HIVAN’s primary purpose is to promote, conduct, and build
capacity for research that is responsive to, and contributes to
alleviating the circumstances of, people living with and affected
by HIV and AIDS. By connecting multidisciplinary scholarship with
the immediate needs and problems of health-care providers, civil
society organisations, and communities, and by making relevant
information accessible to them, HIVAN strives to enhance the quality
of HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment in both the formal
and informal public health systems. While its priority is to inform
practical efforts to address the epidemic in the province of KwaZulu-Natal,
HIVAN does not exclude activities elsewhere and always endeavours
to ensure that the outcomes of its work are widely applicable.
