Background

The mission of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is to lead research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize abilities for all. NICHD supports and conducts domestic and international research and NIH research training and career development programs related to the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection and its complications in infants, children, adolescents, and women (including pregnant and lactating). In all studies the inclusion of populations disproportionately affected by incidence and prevalence of HIV including racial and ethnic minority groups is expected.

NICHD wants to strengthen both existing collaborations and foster

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