CLINICAL STUDY SITES

DESMOND TUTU HEALTH FOUNDATION

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) is situated in Cape Town, South Africa. DTHF is a registered non-profit company established in association with the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, an accredited research centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town (https://desmondtutuhealthfoundation.org.za) that focuses on HIV prevention and treatment, with Prof Linda Gail-Bekker as the Chief Operating Officer. The DTHF Youth Centre provides adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services alongside educational and recreational activities for youth living in Masiphumelele and surrounding areas. Dr Katherine Gill, Masiphumelele Research Site Leader at the DTHF Youth Centre will lead the clinical activities in South Africa.

NEWLANDS CLINIC

HARARE, ZIMBABWE

The Newlands clinic located in Harare, Zimbabwe was launched in 2003, with a primary goal to tackle Africa’s major public health challenges including HIV. The Newlands clinic (https://www.newlandsclinic.org.zw/index.php?id=54) provides care for HIV patients and training for healthcare workers as well as engages in clinical research. Drs Katharina Kranzer and Chido Dziva Chikwari will lead the clinical activities in Zimbabwe. 

CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GYNÉCO-OBSTÉTRIQUE DE BEFELATANANA (CHUGOB)

ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR

The central study team of the clinical trial is located at Institute Pasteur Madagascar (IPM) and this team (Drs Tania Crucitti and Rindra Randremanana) in conjunction with the international principal investigators (A/Prof Jo-Ann Passmore and Dr Lindi Masson) will ensure a successful start-up, execution and completion of the trial. IPM supervises the participant’s recruitment across each site. In Madagascar, participants’ recruitment and testing of GIFT will occur at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Gynéco-Obstétrique de Befelatanana (CHUGOB). One focus of the CHUGOB is to improve women’s reproductive health outcomes.