Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Amount

$1,036,524.00

Award Date

9/11/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

An urgent need exists to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1 to women. Although infection rates exceed 35% in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, very little attention is devoted to the role of the female reproductive tract (FRT) in preventing viral transmi