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Grant Presentation: Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research

(CIPHER) Grant Programme

Linda-Gail Bekker, South Africa

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CIPHER Grant ProgrammeAim• For early-stage investigators• For targeted paediatric HIV research in LMICs

Grants• Up to US$75,000 for up to two years ($150,000

maximum)• First round launched at AIDS 2012• US$ 1.3 million awarded to 9 grantees in 2013 and 2014

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2015 CIPHER grantee

Suvaporn Anugulruengkitt Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Adverse events of 6-week zidovudine / lamivudine / nevirapine antiretroviral

prophylaxis regimen for prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission among high risk

neonates in Thailand

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2015 CIPHER grantee

Heather BaileyUniversity College London, UK

HIV-positive youth in Ukraine: characteristics, outcomes and models of service provision

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2015 CIPHER grantee

Jackson MukonzoMakerere University, College of Health Sciences, Uganda

Optimization of pediatric antiretroviral therapy during co-treatment of HIV-associated cancers

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2015 CIPHER grantee

Irene NjugunaUniversity of Washington

Global Assistance Program, Kenya

Financial incentives to increase pediatric HIV testing

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2015 CIPHER grantee

Birkneh TadesseHawassa University, Ethiopia

Improving treatment of HIV infected Ethiopian children through better detection of treatment

failure

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to be awarded at AIDS 2016

Applications open 1 October 2015

CIPHER is pleased to launch its largest round of

PAEDIATRIC HIV RESEARCH GRANTS

US$ 1.2M