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Women Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)

This study, which is co-sponsored by the NICHD Pediatric, Adolescent, and Maternal AIDS (PAMA) Branch  and four other NIH Institutes, is the largest and longest ongoing study of HIV-infected women. The PAMA Branch has been funding one of the six clinical sites for the WIHS since 1993.

WIHS has enrolled more than 2,700 HIV-infected women and about 1,000 uninfected women. This study is trying to understand the unique ways HIV/AIDS affects women, the ways successful treatments for HIV/AIDS affect women, the relationship between HIV/AIDS and other diseases, such as hepatitis C virus infection, and the impact of hormonal factors on HIV disease. Most of the women enrolled in WIHS are women of color.  For more information, visit https://statepiaps.jhsph.edu/wihs/.