Public Projects
VICONEL.ORG
Niklaus Labhardt (principal investigator), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (www.swisstph.ch)
Tracy Glass (study chair), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (www.swisstph.ch)
Christiane Fritz (co principal investigator), SolidarMed, Organization for Health in Africa (www.solidarmed.ch)
Isaac Ringera (local principal investigator), SolidarMed, Organization for Health in Africa (www.solidarmed.ch)
Thabo Lejone (deputy local principal investigator), SolidarMed, Organization for Health in Africa (www.solidarmed.ch)
Phofu Masethothi (team leader HIV testing campaigns), SolidarMed, Organization for Health in Africa (www.solidarmed.ch)
T'sepang Thaanyane (team leader HIV testing campaigns), SolidarMed, Organization for Health in Africa (www.solidarmed.ch)
Ravi Shankar Gupta (District Health Manager), District Health Management Team of Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Thin Kyaw, Research Coordination Unit, Ministry of Health of Lesotho
Molecular HIV Monitoring in Lesotho
by VICONEL.ORG in Health
Scaling up of life-saving antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa must go along with state-of-the-art laboratory monitoring to ensure successful therapy. The “Towards 90-90-90” consortium establishes molecular diagnostics in a rural district in Lesotho
CASCADE-Trial
by VICONEL.ORG in Health
The objective of the CASCADE trial is to improve the cascade of care. This open-label randomized controlled trial (RCT) tests a simplified approach to ART initiation for persons who newly tested HIV-positive. The trial is registered on www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02692027)
