Project Coordinator: The AIDS Support Organization (Josephine Birungi)
Location: Uganda
Budget: € 36,289
Duration of project: April 2011-February 2013

The goal of this project is to strengthen The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Institutional Review Board (IRB) and support operational and community-based clinical HIV/AIDS research within and outside TASO. This project will assist in the development of clear procedures for identifying and recruiting members of the TASO IRB and a curriculum for training members of the TASO IRB and other IRBs. It will also document and disseminate relevant lessons learnt about the establishment and strengthening of IRBs in Uganda at national and international conferences and meetings.