Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative - Transforming Ugandan Institutions Training Against HIV/AIDS (HEPI-TUITAH)
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Funding Fogarty Program
Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI)
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative - Transforming Ugandan Institutions Training Against HIV/AIDS (HEPI-TUITAH)
Principal Institution
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Obua, Celestino
Project Contact Information
Email: celestino.obua@must.ac.ug
Year(s) Awarded
2018-2023
Country
Uganda
Collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
Busitema University
Bishop Stuart University
Lira University
Project Description
Education in HIV/AIDS care and service delivery at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and its partner training institutions will provide undergraduate health professional students and primary health care providers with clinical skills and research capacity that will contribute to the reduction of HIV/AIDS burden in Uganda. The program is significant in its focus on increasing health services delivery and research in rural Uganda and inclusion of nurses and midwives, given the disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS borne by women in sub-Saharan Africa.
All awards through the Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) are supported by the U.S. Department of State's Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, which leads, manages and oversees the
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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