Background and Objectives
MJAP emerged from the Mulago-Mbarara Teaching Hospitals Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) which was established in November 2004 under the then Makerere University Faculty of Medicine.
With funding from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and technical assistance from the United States of America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MJAP established a strong trail in the provision of quality comprehensive HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) services.
Overtime, MJAP has broadened its work beyond the support of provision of comprehensive HIV and TB services to include capacity strengthening for health care workers across Uganda and conduct of research to inform policies for HIV/TB and other HIV comorbidities in the country.
Scope of Research Activities
- In partnership with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), MJAP participated in the Test and Treat SEARCH Trial (NCT01864603 with PIs Moses Kamya and Diane Havlir);
- Client and Provider Perspectives of the Efficiency and Quality of Care in the Context of Rapid Scale-Up of Antiretroviral Therapy;
- Successful Antiretroviral Therapy Delivery and Retention in Care Among Asymptomatic Individuals with High CD4+ T Cell Counts ≥350 cells/uL in Rural Uganda
Publications & Projects
Partners
Local Partners
- National line Ministries (Health, Gender, Education)
- Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC)
- National Medical Stores (NMS)
- Medical Access Uganda Limited
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)
- Uganda National Health Laboratory Services
- Central Public Health Laboratories
- Makerere University Johns Hopkins University (MU-JHU) Research Collaboration
- District Health teams
- Faith-Based Organisations
- People Living with HIV Networks and Community-Based Organisations
- Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
International Partners
- PEPFAR partners (USAID and CDC)