Policy Change Impacts HIV Care in Nigeria
November 26, 2019
VIGH faculty and colleagues surveyed 30 comprehensive HIV clinics in Nigeria and found they are experiencing major challenges in providing routine HIV services as a result of PEPFAR’s policy changes. The findings were published in PLOS ONE.
Science and PBS report on three places where "ending AIDS" is a distant hope
June 29, 2018
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In 2016, Nigeria accounted for 37,000 of the world's 160,000 new cases of babies born with HIV. The most populous country in Africa, Nigeria does have an exceptionally large HIV-infected population of 3.2 million people. In other countries, however, rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV have plummeted, even in far poorer countries. Mother-to-child transmission is only one part of Nigeria’s HIV epidemic.
New NIH Grant Announcements
December 6, 2017
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https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2017/10/12/vigh-receives-federal-grants-to-fight-kidney-disease/
VIGH was awarded two NIH grants. One with the aim to reduce the risk of kidney disease in HIV-infected adults and the other one seeks to improve the treatment of epilepsy in children in Nigeria.
Vanderbilt at CROI 2016
February 18, 2016
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Vanderbilt faculty from across campus will have a strong presence at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). In particular, VIGH core faculty Muktar Aliyu M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H and Kate Clouse Ph.D., M.P.H. and VIGH affiliated faculty will be presenting their work on optimizing the PMTCT cascade. See more details about their work and other Vanderbilt researchers below:
Aliyu receives Chancellor's Faculty Fellowship
February 12, 2015
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https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/02/12/chancellors-faculty-fellows/
Muktar Aliyu, associate professor of health policy and associate professor of medicine. Aliyu studies adverse birth outcomes associated with maternal lifestyle-related factors (cigarette smoking, alcohol use, weight gain) and with infectious diseases in resource-limited settings (HIV/AIDS, malaria).
American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) Honors Dr. Muktar Aliyu with the William Kane Rising Star Award
February 5, 2014
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Muktar Aliyu, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicin
Maternal and Child Health: A Local and Global Panel Discussion
January 21, 2013
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Join local and global experts in a discussion about the challenges and successes in maternal and child health.
February 18 | 3 - 5 p.m.
Vanderbilt University Light Hall 208 | MAP Reception to follow in Light Hall North Lobby
Registration is required for this no-cost event.
Opening Remarks and Moderator:
Margaret "Meg" Rush, M.D., Executive Medical Director, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
VIGH researchers receive grant to study family-focused approach to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
November 8, 2012
Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) recently received a two-year, $895,072 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study whether an integrated, family-focused approach can prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV—the AIDS virus—in Nigeria.
Vanderbilt researchers receive grant to study sickle cell disease among children in Nigeria
October 26, 2012
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A team of Vanderbilt researchers recently received a $281,490 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund a project studying stroke prevention among children with sickle cell disease in Nigeria.