Principal Investigator: Herry Mapesi
Project leader/ Coordinator: Maja Weisser
Project Administrator: Priscilla Mlay
Funding Partner: University Hospital Basel
Start date: March 1, 2019
End date: Feb. 28, 2020
Developing and maintaining Kilombero and Ulanga Anti-Retroviral Cohort (KIULARCO) at SFRH in Ifakara, Tanzania' at St. Francis Referral Hospital, Ifakara, Tanzania
The Kilombero and Ulanga antiretroviral cohort is a prospective cohort of patient data and samples aiming at offering options to study clinical course, challenges and long-term outcome of HIV-infection, comorbidities, resistances to drugs and other relevant health issues in a rural African population.
The study furthermore has a strong implementation part to support services for people living with HIV/aids and prevention of HIV/AIDS as well as Tuberculosis#