# HIS : Training Tanzanian Researchers for HIV/AIDS Implementation Science (Renewal)

> **NIH NIH D43** · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2024 · $295,528

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract: Tanzania is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa that is severely affected
by the HIV epidemic. Tanzania faces an unfinished HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression agenda because
of implementation gaps, particularly in children, adolescents, and young adults. Tanzania is also in the early
stages of evaluating strategies to integrate screening, prevention, and care for non-communicable diseases
(NCDs) into care for people living with HIV. The long-term success of HIV care and treatment programs and
achievement of HIV targets in Tanzania can be ensured and improved through this “Training Tanzanian
Researchers for HIV/AIDS Implementation Science” training program, a renewal application and joint initiative
by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) in Boston and Muhimbili University of Health and
Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam. The Harvard-MUHAS collaboration has built strength in three main
HIV research areas: (1) public health interventions and Impact Evaluation; (2) implementation research in
programmatic HIV care and treatment services; and (3) research training. During the first five years, the HIV
Implementation Science training program met or exceeded each of its training aims which included the launch
of a new Master of Public Health in Implementation Science at MUHAS. For this renewal, the training program
will focus on HIV implementation research related to three new priority research areas identified through
discussions with Tanzanian policymakers and HIV program implementers, including: (i) HIV-affected children
(including children living with HIV and HIV-exposed uninfected children), (ii) Adolescent HIV, and (iii) HIV,
nutrition, and NCDs. The program aims to (1) train a critical mass of mid-level and senior researchers to work
as principal investigators leading independent research programs focused on implementation science questions
and teach implementation science research methods at the doctoral-level; (2) Build a critical mass of junior
public health and medical professionals who can design and successfully carry out rigorous research projects in
HIV Implementation Science, Impact Evaluation, and Health Systems Research; and (3) Extend the pipeline of
HIV Implementation Science researchers by developing a new PhD program in Implementation Science at
MUHAS. At the heart of this training program are five strategies both in Boston and in Dar es Salaam that will
achieve these specific aims, including: training 5 Postdoctoral Fellows, 15 Masters Fellows, 5 Doctoral Fellows,
offer 12 short courses in Dar es Salaam that will reach ~500 learners, and hold 5 annual MUHAS-Harvard
symposia to engage with government, implementers, researchers, faculty, and fellows. We will also launch a new
PhD in Implementation Science at MUHAS. Through an approach based on mutual respect and partnership,
our collaborative training program will integrate educational components and resources for fel...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10831459
- **Project number:** 5D43TW009775-08
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Wafaie W Fawzi
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $295,528
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-05-18 → 2027-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10831459

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10831459, HIS : Training Tanzanian Researchers for HIV/AIDS Implementation Science (Renewal) (5D43TW009775-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10831459. Licensed CC0.

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