Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makarere University College of Health Sciences

Experience

IDI has 10years of experience carrying out biomedical research that has yielded 400 peer reviewed publications and 250 abstracted presented at both local and international meetings/conferences.
The goal of the Research Program at IDI is "To produce outstanding, internationally-recognized scholarship in infectious diseases that influences global policy and practice, with emphasis on Africa”
Currently, 49 research projects are ongoing at IDI and these projects are supported by a diverse array of funders.

Research interests

- Canada-Africa HIV Prevention Trials Network (CAPTN)
- International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA)
- Tuberculosis Clinical Diagnostic Research Consortium (TB-CDRC)
- East African Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR)
- Europe- Africa Research Network for Evaluation of Second line Therapy (EARNEST)
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Minnesota
- University of Washington
- University of California San Francesco
Among others

Disease areas

• Cancer
• Enteric diseases
• HIV
• Malaria
• Mental Health
• Neuro Infections
• Respiratory Diseases
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
• TB

Other information

Well described clinical cohort of 9000 patients (with a 10year history electronic medical records). Cohort includes;
- 10 years old Research Cohort with 1000 patients
- 2nd line cohort with approximately 1000 patients
- Complex ART patients 200
- Adolescent cohort of 950 patients
- 300 patients HIV-TB Co-infected patients treated per year
- 300 women receiving PMTCT B+
-250 discordant couples
-Older persons (greater than 60years) clinic with 300 patients
- More than 500 ART naive patients initiating ART per year.
- Access to large clinical cohort of 50,000patients through collaboration with Uganda Ministry of Health Sites (both rural and urban).

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