The DUC was built to leverage the expertise in clinical care, systems, policy, and data reuse and analysis, along with the field experience available across PEPFAR-implementing agencies, ministries, and implementing partners, to create a peer support network of interested practitioners. This DUC will initially focus on guidance regarding approaches for enhancing retention and reducing Loss To Follow-Up (LTFU). We propose to then extend this tested approach to address other evolving PEPFAR priorities that can only be addressed through individual patient-level data.
The DUC will operate in a community and iterative way to support U.S. Government country teams and Ministries of Health.
The DUC will initially be working towards the following goals:
Be initiated with founding members with relevant clinical expertise for HIV prevention, treatment, and care, informatics, and data science.
Consolidate best practices, drawn from country experience, to a generally applicable and context-specific approach to improve retention and LTFU, with specific attention to the data and systems approach.
Ensure field experience sharing, improve interagency coordination and collaboration, and integrate group efforts to support PEPFAR program goals.
If you are interested in joining, feel free to join our mailing list on our website. Also, feel free to contact DUC@ohie.org if you have any questions.