Southern Africa HIV, TB, and co-infections data network
Official title: International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Southern Africa.
Funded at Universitat Bern · NIH-11401336 · Data updated 2026-11-12
Collecting and combining health records from people with HIV, TB, and related conditions in Southern Africa to learn how care can be improved for adults, children, and pregnant women.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Universitat Bern NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Bern, SWITZERLAND) |
| Project start | May 1, 2025 |
| Project end | April 30, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $367,078 |
| NIH project number | 3U01AI069924-20S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11401336 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
People receiving care at participating clinics in Southern Africa who are living with HIV or TB, including adults, pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents, and those with hepatitis B, STIs, cancer, NCDs, or substance use concerns.
✕Less likely to help
People who live outside the participating regions or who do not receive care at participating clinics will likely not be included and so would not directly benefit from this project.
What this research studies
This project brings together clinic and hospital records from people living with HIV, TB, and related conditions across Southern Africa so researchers and health programs can learn what works. They follow adults, pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents to track treatment outcomes, TB, hepatitis B, STIs, cancers, mental health, substance use, and non-communicable diseases. The team is adding provincial health data, matching HIV and cancer records, and setting up pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) cohorts while looking at the effects of COVID-19 and sex-based differences on care. The program also builds local capacity, develops digital tools, and shares data openly to help clinics and health authorities improve services.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help clinics and health systems identify problems earlier and target treatments and prevention more effectively for people with HIV and common co-infections in Southern Africa.
How similar studies have gone: IeDEA is a long-standing international data network with many prior analyses that have informed HIV treatment and co-infection care, so this builds on established, successful observational work.
Where this research is happening
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Universitat Bern
Bern, Switzerland Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Rohner, Eliane — Universitat Bern
- Study coordinator: Rohner, Eliane
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.