Are fisherfolk a suitable candidate population for HIV vaccine trials in Uganda?
Janet Seeley was the Principal Investigator on this 7-month project (September 2007-April 2008) funded by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Janet has been working in collaboration with IAVI-Uganda and Dr Anthony Aboda and colleagues from Creative Research and Evaluation Centre, Kampala, Uganda and Dr Eddie Allison from the WorldFish Centre, who is a member of the UEA HIV UEA. This research was designed as a pilot study to develop a methodology for addressing the knowledge-gaps in our understanding of fisherfolk in Uganda and provide a means to assess the suitability of fishing ‘communities’ (or people within them) as candidates for participation in HIV vaccine research. Coming back from the dead: adjusting to life with HIV as a chronic condition on antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda In July 2005 Steven Russell and Janet Seeley started longitudinal research in Uganda, using a case study household research design, to document and analyse the lives and livelihoods of people t
