Our Project Goals
The Caribbean, Central and South America network (CCASAnet) brings together researchers with expertise in HIV care, science, and collaborative research, as well as in data structure design, analysis, and management. The project has the following aims:
- To create and support a network of participating sites in the Caribbean and Central and South America for sharing of existing research and clinical data related to the epidemiology of HIV and related disorders;
- To create a shared data repository and associated technologies for data merging that forms the union of the data sets submitted by sites;
- To conduct and facilitate research using the shared data repository that enables answers to questions that cannot be answered by any single source;
- To develop and evaluate new biostatistical methods relevant to HIV epidemiology;
- To develop a program of education and training that will assist sites to improve the quality and consistency of their clinical research activities;
- To participate with other regional IEDEA networks in the development of international standards for sharing and meta-analysis of HIV-related data.