All Studies/Projects

DY Patil

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Evaluate etiology of acute fever and bacterial drug resistance patterns among adults and children in India.

Feasibility and Acceptability of Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Use Among African American Men Who Have Sex With Men in Baltimore

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2013-01-01

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This study provides evidence to support the feasibility and acceptability of using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA ) methods for collecting data on alcohol use among African American men who have sex with men living in urban settings. These data provide the basis for future studies of EMA-...

ONCOGRID: An mHealth Approach to Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer in Rural South India

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2012-11-01

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This study ended February 7, 2017. The Indian sub-continent is burdened with 80% of the world’s patients with oral cancer, and delay in oral cancer diagnosis is one of the major problems that leads to poor treatment outcomes (V. Shanta, R. Swaminathan, R. Rama. Cancer Control 2013). Current...

Project Connect Baltimore: Connecting Young Males to Sexual/Reproductive Healthcare

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2012-10-01

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To design, implement and evaluate a male-friendly and culturally appropriate guide for increasing access to and use of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and sexual/reproductive healthcare (SRHC) among African American and Latino males.

Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis in HIV-infected and Uninfected Young Children in India

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2012-07-24

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Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of morbidity/mortality in HIV-infected individuals in India. India has the world's highest burden of HIV and TB, and since children acquire HIV/TB from their caregivers, active TB is highly prevalent (14-67.5%) among HIV-infected young children in India...

A5288: MULTIOCTAVE, Management Using the Latest Technologies in Resource-limited Settings to Optimize Combination Therapy After Viral Failure

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2012-07-16

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This is a mult-country clinical trial being conducted in Brazil, Haiti, India, Kenya, Malawi, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia. A5288 is a multi-step, open-label phase IV, prospective, interventional strategy study in resource-limited settings (RLS) for HIV-infected participants...

RePORT India

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2012-06-30

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RePORT India is a joint venture between the Indian and US governments. The Indo-US Vaccine Action Program, a collaboration between the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and the US NIH, is co-funding six teams of India- and US-based...

Analysis of Data Collected from the Evaluation of Community-Based Education, Research and Service (COBERS)

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2012-06-12

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Uganda

This effort ended in June 2015. Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), the Medical Schools at Gulu University (GU), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Kampala International University (KIU) and Busitema University (BU) came together with Johns Hopkins University...

C-TRIUMPH Pilot Study: Burden and Risk Factors for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Pune, India

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2012-05-29

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This pilot study ended in April 2015. Drug resistant TB (MDR-TB and XDR-TB) is increasing worldwide. Although 20% of all global TB cases occur in India, current estimates of the burden of MDR-TB in India are limited. A well-characterized TB clinical cohort, household cohort and control cohort would...

DOmestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation and Smart Phones (DOVE)

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2012-01-01

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This effort ended in 2017. The major challenge of early prenatal nurse home visitation programs is to accurately identify abused women. The DOVE study aims to improve maternal health and increase the use of a safety plan and community resources by using an emocha ® application to assist home...

Tuberculosis (TB) Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention Course

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2012-01-01

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To strengthen tuberculosis (TB) clinical care and research in India and Pakistan, CCGHE collaborated with BJGMC, the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) and Indus Hospital to develop and deploy the Tuberculosis (TB) Diagnosis, Treatment ,and Prevention course. Originally developed as a...

Adult Male Circumcision Training

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2012-01-01

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Uganda

Adult Male Circumcision is a self-paced, online education program developed by CCGHE in collaboration wth the Rakai Health Sciences Program and the Uganda PEPFAR Distance Learning Initiative. This 60-minute course was designed to provide an introduction to adult male circumcision and act as a...

Confronting Gender-based Violence Course

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2012-01-01

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Ethiopia

Confronting Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a CCGHE distance learning initiative developed to to improve the clinical and psychosocial care of individuals (female and male) who have survived and/or are at risk for GBV. Originally developed as a facilitated course with 39 participants,...

Laboratory Training

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2012-01-01

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CCGHE and the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) Virology Care Laboratory collaborated to develop several self-paced distance learning laboratory training courses to build in-country capacity to conduct high quality research and perform clinical monitoring. Each 30-minute course was...

Continuing Medical Education for Family Practitioners and Hospital Specialists

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2012-01-01

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Palestine

With funding from ANERA, CCGHE collaborated with Al-Quds University to develop and deploy two comprehensive online General Medicine training courses, one for Hospital Specialists and one for Family Practitioners. Facilitated topic discussions were conducted via videoconference between Johns Hopkins...

Impact Evaluation of Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Tuberculosis patients under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in Rural and Urban areas at Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA

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2011-12-09

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TBA

Understanding Challenges and Perspectives of Parents about HIV Disclosures to their Children and Develop a Structured HIV Disclosure Model for Pediatric Age Group

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2011-12-08

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This study is terminated. In 2008 an estimated 70,000 children in India were living with HIV, with 21,000 new children are infected each year through mother to child transmission (Singh et al 2008). Increasing availability of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to HIV infected children in India means...

A5274: Reducing Early Mortality and Early Morbidity by Empiric Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens

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2011-10-01

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Dr. Amita Gupta is Protocol Co-Vice Chair for this multinational clinical trial being conducted in Brazil, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Peru, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe , and in India by the Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit, of which CCGHE is a member. People with HIV have a...

Characterization of Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Among Adult Patients Admitted to Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, India

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2011-09-27

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This study was terminated September 21, 2012. The diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis is usually made clinically. While confirmation from laboratory tests is sought, the sensitivity of such diagnostic tests is poor. TB diagnostics are still evolving and in resource poor settings...

Sexually Transmitted Infections among Women in the Reproductive Age Group in Shevgaon, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India

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2011-05-15

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