Projects

P. vivax vaccine baseline and immuno-epidemiology cohort study

Study Title: P. vivax vaccine baseline and immuno-epidemiology cohort study

Funding: CELLEX Foundation to the P. vivax Vaccine Consortium through CRESIB.

Study Duration: 18 months but each subject will only be followed up for 10 months.

Population: 510 children 1-5yrs old who are residents of Ilahita area in Marpik district in ESP

Description: The study is part of P. vivax Vaccine Consortium which involve PNGIMR and several overseas collaborators from various Institutions around the world such as; Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB) in Spain, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi in India, Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Centre, Carrera, Cali in Colombia and Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, CASE School of Medicine in Cleveland, USA.

AIM of Study: The main aim was to determine the effect of pre-treatment with blood stage and blood plus liver-stage drugs on the incidence of P. vivax infections and disease in children 1-5yrs of age.

 

ART Study

Study title: The art of living: The social impacts of ART for people living with HIV on treatment in Papua New Guinea

Fund: National AIDS Council of PNG with the financial support from the Government of Australia

Collaborator: National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales

Location: Port Moresby, Mendi, Tari, Mt Hagen, Mingendi, Kainantu and Lae

Duration: 2008

Description: Papua New Guinea is the epicenter of HIV in the Pacific region with a generalized epidemic declared in 1992 with a prevalence rate of just under 2% in adults over the age of 15. Like many developing countries PNG is in a phase of trying to scale up access to antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART has been shown to transform both the medical and social experiences of HIV. In this research we have sought to examine the social impact of ART from disclosure and discrimination to alcohol consumption and sexual practices amongst others areas of people’s daily lives.

 

Social & Behavioural-Gender Study

Study Title: Evaluation of best practices in addressing violence against women and girls in Melanesia and East Timor: Violence against Women and Girls in PNG

Fund: AusAID via PATH

Collaborator: PATH

Location: NCD: Port Moresby – by PATH
EHP: Goroka and Kainantu – PATH & Cadets
Chimbu Province: Kup and Gor areas – Cadets Kup Women for Peace & Nauro – Gor Community Based Law & Policing

Duration: November 2007 – January 2008

Description: Violence against women and girls in PNG is rated the second highest in the world. Concerned with such high rate of violence, the Office of Development Effectiveness in AusAID contracted PATH, which then engaged the Cadets, to evaluate current approaches addressing violence against women and girls in PNG and Melanesia and East Timor. This study is to contribute to the evidence base for effective interventions to guide Australia’s scaling up of its efforts to combat violence against women and promote gender equality in Melanesia and East Timor.

 

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