UZCHS-CTRC would like to congratulate two of our research scientists for leading and publishing two articles in high-impact journals. Published in AIDS and Behavior, Petina Musara led the authorship of a paper on how presenting drug detection levels in blood changed self-reports of study product adherence in the MTN 003 (VOICE) study. MTN 003-D was […]
The Research Council of Zimbabwe [RCZ] a statutory body mandated to promote direct, supervise and co-ordinate research in Zimbabwe, hosted the 11th Edition of the ZIRS on 16 and 17 February 2017 at the Harare International Conference Centre. The symposium was officially opened by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, RG Mugabe on 17 […]
In 2015 the community created an award recognizing the diverse and expanding contributions of ACTG CAB members outside the network community commitments. The Sharon Maxwell Community Impact Award honors her over 20 year’s contributions to HIV education and support both in research related groups and for her community and state. This year’s award was won […]
HARARE, February 22, 2016 –A vaginal ring containing an antiretroviral (ARV) drug called dapivirine that women inserted into their genital tract and used for a month at a time was safe and helped protect against HIV in a large-scale clinical trial involving more than 2,600 women in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Uganda and South Africa, researchers who […]
UZCHS-CTRC researchers Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Nyaradzo Mgodi, and Portia Hunidzarira were recently featured in an article posted on AllAfrica.com by Wallace Mawire, where they discuss the first ever HIV vaccine clinical trial that will soon be implemented in Zimbabwe. Known as HVTN 107, this study will be testing a similar vaccine used in Thailand’s RV144 trial, […]
University of Zimbabwe Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), Professor Chipo Dyanda toured 5 UZCHS-CTRC Clinical Research sites (CRSs) on 12/March/2015 to familiarise herself with the research activities and infrastructure established to support these activities. The 5 CRSs are Spilhaus, St Mary’s, Zengeza, Seke South and Seke North. UZCHS-CTRC Executive Director, Professor Z Mike Chirenje led the […]
MTN 003 (VOICE) primary study results have now been published in the 5 February 2015 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Initially presented in 2013 at the 20th Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), greater details of those findings are now presented through this peer-review journal publication. Primary study results of […]
November and December 2014 were exciting months for Seke North and St. Mary’s CRSs, as they began screening and enrollment into IMPAACT P1078. This study is looking to see if INH (Isonizaid, a medication used to treat or prevent tuberculosis) protects HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants from contracting tuberculosis, and if starting INH during […]
For HIV-infected women in good immune health, taking a three-drug regimen during pregnancy prevents mother-to-child HIV transmission more effectively than taking one drug during pregnancy, another during labor and two more after giving birth, an international clinical trial has found. The ongoing PROMISE (Promoting Maternal-Infant Survival Everywhere) study also has found that one triple-drug regimen […]
Client-centered models of HIV prevention for women which employ Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) examine both drug effectiveness but also drug delivery. It has become critical to understand whether available delivery options are likely to be utilized given individual risk, preference and lifestyle. Most frequently offered as a pill, vaginal film, vaginal ring or gel, injectable […]
