local populations who are still at high risk of infection from this terrible disease," he stated.

Meanwhile, Professor Kanshukan Rajaratnam, the head of the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at SU, congratulated the team for securing this prestigious NIH grant. "The findings of this work will be vital for designing future HIV-prevention efforts and South Africa can play a leading role in showing the world how this epidemic can be driven to low levels."In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today.

Why would the enemy give you R40 million ? Whats the catch ?

Prevention strategies and not CURE?

Yes take money from the NIH for so called 'research'. The same ones who helped create the covid virus.

TheChadAnthony1 Mzansi_4Science Why don’t they work with CAPRISA

Like when WitsUniversity were testing Covid tests in 2018. If only we had real journalists.

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