Competence Network HIV / AIDS

1. Funding Phase

Project: 01KI0211
Funding period: 01.06.2002 - 31.05.2005
Volume: 8,5 mio EUR

2. Funding Phase

Project: 01KI0501
Funding period: 01.09.2005 - 31.08.2007
Volume: 6,4 mio EUR

Project: 01KI0502
Funding period: 01.10.2005 - 30.06.2008
Volume: 0,2 mio EUR

3. Funding Phase

Project: 01KI0501
Funding period: 01.09.2007 - 30.04.2011
Volume: 3,7 mio EUR

Total Funding

Funding period: 01.06.2002 - 30.04.2011
Volume: 18,8 mio EUR

Network speaker: Prof. Dr. Norbert H. Brockmeyer
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie
Gudrunstr. 56
44791 Bochum
Tel.: +49 234 5093474
E-Mail: n.brockmeyer@derma.de

Aids is the infectious disease that causes the highest number of deaths worldwide (3 million deaths each year). At present 42 million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), of which 570,000 live in Western Europe. As young people's awareness of Aids, its routes of infection and the risk of contracting it has diminished, Aids continues to be one of the challenges confronting modern societies.

Since the virus was discovered in 1984, German scientists have made significant contributions towards research into and treatment of this infectious disease. Further advances are necessary in order to maintain the high quality of German HIV research and treatment and to incorporate these activities into international efforts. Such advances can only be achieved by pooling Germany's scientific resources and through early transfer of results into health care. This is the goal pursued by the HIV/Aids research network.

The Competence Network HIV / AIDS is part of the funding measure "Competence Networks in Medicine".
For more detailed information regarding the Competence Network HIV / AIDS see: http://www.kompetenznetz-hiv.de/.