HORIZONS
Research Projects in Africa

South Africa

• A Pilot Community-based Intervention Program to Address the Needs of Elderly Caregivers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

• The Elderly as HIV/AIDS Caregivers: An Assessment of the Burden of HIV/AIDS Caregiving on the Elderly in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

• Adding Emerging STI/HIV Issues to Family Planning and Antenatal Care: Situation Analysis in KwaZulu-Natal

• Addressing Stigma and Strengthening Prevention, Care, and Support Services for Workers

• Building the Capacity of Faith-based Organizations to Deliver Mutual Monogamy Interventions to Church Members in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

• A Cost Analysis of Models of Home-based Caregiving in South Africa

• Different Models of Delivering Antiretroviral Therapy and Integration with Tuberculosis Services in South Africa: A Situation Analysis

• Evaluating the Carletonville STD/HIV Project

• Evaluation of mothers2mothers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Exploring Current Practices in Pediatric ARV Rollout and Integration with Early Childhood Programs in South Africa

• Integrating “Abstinence” and “Be Faithful” (AB) into the Life Skills Program in Mpumalanga Province

• Involving Young People in the Care and Support of AIDS-affected Children in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Programming for HIV Prevention in South African Schools

• Technical Assistance to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF), Goelama Project

Swaziland

• Repositioning Postnatal Care in a High HIV Prevalence Environment: Operations Research in Swaziland

Tanzania

• HIV-associated Violence: Implications for HIV Counseling and Testing Programs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• Moving Forward: Tackling Stigma in a Tanzanian Community

• Reducing HIV Risk Through Violence Prevention with Young Men in Tanzania

Uganda

• Building Evaluation Capacity Among the Staff of the Straight Talk Program

• Succession Planning to Support AIDS-affected Children

• Transcending Boundaries to Improve Food Security of AIDS-affected Households in Rural Uganda

• Voluntary Counseling and Testing Among Youth: Phase II Operations Research

Zambia

• Caring for Health Workers: Addressing Psychosocial Burden of HIV/AIDS on Health Personnel in Zambia
• Community Education and Referral: Supporting Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment and Prevention for People with HIV in Zambia
• Decisions to Seek HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Among Zambian Adolescents: Influences of Individual, Familial, and Environmental Factors
• Diagnostic Study on the Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Delivery of Community-based Prevention and Care Services
• Ndola Demonstration Project on Maternal and Child Health in Zambia: Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV
• Promoting the Sustainability of PLHA Care and Support Activities by Young People in Zambia

• Putting Food on the Table: An Exploration of Livelihood Strategies and Their Role in Maintaining Nutritional Status Among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy

Zimbabwe

• Assessing the Contribution of Microfinance Programs to Mitigating the Impact of HIV/AIDS
• Female Condom User Study in Zimbabwe
• Orphans and Vulnerable Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: An Exploratory Study of Psychosocial Well-being and Psychosocial Support Programs
• Reducing STD/HIV Risk Among Pregnant Women and Their Partners in Zimbabwe

Multi-country activities

• Diagnostic Study on the Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Delivery of Community-based Prevention and Care Services