Local Dynamics of Collaboration for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: A Social Network Analysis of Healthcare Providers and Their Managers in Gert Sibande District, South Africa
30 September 2021
‘I’ve become so healthy that I can’t live anymore’ exploring ‘health as balance’ discourses and the construction of health and identity among young urban South African adults
30 September 2021
A qualitative study on experiences of HIV vaccine trial participants in a phase I/II double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial in Tanzania: Lessons for COVID-19 vaccine testing
Staff involved: Erica S. Sanga, Brian Van Wyk, Leonard L. Maboko, Simukai Shamu
HIV remains a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. About 54.5% of all people living with HIV live in Eastern and Southern Africa.
There is no HIV vaccine or cure available yet despite ongoing research to develop one and uptake of vaccines is critical in the global society.
It is imperative to describe the perceptions and experiences of the vaccines trial participants, as they may give lessons for COVID-19 vaccine development. A phenomenological qualitative study was conducted to describe the experiences of volunteers who participated in a phase I/II HIV vaccine trial in Tanzania.