Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Pathology
Research Projects
A Descriptive Study of Early Infant Feeding Practices and Psychological Status of HIV-Infected Women Participating in Perinatal Clinical Trial Research, HIV-Infected Women from Mulago PMTCT Program, and HIV-Uninfected Women Who Deliver at Mulago
The primary objective is to investigate the factors that affect infant feeding behavior among HIV positive mothers from 6 weeks through 6 months postpartum. The specific aims are:
1. To document infant feeding practices, social influences on infant feeding, maternal estimation of the risks of...
Call to Action Application for a Program to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission in Mulago and Rugaba Hospitals
The Mulago Hospital complex comprises a referral hospital as well as a district level hospital for Kampala, Uganda. Nearly 34,000 women attend antenatal care at Mulago and 27,000 women deliver there annually. The Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) program at Mulago has been...
Do Peer Counselors Promote Adherence to ARVs?
This research project is a randomized intervention study that is comparing two HIV/AIDS care program models and involves 300 HIV-infected women recruited from the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. The study is evaluating compliance...
Makerere Univ. - Johns Hopkins Univ. Hptu Trial Site
Uganda Infant Feeding Practices Among Hiv-Infected Women In Uganda Who Receive Early Diagnosis Of Their Infant''S Hiv Status.
Makerere Univ.-Johns Hopkins Univ. HIV Clinical Trials Unit-Kampala, Uganda
Leading investigators in the area of HIV research from Johns Hopkins (JHU) and Makerere Universities (MU) propose to establish the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University HIV Clinical Trials Unit-Kampala, Uganda to conduct critical HIV prevention and treatment research. This Clinical Trials...
