Ndevana Clinical Research Site

Experience

The site has conducted HIV treatment and prevention trials. The site has experience recruiting adolescent girls and young women, cisgender men, transgender women, transgender men, and gender nonbinary people.

Research interests

Gilead, MSD, University of Washington, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Disease areas

• HIV

Other information

The Foundation for Professional Development established the Ndevana CRS in the Ndevana community in 2021. The Ndevana CRS is conveniently located next to a taxi rank at the main road through the Ndevana, Illitha and Phakamisa villages. The CRS is one of the few clinical trial facilities in South Africa located in a rural area of the country. We work with a highly vulnerable population with high rates of HIV, STIs and TB. The Ndevana CRS is well-positioned to conduct phase II, III and IV clinical trials.

The community team runs community programmes supporting trial participants and the broader community through awareness events and support. The community advisory board (CAB) is in place and represents the appropriate sectors of the Ndevana community. The community team works closely with the local administrative, regulatory, and community-based partners and organisations to ensure full support and local benefit of the work done in the Ndevana community.