Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP)

HIV/AIDS related researches

·  Prevention of new adult HIV infections

·  Optimal treatment of HIV-infected children and adults

·  Identifying and characterization of acute HIV infection

·  Molecular characterization of Hepatitis B Virus in Botswana and its impact on HIV co-infection

·  Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in Botswana and the impact of cART on the TB incidence

·  Human genetics and how it affects the risk of HIV infection and disease progression

·  HIV antiretroviral drug resistance and surveillance of transmitted drug resistant variants

·  Health and neurobehavioral outcomes of HIV Exposed Infected (HEI) and Uninfected (HEU) Infants and how to improve the health of HEU infants

·  Effect of very early infant treatment (and other interventions) on the HIV viral reservoir

·  How to predict the future course of the HIV epidemic