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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 77(6 Suppl): 303-13, 2007 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18165507

ABSTRACT

The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria was created after an international conference on malaria in Africa held in Dakar, Senegal, in early 1997. The main goal of the conference was to "strengthen and sustain, through collaborative research and training, the capability of malaria endemic countries in Africa to carry out research required to develop or improve tools for malaria control." This conference marked the beginning of a new global focus on malaria research and capacity building three decades after a partially successful global malaria eradication program. In addition to promoting research on and institutional strengthening for malaria, the initiative was created to develop mechanisms and systems to facilitate timely communication of information to scientists working in Africa, enhance the capacity to conduct malaria collaborative/multi center research in Africa, and promote application of research results to address malaria control needs. This report summarizes the increased malaria research capacity and empowerment of African researchers facilitated by the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria through the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Disease Research at the World Health Organization.


Subject(s)
Malaria/economics , Malaria/therapy , Africa , Animals , Humans , International Cooperation , Malaria/parasitology , Malaria/prevention & control , Research
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Sex Transm Dis ; 33(10 Suppl): S111-6, 2006 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16505738

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to estimate the annual costs of information, education, and communication (IEC), both community- and school-based; strengthened public and private sexually transmitted infections treatment; condom social marketing (CSM); and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) implemented in Masaka, Uganda, over 4 years, and to explore how unit costs change with varying population use/uptake. STUDY: Total economic provider's costs and intervention outputs were collected annually to estimate annual unit costs between 1996 and 1999. RESULTS: In early intervention years, uptake of all activities grew dramatically and continued to grow for public STI treatment, CSM, and VCT. Attendance at IEC performances started to drop in year 4. Unit costs dropped rapidly with increasing uptake of and participation in interventions. CONCLUSIONS: When implementing long-term community-based interventions, it is important to take into account that it takes time for communities to scale up their participation, since this can lead to large variations in unit costs.


Subject(s)
Advertising/economics , Community Health Workers/economics , Condoms , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/economics , Voluntary Health Agencies/economics , Costs and Cost Analysis , HIV Infections/economics , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Humans , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic , Referral and Consultation/economics , Schools , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control , Social Welfare/economics , Uganda
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Lancet Infect Dis ; 6(1): 46-52, 2006 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16377534

ABSTRACT

Malaria claims over one million lives a year in some of the poorest countries of the world. Affected populations and governments cannot afford to pay for expensive new therapies. Most antimalarial treatments are purchased from local shops and administered in the home. These factors make for a complex set of requirements for any new treatment for malaria if a substantial reduction in mortality is ever to be achieved. Thankfully there are several treatments being developed, mostly within public-private partnerships. Typically, the goal of public-private partnerships is the granting of a product license, so work plans end after phase III trials. As these drugs will ultimately be used unsupervised, malaria control programme managers will require further data on safety and whether the drug is as efficacious when used outside of controlled clinical trials before allowing widespread use of these new products. These data need to be collected in highly specific phase IV programmes. We explain why public-private partnerships should extend their development plans well beyond drug registration, and set out the requirements of such a programme. We aim to generate debate and discussion so that guidelines that are internationally accepted and adhered to can be developed not only for antimalarials but for all drugs that are being developed specifically for use in resource-poor settings.


Subject(s)
Antimalarials/therapeutic use , Clinical Trials, Phase IV as Topic , Malaria/drug therapy , Africa , Antimalarials/administration & dosage , Antimalarials/adverse effects , Drug Costs , Female , Humans , Malaria/epidemiology , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/drug therapy
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AIDS ; 18(15): 2055-63, 2004 Oct 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15577627

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Changing behaviour is an important method for preventing HIV infection. We examined why a community randomized trial of a behavioural intervention found no significant effect of this on HIV incidence in rural Uganda. DESIGN: An individual-level analysis of a community randomized trial. METHODS: All sexually active, initially HIV-seronegative individuals with data on sexual behaviour were included (1558 men and 1836 women). Uptake of the intervention was measured using self-reported attendance at meetings, videos, dramas, and interactions with community educators in the past year. Sexual behaviour was assessed using self-reported condom use and the number of sexual partners in the past year. RESULTS: Overall, 81% of individuals in the intervention communities and 9% in the comparison communities reported attending at least one of the intervention activities in the past year. Attendance was lower in women, in those aged 55 years or older, and in the widowed. There was a lower HIV incidence in those who reported attending at least one intervention activity compared with those who attended none, and in women this effect was statistically significant (in women, adjusted rate ratio 0.41, 95% CI 0.19-0.89, P = 0.024; in men, adjusted rate ratio 0.66, 95% CI 0.25-1.79, P = 0.42). Reported behaviour change did not differ markedly between those who did and did not report attending any intervention activities. CONCLUSION: Although the intervention had no significant benefit in the communities as a whole, it resulted in a reduced risk of HIV acquisition in women who attended it. The methodological implications for future trials are discussed.


