Vanderbilt Researchers Receive Grant to Reinforce Institutional Capacity for the Conduct of Research at University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Mozambique
Working in collaboration with faculty from UEM, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) will work to build UEM’s institutional research capacity with support from the NIH Fogarty International Center (FIC).
Self-reported non-receipt of HIV test results: A silent barrier to HIV epidemic control in Mozambique
In a recent study of self-reported non-receipt of HIV test results in Mozambican adults, VIGH researchers and colleagues discovered an understudied problem in HIV testing and counseling services and suggested targeted and individualized communication approaches for specific demographic groups.
VIGH receives renewal to expand research ethics in Mozambique
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) has been awarded a five-year, $1.2 million renewal of its Mozambique Collaborative Research Ethics Education Program supported by the Fogarty International Center of the NIH. In Portuguese, the Formação Colaborativa em Etica na Pesquisa or FoCEP Program is tailored to Portuguese speaking Africa.
HIV+ people living with an undetectable viral load in Zambézia Province increases
Zambézia increased the number of people living with HIV, achieving an undetectable viral load
Twenty-seven year old Marcos Gabriel lives in Zambézia Province with his wife and three children. To earn his family’s daily bread he dedicates himself to mining, a job that demands health and strength.
Mentor Mothers promote the birth of HIV-uninfected children in Quelimane.
Leocádia cooking in her backyard
Photographer: Abú Choe
Education and Training Symposium Draws Faculty from Portuguese-Speaking African (PALOP) Countries to Vanderbilt
Last month, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) hosted a global health education and training symposium for faculty representatives from faculties of medicine of Portuguese-speaking African (PALOP) countries. Faculty from universities located in three of the six PALOP countries attended as well as an affiliated faculty member from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Mozambican Ethics Committee Members Participate in Ethics Practicum at VUMC
2017 Vanderbilt University-Mozambique Collaborative Research Ethics Education Program Participants
World Malaria Day Perspective: James Carlucci M.D.
World Malaria Day 2017, observed on Tuesday, April 25, seeks to raise awareness and highlight the need to close the gap in access to malaria prevention tools. While the burden of disease continues to decline, efforts to improve access to interventions that prevent, diagnose and treat malaria are needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals of malaria elimination by 2030, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where malaria is most prevalent.
Health counselors: A key element in the fight against HIV
"The health counselor is the key member of the team. They are the true pillar. It is with the health counselor that patients have their first contact, on which everything else depends."
~Mauro Timana – Chefe Médico at Mocubela
Pediatric Antiretroviral HIV Treatment Brings Back Hope to Tânia
Tânia now dreams of one day becoming a nurse.
"Next year, I'm going back to school because when I grow up I want to be a nurse to help other people." -Tânia
For mother and daughter, life is not as it used to be: It is much better!
Amélia Sebastião and her seven year old daughter, Juliana, are healthy and making long-term plans for their lives. Amélia is a Peer Educator assisting patients in her community and Juliana wants to be a District Administrator when she grows up. But this was not the case just a few years ago.
