For people living with HIV (PLWH) in Africa, hypertension (HTN) is the leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, despite increased access to effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), PLWH in Africa have limited access to high-quality care for cardiovascular diseases such as strokes, heart failure, and kidney diseases.  

Drs. Anjuli Wagner (Associate Professor, UW Global Health) and John Kinuthia (Affiliate Associate Professor, UW Global Health; Obstetrician Gynecologist, Kenyatta National Hospital) have received a National Institutes of Health award to fund their study, “Mechanisms of Action for mobile SMS PrEP adherence intervention (mWACH PrEP Mechanisms),” which aims to understand how digital health technologies work to support women to adhere to PrEP, a daily oral pill to prevent HIV.

The Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) is a team of researchers, teachers, and practitioners that uses their expertise to incorporate climate change resilience into public health. Their research focuses on topics such as heat, vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, nutrition, wildfires and air pollution, mental health, injuries, and waterborne diseases.

February is American Heart Month, so we sat down with Department of Global Health faculty members Dr Chris Longenecker and Dr Sarah Masyuko from the Global Cardiovascular Health Program to discuss their heart health research in rural communities and its connec