The Alliance convenes a forum that enables the exchange of ideas, insights and experiences in understanding factors that drive uptake and adherence to adolescent HIV prevention and treatment strategies to bridge the gap between research, programs and policy. Forum participants will include NIH-funded scientists conducting relevant implementation research; and in-country partners including PEPFAR in-country staff, key in-country government representatives, in-country research collaborators, and other stakeholders. The forum expects to meet twice per year over two years, with meeting locations that rotate between the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa.
To further enhance the quality of HIV prevention and health care for adolescents through implementation science, AHISA developed awarded seven small collaborative contracts with the goal of catalyzing long-term and sustainable region-/country-specific collaborations that respond to local issues and increase implementation science capacity across the region. The Alliance invited proposals to support one of the following: 1) in-country implementation science alliance development workshops; or 2) in- country implementation science capacity building activities. Eligibility was limited to current AHISA members.
NIH PI: Kristin Beima-Sofie, University of Washington
Partner: Irene Njuguna, Kenyatta National Hospital
Country of focus: Kenya
NIH PI: Linda-Gail Bekker, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
Partner: Nadia Ahmed, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
Partner: Marc Cotton, Stellenbosch University Tygerberg Campus
Partner: Landon Meyer, University of Capetown
Country of focus: South Africa
NIH PI: Paula Brantstein, University of Toronto
Partner: Edith Apondi, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
Partner: Judy Wachira, Moi University
Country of focus: Kenya
NIH PI: Connie Celum, University of Washington
Partner: Linda-Gail Bekker, University of Cape Town
Partner: Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, University of Witwatersrand
County of focus: South Africa
NIH PI: Ying Qing Chen, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Partner: Christopher Okoth Obong'o, PATH
Partner: Rosemarie Muganda-Onyando, PATH
Country of focus: Kenya
NIH PI: Julie Denison, John Hopkins University
Partner: Sam Miti, Arthur Davison Children’s Hospital
Partner: Jonathan Mwansa, Arthur Davison Children’s Hospital
Country of focus: Zambia
NIH PI: Geri Donenberg, University of Illinois, Chicago
Partner: Brenda Asiimwe-Kateera, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Partner: Millicent Atujuna, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation / University of Cape Town
Partner: Sabin Nsanzimana, Ministry of Health, Rwanda
Country of focus: Rwanda
NIH PI: Dorothy Dow, Duke University Medical Center
Partner: Nyasatu Chamba, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center
Partner: Aisa Shayo, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center
Country of focus: Tanzania
NIH PI: Robert Garofalo, Northwestern University
Partner: Kehinde Kuti, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Country of focus: Nigeria
NIH PI: Simon Gregson, Imperial College London
Partner: Constance Anesu Nyamukapa, Imperial College London
Partner: Owen Mugurungi, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe
Country of focus: Zimbabwe
NIH PI: Juliet Iwelunmor, Saint Louis University
Partner: Oliver Ezechi, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
Partner: Joseph Tucker, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Country of focus: Nigeria
NIH PI: Moses Kamya, Makerere University and Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC)
Partner: Fred Collins Semitala, Makerere University Joint AIDS Program/Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Partner: Eleanor Namusoke-Magongo, Ministry of Health, AIDS Control Program
Country of focus: Uganda
NIH PI: Pamela Kohler, University of Washington
Partner: Grace John-Stewart, University of Washington
Partner: Dalton Wamalwa, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Country of focus: Kenya
NIH PI: Ann Kurth, Yale University School of Nursing
Partner: Kawango Agot, Impact Research Institute
Partner: Irene Inwani, Kenyatta National Hospital
Country of focus: Kenya
NIH PI: Marguerita Lightfoot, University of California, San Francisco
Partner: Megan Dunbar, Pangaea Global AIDS and Zimbabwe AIDS Trust
Partner: Felix Muhlanga, University of Zimbabwe
Country of focus: Zimbabwe
NIH PI: Elizabeth Lowenthal, University of Pennsylvania
Partner: Mogomotsi Matshaba, Botswana-Baylor Children’s Centre of Excellence
Partner: Thabo Phologolo, University of Botswana
Country of focus: Botswana
NIH PI: LaRon Nelson, University of Rochester
Partner: Patrick Appiah, Youth Alliance on Health and Rights
Partner: Francis Boakye, Priorities on Rights and Sexual Health (PORSH)
Partner: Abubakar Manu, University of Ghana
Country of focus: Ghana
NIH PI: Audrey Pettifor, University of North Carolina
Partner: Kathleen Kahn, University of Witwaterstrand
Country of focus: South Africa
NIH PI: Sarah Tyler Roberts, RTI International
Partner: Kawango Agot, Impact Research and Development Organization
Partner: Joyce Boke, Impact Research and Development
Country of focus: Kenya
NIH PI: Nora Rosenberg, University of North Carolina
Partner: Twambilile Phanga, University of North Carolina (UNC) Project Lilongwe, Malawi
Country of focus: Malawi
NIH PI: Nadia Sam-Agudu, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Partner: Victoria Isiramen, UNICEF Nigeria
Partner: Ayodotun Olutola, Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance
Country of focus: Nigeria
NIH PI: Maryam Shahmanesh, University College London
Partner: Natsayi Chimbindi, Africa Health Research Institute
Country of focus: South Africa
NIH PI: Fred Ssewamala, Washington University in St. Louis
Partner: Abel Mwebembezi, Reach the Youth Uganda
Partner: Gertrude Nakigozi, Rakai Health Sciences Program
Country of focus: Uganda
NIH PI: Sujha Subramanian, RTI International
Partner: Michael Mbizvo, Population Council, Zambia
Partner: Maurice Musheke, Population Council, Zambia
Country of focus: Zambia
NIH PI: Thespina Jeanne Yamanis, American University
Partner: Lusajo Joel Kajula, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti
Partner: Mrema Noel Kilonzo, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Country of focus: Tanzania
NIH PI: Brian Zanoni, Massachusetts General Hospital
Partner: Thobekile Sibaya, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Country of focus: South Africa