Objective The overall aim of the proposed staff exchange program is to establish a long lasting collaboration between South African and European research teams involved in HIV co-infection research. This effort ultimately should lead to new ways to improve the care/treatment for patients with HIV co-infections and to decrease the high mortality among persons with HIV infection in Africa.South Africa is the country with the largest number of HIV tuberculosis (TB) co-infected patients in the world. With this program we will explore new ways to diagnose and treat TB more rapidly and investigate why HIV co-infected patients still die despite increasing access to effective anti-retroviral HIV treatment. South Africa has also a huge burden of disease caused by Hepatitis B and Human papillomavirus infections. So far, HIV research in Africa has neglected to address non-TB HIV co-infection research questions. With this exchange program we will explore how to close this research gap.During the project we will: train early stage researchers in state-of-the-art field research, laboratory techniques, data collection and data analysis, build a network of researchers interested in HIV co-infection research, formulate and perform new collaborative research projects by intensifying research partnerships and networking activities.The consortium consists of very complementary partners (2 South African and 4 European) with a common interest in HIV co-infection research. The University of Cape Town is an extremely interesting partner because it is one of Africa's leading teaching and research institutions. The University of Limpopo offers many research opportunities because of its focus on rural Africa and on working with disadvantaged communities. Existing links between partners and research funds that are already available will facilitate the rapid start of the exchange program. The envisaged 4-year program will consist mainly of visits of early stage researchers (PhD students) Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencemedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusesHIVmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesDNA viruses Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Coordinator INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE Address Nationalestraat 155 2000 Antwerpen Belgium See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Antwerpen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Robert Colebunders (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN Belgium EU contribution € 81 900,00 Address Prinsstraat 13 2000 Antwerpen See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Antwerpen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anne Adam (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 46 200,00 Address 20 park crescent W1B 1AL London See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Robert Wilkinson (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ACADEMISCH MEDISCH CENTRUM BIJ DE UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution € 73 500,00 Address Meibergdreef 15 1105AZ Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Michiel Heidenrijk (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 1 midland road NW1 1AT London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Heather Joanne Woods (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
