RELAHP is the Latin American Pulmonary Hypertension Registry and was established in 2012 to describe the prevalence, etiology and outcome of pulmonary hypertension in Latin America. The Latin American collaboration includes 12 cardiothoracic centers within the region to participate in the study... |
The Pan African Pulmonary Hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO) was established in 2010 to describe the epidemiology and characteristics of pulmonary hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa. The collaboration currently includes 18 cardiovascular specialist centres from Kenya (1), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (6),... |
Purpose: This is a phase II, proof of concept, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the protective efficacy against TB disease, safety, and immunogenicity of MVA85A/AERAS-485 in healthy, HIV-infected adults. This study consists of 1400 adults subjects (ages 18-50... |
The general objective is to increase public awareness of Cardiovascular Disease in Maternity in South Africa via the use of the Internet and mobile technology. The aim of the HEDUZA project is to develop a comprehensive, online, end-to-end, health education platform, tailor-made for the African... |
The Division of Neurology of the University of Cape Town records all admissions related to HIV between 2010 and 2012. The unit will create a comprehensive ICD-10-based database with automated real-time analysis with the aim to identify the spectrum of HIV-related neurological disease and its... |
The overall study objective is to determine the impact of using ART with high CNS penetration in patients with HIV-associated neurological and neurocognitive disorders and therefore the importance of screening patients for neurological and neurocognitive symptoms at primary care facilities... |
The freeVCT project was developed as part of the African Independent Disease Science & Surveillance Project by integerAFRICA.It is an open-source inspired project intended to assist people in finding institutions and facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa that offer free voluntary counselling and... |
The incidence of cardiovascular disease is increasing across the world, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Etiology and outcome various between developing and developed countries. In Africa, cardiovascular disease is the most common causes of maternal death in pregnant women. The... |
A TB incidence survey in the greater Cape Town area during 2010 using geo-location aware real-time data capture and analysis in a multi-site environment. We perform time and location map plotting of TB hotspots in the catchment area and develop an early outbreak warning system for multi drug... |
Neurological complications of HIV remain a serious public health problem despite the worldwide role-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Opportunistic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) and HIV-associated encephalitis (HIVE) are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality... |
