Partnerships
Through close collaboration with the AIDS and TB Unit (Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care), we ensure that our activities are in line with national health research priorities, informing policy and practice. We also collaborate with and provide technical assistance to the National AIDS Council at national and district levels in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems for HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe.
In partnership with the ALPHA NETWORK we work on pooled and comparative analyses of data from multiple HIV surveillance sites to investigate the epidemiology and demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. We participate in the UNAIDS Reference Group to develop methods to generate global AIDS statistics. We also participate in the HIV Modelling Consortium, which coordinates interaction between modelling groups and policy makers. We provide empirical data for use in the development and validation of these methods.
We also work in partnership with local non-governmental organisations on a number of projects. These include the Diocese of Mutare Community Care Programme (DOMCCP) - on our current YZ-UHP! project and the Manicaland Cash Transfer Trial - and Family AIDS Caring Trust - on the trial of peer education, condom promotion and treatment of sexually transmitted infections amongst female sex workers and their clients.
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In partnership with the ALPHA NETWORK we work on pooled and comparative analyses of data from multiple HIV surveillance sites to investigate the epidemiology and demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. We participate in the UNAIDS Reference Group to develop methods to generate global AIDS statistics. We also participate in the HIV Modelling Consortium, which coordinates interaction between modelling groups and policy makers. We provide empirical data for use in the development and validation of these methods.
We also work in partnership with local non-governmental organisations on a number of projects. These include the Diocese of Mutare Community Care Programme (DOMCCP) - on our current YZ-UHP! project and the Manicaland Cash Transfer Trial - and Family AIDS Caring Trust - on the trial of peer education, condom promotion and treatment of sexually transmitted infections amongst female sex workers and their clients.
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Through close collaboration with the AIDS and TB Unit (Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care), we ensure that our activities are in line with national health research priorities, informing policy and practice.
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The Manicaland Centre collaborates with and provides technical assistance to the National AIDS Council at national and district levels in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems for HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. The Manicaland Centre and BRTI also assist NAC in conducting HIV/AIDS research results dissemination workshops.
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In partnership with the ALPHA NETWORK we work on pooled and comparative analyses of data from multiple HIV surveillance sites to investigate the epidemiology and demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Manicaland Centre collaborates with Dr Morten Skovdal, a community health psychologist with the Section for Health Services Research at the University of Copenhagen, on studies on the community response to HIV.
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The Manicaland Centre provides empirical data for and collaborates with researchers from the University of Bocconi and from the University of Pisa on a study on the impact of DEmographic Changes on Infectious DisEases transmission and control in middle and low income countries (DECIDE)
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The Manicaland Centre collaborates with Dr Joel Negin, Deputy Head of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, on studies on the ageing of populations of people living with HIV and associated comorbidities.
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The UNAIDS Reference Group is an ad hoc group of scientists that work together to develop the methods used to generate global AIDS statistics. The Manicaland Centre contributes empirical data for use in the development and validation of the methods. The Group is co-chaired by Prof. Tim Hallett and Prof. Simon Gregson, lead investigators for the Manicaland Centre.
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Led by Prof. Tim Hallett, the Consortium coordinates interaction between modelling groups and policy makers, facilitating mathematical modelling of the HIV epidemic. Directly and indirectly (as part of ALPHA Network), the Manicaland Centre contributes empirical data for use in the development and practical application of these models.
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