News

Aegida project

Aegida Project – “Assessment of the intervention to develop HIV self-testing skills and reduce stigma among women at risk in Kazakhstan” (2021 – 2023) This project Aegida, funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is a pilot … Read more
Monday July 13th, 2026

JAS SPARK

Crowdsourcing to Reduce HIV Stigma & Increase Adolescent & Young Adult HIV testing 8/16/21 – 5/31/23 Principal Investigators: Alissa Davis & Gaukhar Mergenova Co-Investigators: Nabila El-Bassel, Assel Terlikbayeva, Sholpan Primbetova, Susan Rosenthal (CUMC), Joseph Tucker (UNC-Chapel Hill), Laura Nyblade (RTI), … Read more
Friday August 19th, 2022

Astana Exhibition Event

On June 26, USAID and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) opened an exhibition of photos telling the stories of several Kazakhstani injection drug users and how methadone treatment programs helped them to overcome their addiction. The photos, … Read more
Tuesday July 10th, 2018

World AIDS Victims’ Remembrance Day

On May 20th, 2018, the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia (GHRCCA) participated in World Remembrance Day for AIDS Victims. This special day is intended to remind people of the negative impact of AIDS and the importance of coming … Read more
Wednesday June 20th, 2018

GHRCCA Hosts Trainings for Project NOVA in Kazakhstan

Over the past year, GHRCCA hosted trainings of the Nova intervention for facilitators and staff in Kazakhstan. Funded by NIDA, Project Nova is a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of a combined HIV risk reduction and microfinance intervention among … Read more
Tuesday September 20th, 2016