Project SIDA

Project SIDA was a scientific organization to study AIDS in Africa.

History

Headquartered in Kinshasa, Zaire, Project SIDA was designed as a collaboration between foreign scientists with experience studying epidemics and local scientists familiar with the local culture and customs. Initiated in 1984,[1] with funding from the U.S. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and the direction of Jonathan Mann, Project SIDA was based at Mama Yemo hospital in Kinshasa.[2]

Project SIDA was terminated in 1991 due to civil war in Zaire.[3]

Scientific outcomes

Project SIDA operated successfully and generated over a thousand scientific abstracts. In particular, Project SIDA scientists were among the first to document heterosexual transmission of AIDS and the existence of AIDS outside of developed countries.[4] Over the course of its operations, Projet SIDA produced 120 publications and presented over 1000 abstracts at scientific conferences.[3] Project SIDA also developed and supported local scientists and scientific infrastructure, in contrast to many scientists from the developed world who collected samples in Africa but did not attempt to train local staff. In addition to Mann, scientists involved with Project SIDA include Joseph McCormick, Peter Piot, Bila M. Kapita, Eugène Nzila Nzilambi, as well as other researchers from Europe, the United States, and Zaire.[1][2][3]

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References
  1. Garrett, Laurie (1994). The Coming Plague. p. 351.
  2. Curran, James W.; Jaffe, Harold W. (October 7, 2011). "AIDS: the Early Years and CDC's Response". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 60: 64–69.
  3. Cohen, Jon (1997). "The Rise and Fall of Projet SIDA". Science. 278 (5343): 1565–1568. doi:10.1126/science.278.5343.1565. PMID 9411779.
  4. Tarantola, Daniel (September 5, 1998). "Obituary: Jonathan Mann and Mary Lou Clements-Mann". The Independent. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
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