HIV

We will empower frontline healthcare workers (ASHAs) to better care for pregnant women in rural areas. Armed with smartphones and rapid tests, ASHAs will screen for HIV, co-infections and anemia, offer updated health info and link women to treatment.

This project aims to introduce new e-Health technologies that provide accurate diagnostics and better patient management at point-of-care. Immediate electronic reporting of cases can be accomplished in low resource settings (rural Tanzania), and health care system and public health outcome efficiencies can be improved.  "

My bold idea is addressing the vulnerability to HIV, harmful gender norms, access to health services and poor life-skills; and low economic capacity of girls of Mukuru Slums, Nairobi in one program that is holistic and sustainable.

Often, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Ng is unknown as diagnostic costs are too high. Our test will permit a simple, noninvasive diagnosis of gonorrhea and its antibiotic susceptibility allowing unique individualized testing and treatment.

This work focuses on Canada, India, and Uganda, and will lead to new therapeutic strategies that target the molecular chaperone Hsp90, the fungal Achilles' Heel, to save human lives.

Cryptococcal meningitis has emerged as a frequent and deadly infection in AIDS patients. High mortality is compounded by the high cost, toxicity, and limited repertoire of available antifungals. Researchers at the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, Uganda, will determine if adding the antidepressant sertraline to standard therapy will result in better treatment of cryptococcal meningitis.

KAPPA is a theory-driven model to reduce HIV transmission by combining biomedical and behavioural interventions and diffusing them via social/sexual networks of men who have sex with men (MSM). This study will explore the uptake potential of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a prevention strategy among MSM and a medical practice among physicians.

Adolescent girls in Zambia face social constraints that make girls vulnerable to early pregnancy, HIV, and school dropout. We propose teaching evaluating an innovative Negotiation Skills Curriculum that equips girls with the ability to build healthier futures for themselves. Negotiating a Better Future is run through Innovations for Poverty Action-Zambia.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is one of the most widely used tests for detecting and measuring disease markers; however, its current format is not suitable for use in the developing world. This project will develop a low-cost, paper-based diagnostic device that will enable rapid and sensitive ELISA in resource-limited settings.

Developed by this project, a cell phone gaming app for HIV prevention animates behavioural situations based on local popular culture.  Gamers role-play these situations and receive tangible rewards for good behaviour and penalties for bad behaviour.