Stigma Reduction and Gender Affirmation to Promote HIV Prevention/Testing in Trans Women
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Stigma HIV/AIDS
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Stigma Reduction and Gender Affirmation to Promote HIV Prevention/Testing in Trans Women
Principal Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Operario, Don
Project Contact Information
Email:
don.operario@emory.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2021–2023
Country
Philippines
Collaborators
University of the Philippines Manila
NIH Partners
NIMH
Project Description
The research will develop and pilot test a gender-affirmative and stigma-reduction intervention to promote engagement in the HIV prevention-care continuum among transgender women in the Philippines, where one of the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemics now occurs. The research will enhance research capacity for further HIV prevention and science in the Philippines.
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