The HLB-SIMPLe Research Coordinating Center and Capacity Building Subcommittee is announcing the awarding of six new small research project (SRP) grants for 2024. Each awardee will receive funding, capacity building support, and mentorship over the next year while they complete their projects.

Congratulations to all six awardees! We look forward to learning along with you!

Luanaledi Chunga

Luanaledi Chunga
TASKPEN Zambia

Piloting an adapted version of WHO’s 5 A’s system for counselling on the cessation of tobacco use for people living with HIV enrolled in the TASKPEN project.

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Tomilola Emmanuel
MAP-IT Nigeria

Use of single pill combinations in the management of hypertension among people living with HIV: an implementation research protocol.

Dulce Filipe

Dulce Felipe
SCALE SAIA-HTN Mozambique

Improving hypertension medication management in two public health facilities in Mozambique.

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Siphamandla Gumede
iHEART-SA South Africa

Progression and regression in the hypertension care continuum in people living with HIV and those without HIV: a longitudinal study.

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Mattie Kelepile
InterCARE Botswana

Built environment and obesity prevalence among people living with HIV and hypertension in Botswana.

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Elizabeth Oladimeji
iHEART-SA South Africa

Evaluating hypertension control among people with and without HIV in urban South Africa: a mixed methods study.