NeuroAIDS in Africa

Authors

• Kevin Robertson, University of North CarolinaFollow
• Jeff Liner, University of North Carolina
• James Hakim, University of Zimbabwe
• Jean-Louis Sankalé, Globomics
• Igor Grant, University of California - San DiegoFollow
• Scott Letendre, University of California - San DiegoFollow
• David Clifford, Washington University School of MedicineFollow
• Amadou Gallo Diop, University of Dakar
• Assan Jaye, Medical Research Council Laboratories
• Georgette Kanmogne, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
• Alfred Njamnshi, University of YaoundéFollow
• T. Dianne Langford, Temple University School of MedicineFollow
• Tufa Gemechu Weyessa, Addis Ababa University
• Charles Wood, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Mwanza Banda, University Teaching Hospital
• Mina Hosseinipour, UNC ProjectFollow
• Ned Sacktor, Johns Hopkins UniversityFollow
• Noeline Nakasuja, Makerere University
• Paul Bangirana, Makerere UniversityFollow
• Robert Paul, University of MissouriFollow
• John Joska, University of Cape TownFollow
• Joseph Wong, University of California - San FranciscoFollow
• Michael Boivin, Michigan State UniversityFollow
• Penny Holding, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow
• Betsy Kammerer, Children’s Hospital, Boston/Harvard Medical SchoolFollow
• Annelies Van Rie, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFollow
• Prudence Ive, Clinical HIV Research UnitFollow
• Avindra Nath, Johns Hopkins UniversityFollow
• Kathy Lawler, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
• Clement Adebamowo, Institute of Human VirologyFollow
• Walter Royal III, University of Maryland School of MedicineFollow
• Jeymohan Joseph, National Institute of Mental HealthFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2010

Citation

Journal of NeuroVirology (2010) 16, 189–202.

Abstract

In July 2009, the Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS at the National Institute of Mental Health organized and supported the meeting “NeuroAIDS in Africa.” This meeting was held in Cape Town, South Africa, and was affiliated with the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Presentations began with an overview of the epidemiology of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, the molecular epidemiology of HIV, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs), and HAND treatment. These introductory talks were followed by presentations on HAND research and clinical care in Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia. Topics discussed included best practices for assessing neurocognitive disorders, patterns of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in the region, subtype-associated risk for HAND, pediatric HIV assessments and neurodevelopment, HIV-associated CNS opportunistic infections and immune reconstitution syndrome, the evolving changes in treatment implementation, and various opportunities and strategies for NeuroAIDS research and capacity building in the region