An International Research
Consortium to Maximise
Benefits & Equity of HIV
Treatment & Care Systems

Effective prevention, treatment and care services are essential to reduce the appalling waste of human life due to HIV, which has killed over 25 million people since the start of the epidemic, with 2.8m dying in 2005 alone.

Evidence for Action is a five-year international research programme with core funding from the UK Department for International Development. The Evidence for Action consortium focuses on HIV treatment and care systems.

The goal of the research programme is to contribute to knowledge on how to design, manage and deliver comprehensive HIV treatment and care programmes in resource poor settings.

The partners to this consortium are leaders in research into HIV care for children and adults, and systems of delivery. They also include experts in policy and advocacy work, and civil society strengthening. Bringing these institutions together will deliver research solutions that can be translated into policy and actions rapidly and on a large scale in developing countries.

Evidence for Action consists of seven consortium partners. They are:

• International HIV / AIDS Alliance, in Brighton, UK

• Lighthouse Trust, in Lilongwe, Malawi

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in London, UK

• Medical Research Council UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, in Entebbe, Uganda

• National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), in Pune, India

• University College London and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit (MRC CTU), in London, UK

• Zambian AIDS-Related Tuberculosis Project (ZAMBART), in Lusaka, Zambia

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