The Central Africa IeDEA (CA-IeDEA) project aims to improve HIV care and treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the highest HIV burden in the world. While antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been successful in reducing HIV-related illness and death, challenges such as late diagnoses, delays in starting treatment, and low rates of care retention still hinder progress. This project seeks to expand an existing database of 52,000 patients to 80,000, helping to improve HIV care strategies by capturing more representative data from across the region. The project focuses on understanding the health needs of people aging with HIV, as well as addressing issues like women's reproductive health and the complex relationships between HIV, ART, and other conditions like cancer and malaria.
In addition to expanding the database, the CA-IeDEA project aims to strengthen local research capacity by improving how patient data is collected, managed, and analyzed. By developing efficient systems for data collection and analysis, the project will provide evidence to help answer important questions about how to deliver better HIV care in low-resource settings. The goal is to give healthcare providers and policymakers the information they need to improve HIV treatment and care. Long-term, the project will build sustainable research infrastructure in Central Africa, helping local teams independently manage and conduct research to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV in the region.
