Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación
Encyclopedia
Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación is a non-profit organization
which promotes public health
in the Andean region of Peru
.
study, which was a clinical trial
testing the efficacy of a drug used as a pre-exposure prophylaxis
against HIV infection.
in various research projects.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
which promotes public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
in the Andean region of Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
Research
Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación organized local volunteers to participate in the iPrExIPrEx
The iPrEx study was a double-blind, placebo controlled Phase III clinical trial that began in 2007 following three years of community consultation. iPrEx was the first human efficacy study of pre-exposure prophylaxis to report efficacy data. iPrEx was sponsored by the U.S...
study, which was a clinical trial
Clinical trial
Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions...
testing the efficacy of a drug used as a pre-exposure prophylaxis
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Pre-exposure prophylaxis is any medical or public health procedure used before exposure to the disease causing agent, its purpose is to prevent, rather than treat or cure a disease. An example would be if a doctor gave a medication used to treat a disease to a healthy person who is not thought to...
against HIV infection.
Partners
Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación collaborates with the University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
in various research projects.