IMPACT Recency

Sustaining HIV Epidemic Control

Project Manager

Christopher Blair - Project Manager

Role: Overseeing implementation of the IMPACT Project-Recency across 27 districts

Expertise: HIV/AIDS surveillance, epidemiological data analysis, public health program management

Name of the Project: IMPACT Project-Recency

Project Goal & Objectives

Project Goal:

The goal of this project is to use a rapid test for recent infections to provide continuous epidemiological data on person, place, and time of newly diagnosed individuals to inform HIV prevention and treatment strategies and have a better understanding of the performance of RTRI.

Project Objectives:

  • Monitor trends in the proportion testing recent on the RITA among newly diagnosed PLHIV
  • Identify geographic areas associated with testing recent on the RITA to inform geographic prioritization of HIV prevention interventions
  • Generate cross-sectional estimates of HIV incidence
  • Describe demographic and high-risk behavior associated with recent HIV infection

Scope of Work

Use the existing National-HTS algorithm and the HTS providers in the 300 Recency implementing sites.

  • Providing technical support to implement the Recency Surveillance services at national level with National HIV Reference Laboratory, Department of HIV Aids and other district stakeholders
  • Providing daily management and implementation of the Recency Surveillance System field activities according to study protocol guidelines and standard operating procedures through sub-providing data management expertise and support to Recency Surveillance Data system

Target Population

  • 13 years and above
  • Targets all the new positive clients
  • Never taken Anti-retroviral therapy

Key Achievements

Districts Covered

27

Health Facilities

300

Trained Workers

500+

Reports Generated

15+

Project information

  • Name: IMPACT Project-Recency
  • Donor: CDC
  • Project Duration: 2022-2027 (5 Years)
  • Geographic Coverage: 27 districts
  • Health Facilities: 300 sites

Project Description

This project implements the field activities of Recency Surveillance across 27 districts in Malawi. The project uses rapid tests for recent infections to provide epidemiological data that informs HIV prevention and treatment strategies.

MACRO provides field oversight to ensure that the project is implemented according to study protocols and standard operating procedures.

Key Achievements

  • Established surveillance in 300 health facilities
  • Trained 500+ healthcare workers
  • Enrolled 10,000+ participants to date
  • Produced 15+ epidemiological reports