Expansion of Research Clinic for AIDS/HIV Vaccine
SummaryAdditional space/equipment are needed at the Kangemi clinic to accommodate AIDS vaccine clinical trials.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,250 was raised for this project. |
Received $1,250 from 21 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Kangemi 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.
Activities
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and the Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative will expand the small Kangemi-KAVI research clinic for vaccine efficacy trials.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,250
Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed
Funding Information
This 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 $1,250 as of Jun 9, 2004. The original project funding goal was $238,150.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Expansion 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.
- Dr. Elizabeth Ngugi & Dr. Omu Anzala, Chair, Department of Community Health
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Dr. Elizabeth Ngugi & Dr. Omu Anzala
Chair, Department of Community Health
Univeristy of Nairobi
Kenyatta National Hospital
Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya
+254 2 714 613
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI)
University of Nairobi Kenyatta National Hospital
Nairobi,
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Kenya
+254 2 717-694
http://www.kaviuon.org
Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 AIDS Vaccine Research in Kenya |
 Transportation for AIDS Vaccine Trial Volunteers |
 Technology Connects Kenya Scientists to Vital Data |
 Train AIDS Vaccine Researchers in Kenya |
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 12, 2003
