Our social and behavioral research has been critical in understanding the complex drivers of human behavior as an essential requirement for the successful implementation of any biomedical, behavioural, or structural interventions promoting health-related outcomes. Socio-behavioural research reveals critical insights and contextual understanding pertinent to biomedical implementation science. Our research is overarching, spanning from adolescent populations to cisgender women, cisgender men, and men who have sex with men.

We cover broad topics such as HIV treatment and prevention, looking at interventions that support better healthcare engagement. Our ongoing supportive role in the DTHF/C’s largely biomedical research has ensured the successful implementation and completion of ground-breaking biomedical research, including oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) injectable PrEP and other topical HIV prevention products.  In light of the above, the social behavioural division has been engaged in several critical research studies in the last year.

To read more about the recent projects and ongoing research of the DTHF social-behavioural division have a look at the write-up in our most recent annual review:   Annual Review — 2023/2024