POST APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RESEARCH

UNCLAS PRETORIA 004639 SIPDIS HHS PHS WASHDC CDC ATLANTA GA DEPT FOR S/GAC, AF/S, AF/EPS, OES, PCI AND IO/T HHS/PHS FOR OFFICE OF GLOBAL HEALTH AFFAIRS FOR SA-JONES HHS/NIH/FIC FOR HFRANCIS CDC FOR GLOBAL HEALTH OFFICE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID PREL TBIO OSCI KHIV KSCA SF SUBJECT: POST APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT NO. MH074369-01A1 INVOLVING A FOREIGN INSTITUTION. REF: STATE 212017 1.Post welcomes award of subject project No. MH074369-01A1 involving a foreign institution. Post notes that foreign grantee institution (South Africa) is University of Witwatersrand, Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Bertsham, with James McIntyre as Foreign Principal Investigator. Post notes that investigators have obtained human subjects assurance identification No. FWA00000715. ¶2. Proposed award is for a research project entitled HIV Prevention Among High Risk Men in South Africa. The scientific objectives of this project, as outlined in reftel, are important to South Africa. Post would appreciate receiving a summary of the project application for its records. This, as well as research results, should be conveyed to Health Attache, Gray Handley, U.S. Embassy Pretoria; office phone [27] (12) 431-4025. Cellular phone [27] 84-950-0616. 3.It is anticipated that foreign funding under this grant will be (All funding to South Africa): FY 2006, USD 21,506; FY 2007, USD 21,534; FY 2008, USD 26,002; FY 2009, USD 21,070; FY 2010, USD 21,900. 4.As project implementation proceeds, Post would appreciate receiving copies of annual progress reports prepared by investigators and submitted to Embassy Health Attaches office. TEITELBAUM BAUM