GIFT-Africa involves 25 investigators from 9 Institutions from 8 countries, including South Africa, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Japan, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, France and Australia. This multi-disciplinary GIFT-Africa consortium includes collaborators with clinical, biomedical, statistical, public health, health economic, and innovation expertise working together to comprehensively evaluate the GIFT device in three African countries and provide guidelines for GIFT implementation into STIs/BV management strategies in each region. As such, GIFT-Africa includes five work packages (WP)
The GIFT-Africa management team oversee the central management and coordination of all activities within the five focus areas of GIFT-Africa.
READ MORE
The GIFT-Africa Device Team are optimising the next generation of the GIFT device at UCT (South Africa) in partnership with Medical Diagnostech (Pty) Ltd (http://www.medi-tech.co.za/)
READ MORE
The GIFT-Africa Clinical Trial Team are conducting the first in human trials to assess the performance of the field-ready GIFT-Africa device in women from South Africa (DTHF),
READ MORE
The GIFT-Africa Integration and Impact Team are evaluating strategies for integrating the GIFT device into national and international STI/BV management algorithms.
READ MORE
The GIFT-Africa Commercial Market Testing Team will conduct pre-commercial market testing of the prototype diagnostic validated within this trial
READ MORE