DarDar Nutrition Study

Study runs 2009 - 2013

The DarDar Nutrition Study is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and is designed to test the hypothesis that administration of a protein calorie supplement (PCS) to HIV-infected women at risk of malnutrition will improve their health outcomes. Two groups of women in Dar es Salaam will receive a PCS or control multivitamin in the randomized studies : 1) 96 pregnant women in their third trimester who plan to exclusively breast feed for 6 months [Study 2-B] and 2) 180 women with newly diagnosed tuberculosis [Study 2-C].

A pilot study [Study 2-A] was completed in 2011 and the other two studies are scheduled to begin in 2011.