Perinatal HIV

The Perinatal HIV department is part of the School of Clinical Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Its research centres on HIV prevention and HIV treatment, including prevention of mother-to-child transmission and paediatric HIV care. Work also covers tuberculosis and HIV co-infection, with attention to antiretroviral treatment during tuberculosis therapy and to retention in care.

Further themes include vaccine uptake, smoking cessation among people living with HIV, and noncommunicable disease, all within low-resource settings. The department also examines structural and behavioural factors that shape HIV outcomes, and applies cohort and other study designs to translate findings into policy and practice.