We conduct clinical trials with integrity and professionalism in compliance with ICH/GCP guidelines, providing continuous medical education, health care, HCT and family planning services to volunteers and communities where the Program conducts research. We also write abstracts…
Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all
Nelson Mandela
The primary research population are the fishing communities around Lake Victoria, Uganda in the districts of Wakiso, Mukono and Kalangala. Studies have demonstrated that fishing communities have an HIV prevalence five times more than the national average making them a most-at-risk population. This is partly because of their life styles, being underserved by the general healthcare service programs and that the communities themselves are largely mobile.