For its international research agenda, NCI partners with the Fogarty International Center to build capacity for basic and clinical studies in resource-poor countries with significant HIV/ AIDS incidence and prevalence via their AIDS International Training and Research Program (
AITRP) and the International Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research Training Award (ICOHRTA).
This study was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, USA (DA12568 and DA024565) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India as part of the USIndia Bilateral Collaborative Research on the Prevention of HIV/ AIDS, and the Fogarty International Center/USNIH: (Grant # 2D 43 TW000010-23
AITRP).