Building a Collaborative Research and Training Platform for HIV and Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases in Uganda
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
HIV-associated Noncommunicable Diseases Research at LMIC Institutions
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Building a Collaborative Research and Training Platform for HIV and Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases in Uganda
Principal Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Hsieh, Evelyn; Kaddumukasa, Mark
Project Contact Information
Email:
evelyn.hsieh@yale.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2024–2026
Country
Regional - Sub-Saharan Africa; Uganda
Collaborators
Mulago National Hospital
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Project Description
The burden of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) is significant in sub-Saharan Africa due to changing demographic patterns against a backdrop of resource limitation. A diverse range of RMDs have been described among persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and can occur at any stage of the disease; unfortunately, most countries in the region have not yet developed the research capacity to address RMDs, particularly in the setting of HIV.
To address this gap, this project will establish a novel registry of patients with co-existing HIV and RMD, and two comparator groups of patients with HIV alone and RMD alone and build a collaborative research network to support innovative research in this area.
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