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Implications for Psychosocial Counseling Among People with HIV on Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Who Experience Common Mental Disorders in Vietnam

May 19, 2025
The psychological experiences and needs of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who use methadone maintenance treatment and have common mental disorders remain unknown in Hanoi, Vietnam. Due to limited services for common mental disorders, optimal delivery methods for psychotherapy are also unknown. Accordingly, a qualitative study led by Vivian Go,...

A Path for Scaling Mental Health Treatment in Low-Income Countries: Results from the SHARP Trial

April 2, 2024
Globally, mental health disorders rank as the greatest cause of disability and a leading contributor to the burden of disease. While the U.S. may struggle to meet the need for quality mental healthcare, treatment in most low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries – where 80% of those with mental illness live...

The Friendship Bench, Reimagining Mental Healthcare in Malawi

February 19, 2024
A new study published in Lancet-Global Health introduces the results of a five-year trial in Malawi that tested two implementation strategies for integrating mental health with general medical care. Led by UNC Institute for Global Health members Bradley Gaynes and Brian Pence, the study includes a cost-effectiveness analysis that will help inform scale-up decisions about...

Some of the Many Faces of HIV Research: Treatment, Prevention and Pursuing a Cure

December 13, 2022
HIV virus eradication is a complex health challenge due to its long-lived persistence and how it hides in latently infected cells that escape the body’s immune system. Effective HIV treatments have decreased the likelihood of someone developing AIDS, while helping individuals live long and healthy lives without transmission to sexual...

IGHID Investigators Discuss Projects As New Academic Year Begins

August 12, 2022
Global health research is a collaborative process, and each researcher at the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases contributes a piece to solving the puzzle of disease and morbidity. With a new academic year underway, read what some of our investigators are working on to improve the health of global populations....