The IAS and Merck Sharpe & Dohme (MSD) awarded a co-partnered prize for the top-scoring IAS 2019 abstracts in operational and implementation research in differentiated service delivery. The prize recognizes outstanding research that addresses key knowledge gaps and links new evidence to strategic programme priorities in differentiated service delivery. The prize (US$10,000 per recipient), funded by MSD, is awarded to the four highest-scoring abstracts:
Tsitsi Apollo (Zimbabwe), “Optimizing treatment models for people living with HIV in urban Zimbabwe: Findings from a mixed methods study”
Vivian Chitiyo (Zimbabwe), “Differentiated antiretroviral therapy delivery: A review of implementation progress and challenges in Zimbabwe”
Didier Kamerhe (Democratic Republic of the Congo), “Improved HIV treatment retention among patients enrolled in a differentiated care model at Kenya General Reference Hospital in Haut Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo”
Bruce Agins (United States), “Improving rapid ART initiation in Blantyre, Malawi, through implementation of a quality improvement collaborative”
