International Center for Child Health and Development

Bridges2Scale (2023-2028)

Bridges2Scale: Testing implementation strategies for an intervention among young people affected by AIDS

Principal Investigators: Fred M. Ssewamala, PhD (New York University); Byron Powell, PhD; Noeline Nakasujja, MBChB, PhD (Makerere University)

Funding Agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Project Team Members and Implementing Partners: Ozge Sensoy Bahar, PhD (New York University); Proscovia Nabunya, PhD; Derek Brown PhD; Mary McKay, PhD; Abel Mwebembezi, PhD (Reach the Youth Uganda); Torsten Neilands, PhD (University of California San Francisco), Fred Semitala, PhD (Makerere University)

Bridges2Scale is a 5-year study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD). The study seeks to examine the use of implementation strategies to best support the implementation, scale-up, and sustainment of the Bridges to the Future interventions, which have been proven to be highly effective in improving youth-focused HIV prevention, care, and support outcomes.

The study will recruit 1,440 adolescents and youth affected by HIV (ages 13-17 years) from 48 schools in the Greater Masaka region of Uganda. Learn more here.