Subject(s)
Behavior Therapy/methods , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , HIV Infections/epidemiology , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Patient Education as Topic , Uganda/epidemiology
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Trop Med Int Health ; 7(12): 1053-63, 2002 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12460397

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To describe study design, methods and baseline findings of a behavioural intervention alone and in combination with improved management of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) aimed at reducing HIV incidence and other STDs. DESIGN: A three-arm community randomized controlled trial (RCT) of 18 rural communities (approximately 96 000 adults) in SW Uganda. A standardized behavioural intervention was implemented in 12 communities (arms A and B) through community-based education, meetings and information leaflets. Six of these communities in addition received improved STD management through government and private health units (arm B). Arm C communities received routine government health services. Impact assessment was through three questionnaire and serological surveys of 750-1000 adults in each community at 18-24-month intervals. The primary outcome measure was HIV incidence and secondary measures were syphilis and herpes simplex virus type 2 incidence, prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoea and Chlamydia trachomatis and sexual behaviour changes. RESULTS: Approximately 15 000 adults (72% of eligible population) were enrolled at baseline. HIV baseline prevalence rates were 9-10% in all arms and demographic and behavioural characteristics and STD prevalence were also similar. In intervention communities, there were 391 995 attendance at 81 502 activities (6.1 per target adult), 164 063 leaflets distributed (2.6 per person) and 1 586 270 condoms (16.5 condoms per adult). In the STD communities a total of 12 239 STD cases (65% women) were seen over a 5-year period (7.7 per 100 adults/year). CONCLUSION: This is the first community RCT of its type with a behavioural component. There is fair baseline comparability between study arms and process data suggest that interventions were adequately implemented.


Subject(s)
HIV Infections/epidemiology , Patient Education as Topic , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control , Adolescent , Adult , Contact Tracing , Female , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Rural Population , Sexual Behavior , Uganda/epidemiology
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Trends Parasitol ; 18(10): 421-6, 2002 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12377584

ABSTRACT

Setting priorities for health research is a difficult task, especially for the neglected diseases of the poor. A new approach to priority setting for tropical diseases research has been adopted by the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (known as the TDR). Priorities are defined on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of research needs and research opportunities for each of the ten major tropical diseases in the TDR portfolio. The resulting strategic emphases matrix reflects the priorities for tropical diseases research from the perspective of the TDR. Its purpose is not to impose global research priorities, but we believe the results could be useful to other organizations.


Subject(s)
Health Priorities/standards , Parasitic Diseases , Tropical Medicine/methods , Animals , Humans , Parasitic Diseases/drug therapy , Parasitic Diseases/economics , Parasitic Diseases/epidemiology , Research/standards , Tropical Medicine/standards , World Health Organization
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J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr ; 29(2): 174-80, 2002 Feb 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11832688

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual behavior are independently associated with HIV-1 among adult women, men, and teenagers in rural Uganda. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. METHODS: All adults (13 years and older) residing in 18 communities were invited to participate. HIV status was determined from serum samples and data collected during confidential interview. Independent effects of risk factors for HIV were estimated using adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from logistic regression. RESULTS: Women reporting genital ulcers in the last 12 months were over twice as likely to be HIV positive after adjustment for sociodemographic factors and number of lifetime sexual partners (OR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.9-3.4). Equivalent associations were stronger for men (OR, 3.2; 95% CI, 2.2-4.7) but weaker for teenagers (OR, 2.0, 95% CI, 0.5-8.7). Number of lifetime sexual partners was associated ( p <.05) with HIV status for women, men, and teenagers independently of reported genital ulcers. Teenagers reporting casual partners were over four times ( p <.001), and men reporting condom use almost twice ( p <.001), as likely to be HIV positive. Neither history of genital discharge nor other measures of sexual behavior were independently related to HIV status. CONCLUSION: Reported STIs and sexual behavior are independently associated with HIV in rural Uganda. Community-based interventions to reduce HIV should target both and should include teenagers.


Subject(s)
HIV Infections/epidemiology , HIV-1 , Rural Population/trends , Sexual Behavior , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Risk Factors , Uganda/epidemiology
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