# CAPRISA

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**CAPRISA** ("**Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa**") is the name of an [AIDS](/source/AIDS) research center based in [Durban](/source/Durban), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).

## History

CAPRISA was established in 2002 under the [National Institutes of Health](/source/National_Institutes_of_Health) program called [Comprehensive International Program of Research on AIDS](/source/Comprehensive_International_Program_of_Research_on_AIDS) (CIPRA). Five partner institutions participated in the founding: [University of KwaZulu-Natal](/source/University_of_KwaZulu-Natal), [University of Cape Town](/source/University_of_Cape_Town), [University of Western Cape](/source/University_of_Western_Cape), [National Institute of Communicable Diseases](/source/National_Institute_of_Communicable_Diseases), and [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) in [New York](/source/New_York_City). [UNAIDS](/source/UNAIDS) recognizes CAPRISA with the designation of "Collaborating Centre for HIV Prevention Research".[1]

CAPRISA's mission is to promote HIV prevention and research its epidemiology.[1]

## CAPRISA 004

Main article: [CAPRISA 004](/source/CAPRISA_004)

[CAPRISA 004](/source/CAPRISA_004) is the name of a [clinical trial](/source/Clinical_trial) testing a [microbicide](/source/Microbicide) which was experimentally shown to be effective in reducing women's risk of contracting HIV.[2]

## References

1. ["Founding of CAPRISA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111119093610/http://www.caprisa.org/SitePages/About-Founding.aspx). CAPRISA. Archived from [the original](http://www.caprisa.org/SitePages/About-Founding.aspx) on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

1. Celia W. Dugger (19 July 2010). ["African Studies Give Women Hope in H.I.V. Fight"](https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/world/africa/20safrica.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

## External links

- [CAPRISA](http://www.caprisa.org/)

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