Kenya
Health
Expansion of Research Clinic for AIDS/HIV Vaccine
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesKangemi is one of Nairobi’s poorest, highest-density districts, where there are many young men and women vulnerable to HIV infection. Presently, IAVI and its partner organization, Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), operate through a very small and busy general medicine clinic that is used for volunteer counseling and testing and for epidemiological and behavioral research toward an HIV vaccine. ActivitiesThe International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and the Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative will expand the small Kangemi-KAVI research clinic for vaccine efficacy trials. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $1,250 Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,250as of Jun 09 2004. The original project funding goal was $238,150. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactExpansion will enable increased HIV counseling and testing, provision of basic medical care, trial recruitment, and behavioral and clinical data collection. Project Message
Expanding the Kangemi clinic will greatly improve our access to vulnerable populations near their homes, thus accelerating efforts toward developing and testing a candidate AIDS vaccine. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Dr. Elizabeth Ngugi & Dr. Omu Anzala, Project SponsorInternational AIDS Vaccine Initiative Organization
Learn more about Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI) and the project team. Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
Where this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya. When this Project was UpdatedDate Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 12, 2003. How Else You Can Help |
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