MOZAMBIQUE: Assessment of NIH Proposed Research

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000903 SIPDIS SIPDIS DHHS/NIH/FIC FOR KEVIN BIALY AF/S FOR HTREGER AND JMALONEY USAID FOR AFR/SD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO OSCI KSCA USAID MZ SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: Assessment of NIH Proposed Research Project No. AI069924 01 REF: STATE 111093 ¶1. This is Embassy Maputo's assessment in response to reftel. ¶2. Post has reviewed and clears on the NIH's proposed research project award - Observational Antiretroviral Studies in Southern Africa (OASIS) Collaboration - to the Pediatric Day Hospital in Maputo, Mozambique. ¶3. Post does not have any foreign policy concerns with this proposed research project, so long as the research protocol followed conforms to U.S. and in-country guidelines and laws for the protection of human subjects. This is a much needed and important topic of research and can potentially increase the availability and quality of much needed pediatric treatment in Mozambique. DUDLEY