Project

Data-driven modelling of the impact of early, wide-scale HIV treatment in South Africa

Code

13V72310

Duration

01 April 2010 → 31 March 2015

Funding

Federal funding: various

Promotor

Wim Delva

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Applied mathematics in specific fields
- Statistics and numerical methods
Medical and health sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Nursing
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics

Keywords

prevention treatment Africa HIV

Project description

The project aims to contribute to prevention of HIV in South Africa through HIV treatment. The key outcomes include: characterisation of sexual age-mixing and concurrency patterns; construction of an epidemiological model to simulate partnership dynamics and the impact of early, wide-scale HIV treatment on HIV incidence; training of MSc and PhD students and the introduction of a programme in biostatistics.