Table 2.

Young Peers Research Areas and Publications

S/N	Research Area	Manuscripts
		No.	Title	Status	Affiliations of authors	Number of co-authors
YOUNG PEERS FROM MUHAS
1	Ethical role of community advisory boards in HIV clinical trials	1	How do community advisory boards fulfil their ethical role in HIV clinical trials? A protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence	Published (Pancras G et al., BMJ, 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035368)	MUHAS, KCMUCo	Senior leaders = 2 Junior faculty = 4 Students = 0 Other collaborators = 0
		2	Exploring the ethical role of community advisory boards in HIV clinical trials in Tanzania: revisiting the fundamental ethical principles	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
2	Tuberculosis, HIV in adolescents	3	Medical management of acute loss of vision in tuberculous meningitis: A case report.	Published (Amour M et al., J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100145)	MUHAS, CUHAS, New Young University Langone Health	Senior leaders = 0 Junior faculty = 1 Students = 0 Other collaborators = 2
		4	Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and associated factors among adolescents living with HIV in Dar-es-Salaam	Data analysis	In progress	In progress
		5	Loss to follow up among Adolescents living with HIV attending care and treatment clinics in Dar-es-Salaam	Data analysis	In progress	In progress
3	Phone contact versus house visits for index partner HIV testing	6	Effects of methods of reaching index partners for HIV testing: Observational study in two regions of Tanzania	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		7	Perception of healthcare givers on methods of reaching index partners for HIV testing in two regions of Tanzania	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
4	Effects of Aspirin on HIV disease progression	8	Levels of biomarkers of immune and platelet activation in arv drug naive HIV infected individuals	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
YOUNG PEERS FROM KCMUCo
1	Spectrum of cancers in HIV infected patients	9	Cancer spectrum in HIV patients: A zonal hospital experience in Tanzania	Published (Mremi A et al, Cancer Treat Res Commun, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2020.100213	KCMUCo, Duke University	Senior leaders = 2 Junior faculty = 1 Students = 3 Other collaborators = 1
		10	Capacity of Diagnostics and Treatment of Cancer in HIV-infected patients: A single hospital experience in Northern Tanzania	In preparation	In progress	In progress
		11	Prevalence of risk factors for cancer among HIV-infected patients in a referral hospital in Tanzania: a retrospective hospital-based study	Data analysis	In progress	In progress
		12	Incidence and profile of cancer among HIV-infected patients compared with the general population in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania, 2009–2019	Data analysis	In progress	In progress
		13	HIV-associated cancer in Tanzania: progress, challenges, opportunities	In preparation	In progress	In progress
		14	HIV-associated lymphomas: Clinico-pathological study from Tanzania	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		15	Cancer mortality and trends among HIV-infected inpatients in Tanzania	Data analysis	In progress	In progress
2	Effect of HIV and HAART on bone turnover	16	Systematic review of the effect of HIV-infection, combined antiretroviral therapy on bone turnover markers (BTMs) and bone mineral density in people living with HIV	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		17	Factors associated with increase in bone turnover markers among people living with HIV (PLWHIV) attending clinic at KCMC	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		18	Bone turnover markers and mineral density after 12 months on HAART.	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
3	Asymptomatic bacteriuria in HIV infected individuals	19	Bacteriological profile and sensitivity pattern of isolates causing bacteriuria in people living with HIV	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
4	Uptake of cervical cancer screening among women with HIV	20	Barriers and factors associated with low uptake of cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV at tertiary hospital, northern Tanzania	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		21	Role of awareness on cervical cancer screening uptake among women living with HIV at tertiary hospital, northern Tanzania	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
YOUNG PEERS FROM CUHAS
1	Dietary pattern and metabolic syndrome in patients with HIV	22	Metabolic syndrome in patients with HIV attending BMC care and treatment centre: Prevalence and associated factors	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		23	Dietary patterns and the factors associated with food choices in patients with HIV attending BMC care and treatment centre	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
2	Pregnancy and post-partum mental disorders	24	Prevalence and correlates of depression among women attending ancs in mwanza Tanzania	Data analysis	In progress	In progress
		25	Perinatal anxiety among women attending antenatal clinics in mwanza tanzania	Data analysis	In progress	In progress
3	Drug adherence counselling in patients with HIV	26	Barriers to implementation of intensified adherence counselling among nurse counsellors at HIV Care and treatment clinic in Mwanza City	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		27	Proportion of people living with HIV who have achieved viral suppression and factors associated with the virological failure after 3 months of intensified adherence counselling among HIV patients with suspected virologic failure on first line ART attending HIV care and treatment clinic in Mwanza City	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
4	Multi-drug resistant pathogens in HIV	28	Prevalence and incidence of Multi Drug Resistant pathogens colonizing-infecting children in Mwanza, Tanzania	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress
		29	Prevalence and incidence of Multi Drug Resistant pathogens colonizing-infecting HIV infected children in Mwanza, Tanzania	Data collection ongoing	In progress	In progress