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Reducing Stigma in People Who Inject Drugs with HIV Using a Rapid Start Antiretroviral Therapy Intervention

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Funding Fogarty Program

Stigma HIV/AIDS

Project Information in NIH RePORTER

Reducing Stigma in People Who Inject Drugs with HIV Using a Rapid Start Antiretroviral Therapy Intervention

Principal Institution

Yale University

Principal Investigator(s) (PI)

Altice, Frederick Lewis

Project Contact Information

Email: frederick.altice@yale.edu

Year(s) Awarded

2023-2026

Country

Malaysia

Collaborators

University of Malaya

Project Description

Malaysia, a middle-income country that has an expanding HIV epidemic concentrated in people who inject drugs, is steeped in high levels of discrimination and intentions to discriminate by HIV-treating clinicians. This project aims to develop and pilot test a rapid start antiretroviral therapy strategy as a stigma reduction intervention, which if effective, can be tested in future implementation trials.

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