Confronting Homophobia in Anal Health: Community – based Program Science and HPV among MSM in Nairobi, Kenya

This project aims to understand and confront homophobia and its role in the late presentation of HPV-related and other anal diseases among MSM in Nairobi.  The new knowledge generated on health services and HPV will provide a firm foundation of evidence to inform a community-driven HPV and cancer prevention program for MSM in Nairobi. This … Read more

Solidarity Trial Vaccine: An international randomized controlled clinical trial

This Project aims to enable an expeditious, agile and concurrent evaluation of the benefits and risks of multiple candidates’ preventive vaccines against COVID-19 at international sites with sufficient COVID-19 attack rates. The trial will provide sufficient evidence of safety and vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 and will enroll adults (age≥16 years) capable of giving personal signed … Read more

Community insights in Phylogenetic HIV research: The CIPHR Project

The project aims to critically examine, unpack and contextualize the ethical implications of this rapidly growing new research area by directly engaging communities living in Nairobi in a critical knowledge exchange process with members of our study team. Objectives To form an advisory group of community health activists who will learn about and interrogate phylogenetic … Read more