Preventing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-exposed infants
Active Dates 09/01/2015 to 08/01/2018Faculty Involved Grace John-Stewart
View ArticleSimulated patient encounters to promote early detection and engagement in HIV...
Active Dates 07/01/2015 to 06/30/2018Faculty Involved Grace John-StewartPamela Kohler
View ArticleAzithromycin to prevent post-discharge mortality and morbidity in Kenyan...
Countries KenyaActive Dates 09/01/2014 to 08/31/2019Faculty Involved Grace John-StewartJudd Walson
View ArticleHOPE - Human papillomavirus screening to improve women´s life
This project proposes to implement and evaluate a new model of cervical cancer screening, including using women in the community as promoters of disease prevention; the use of "self-sampling", ex. that...
View ArticleMTN 020. A Multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3...
The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Dapivarine (25mg) administered in a silicone elastomer vaginal matrix ring, when inserted once every 4 weeks over the investigational product use...
View ArticleMozambique Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Needs Assessment
Survey conducted in all public health facilities with maternity wards to assess the availability of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care services. Evaluations occur every three years.Countries...
View ArticlePolicy Analysis of Integrated Community Case Management for Childhood...
Case Study of Mozambique Implemented by the Department of Community Health in partnership with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (JHSPH) e commissioned by UNICEF e USAID/TRAction.Countries...
View ArticleAzithromycin to prevent post-discharge morbidity and mortality in Kenyan...
The aim of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial is to determine the efficacy of azithromycin provided to children at hospital discharge, compared to placebo, in reducing mortality,...
View ArticleOptimal use of antibiotics in young children at high risk of diarrhea...
The purpose of this double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial is to determine the efficacy of two antibiotics in reducing risk of death and linear growth faltering in children under two years of...
View ArticleDiarrheal disease management in children living in resource-limited settings.
Morbidity and mortality from diarrhea remain unacceptability high among children living in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Through a series of reviews, we will determine the empiric basis of...
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Alison Roxby
Assistant Professor, Global HealthAssistant Professor, Allergy and Infectious Dis.Biography Alison Roxby MD, MSc received her MD degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Master's in Public Health from the...
View ArticleImmune activation during pregnancy and contraception in HIV-infected Kenyan...
HIV-1 infected pregnant women and contraception users may have increased HIV-1 genital shedding and disease progression, but the mechanism behind these changes is poorly understood. Systemic T-cell...
View ArticleProgesterone-based contraception and immune activation in postpartum Kenyan...
Responsibilities: to design and implement a cohort study of 50 HIV-seronegative postpartum women in Kenya to study systemic and local genital tract immune activation before and after initiation of...
View ArticleChanges in the vaginal microbiome after use of DMPA
Women who use DMPA for contraception are at higher risk of HIV acquisition. Using PCR we will analyze vaginal swab samples collected pre and post-DMPA and map changes in vaginal species and species...
View ArticleWomen’s Life Expectancy
This is a case-study based on qualitative methods to understand the drivers of female mortality in ten U.S. counties. This is part of the larger U.S. Counties Drivers of Health Study.Countries United...
View ArticleOral home-based HIV testing for repeat maternal HIV testing in Kenya
In this study, we will pilot test home-based oral HIV tests (HBT) for repeat maternal HIV testing, offering women the choice of HBT or clinic-based HIV tests (CBT) in order to meet their individual...
View ArticleGBS mediated in utero fetal injury
Identify mechanisms of Group B Streptococcus disruption of human amniotic barrier and define fetal injury in the chronically catheterized NHP model.Countries United StatesActive Dates 07/01/2012 to...
View ArticleTargeting Leukocyte Activation to Prevent Preterm Labor
Dr. Rajagopal will supervise her lab tech who will assist with the nonhuman primate experiments and collection of samples and will perform the ELISA and luminex assays in consultation with Drs....
View ArticleGeospatial analysis of childhood malnutrition
The project aims is to revolutionize, using geospatial techniques, the spatial and temporal resolution at which we track stunting, wasting, and underweight children globally. It will synthesize...
View ArticleLevels, trends, and forecasts of childhood growth
Knowing when and how to intervene to prevent child under-nutrition and its associated sequelae will require consolidation of all knowledge on the scope of the problem. The Healthy Birth, Growth and...
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