Grant: Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: HIV/AIDS

The Canada-Africa Prevention Trials (CAPT) network is dedicated to reducing the spread of HIV in Africa through HIV prevention research. The network has been actively engaged in immune-based research and immunology knowledge dissemination in response to our evolving understanding of the immunology of this disease and the immune responses that protect against HIV infection and influence HIV disease progression. Key biomedical activities enabled by the network include targeted training, inter-site exchanges and multidisciplinary collaborative research studies. Immunology knowledge translation activities enabled under the current CAPT network application will support dissemination activities to broaden the outreach of an award winning on-line open-source immunology resource (www.immunopaedia.org) developed by one of the CAPT network members. The CAPT network will use the upcoming HIV Canada-Africa synchronicity forum in Nairobi, Kenya as a platform to enhance exposure of Immunopaedia across 12 Canada-Africa research teams representing 14 African countries and 6 Canadian Institutions. Targeted dissemination strategies, including an Immunopaedia immunology workshop, presentations and interactive displays, will be used to engage the international HIV research community towards the development of a African-Canadian immunology dissemination network. Development of the dissemination network under the current knowledge translation initiative will expand the outreach of this important immunology resource and ensure the relevance and responsiveness of its content through international collaboration. Importantly, increased uptake and use of this immunology learning tool throughout Africa will optimize the benefits of this on-line resource and will improve the care and treatment of people infected with HIV.