London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Diabetes and associated complications in HIV patients

Research project The goal of the study is to generate data demonstrating that HIV patients have higher burden of diabetes in order to stimulate development of policies which will help optimize prevention and care of diabetes in HIV patients. Access to antiretrovir ...
Period: 2016-04-1 to 2022-12-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Partner institutions: University of Bergen (UiB), Norway  Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital, Tanzania Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), Tanzania London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Project code: 16-P01-TAN Total grant: 9,862,824 DKK
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Treatment of childhood undernutrition: development of and access to improved foods (TREATFOOD)

Research project The objectives were 1) To develop improved corn-soy-blend-based (CSB) and lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition, and 2) identify the best product based on effectiveness and acceptability, 3) to disseminat ... Project completion report: Based on the main trial, we have been the first to show that treatment of moderate acute malnutrition, irrespective of supplement, lead to quite high accretion of lean mass - muscle and organ tissue. We have also been ab ...
Period: 2010-01-1 to 2016-12-31 Countries: Ethiopia Kenya Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom Jimma University (JU), Ethiopia University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Project code: 09-097LIFE Total grant: 10,318,706 DKK
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