Developing and maintaining Kilombero and Ulanga Anti-Retroviral Cohort (KIULARCO) at SFRH in Ifakara, Tanzania' at St. Francis Referral Hospital, Ifakara, Tanzania

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

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#