The PROMISE Research Consortium
Promoting infant health and nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa
A first dissemination meeting was held on October 26, 2022 in Lusaka, Zambia. Just under 100 people attended the meeting, including members of the Ministry of Health, CDC, Ethics Committee, CIDRZ, ICAP, PCOE, , NGOs and health center professionals. A Continue reading Stakeholder dissemination meetings in Zambia and Burkina Faso
The recruitment in PROMISE-EPI was carried out from December 2019 to June 2021 in Zambia and from December 2020 to September 2021 in Burkina Faso. In total, 34,315 participants were included in component 1 (mothers coming for EPI-2 visit) and Continue reading PROMISE-EPI has ended recruitment
The PROMISE consortium has published the results of their long-term study showing similar long-term clinical outcomes from early use of two different HIV prophylactic drugs in Nature. Read more from the Centre for International Health’s website. Read the Nature article.
The First Patient First Visit (FPFV) occurred on December 12th. The study was first initiated in 3 sites in Lusaka (Chilenje, Bauleni and Matero Main) and a new site (Chaisa) was opened in the capital in the end of March Continue reading PROMISE-EPI study started in Zambia in December 2019