EMPIRICAL Project
Empirical treatment against cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis in severe pneumonia in HIV-infected infants: a randomized controlled clinical trial
EMPIRICAL is an EDCTP-funded research project that will evaluate whether empirical treatment against cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis improves survival of HIV-infected infants with severe pneumonia.
Where we work
The project in numbers



New Poster Walk
We are pleased to let you know that our EMPIRICAL abstract (see below) has been accepted for the Poster Walk. Poster Walk Title 30 – […]
Mulima, Juliet and Chalwe
Our names are Mulima, Juliet and Chalwe. We are EMPIRICAL study nurses at the UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS-Children’s Hospital site in Lusaka, Zambia. Our main tasks […]
Watch Dr Hilda Mujuru narrate the untold story of HIV in children in the early days
Watch Dr Hilda Mujuru narrate the untold story of HIV in children in the early days, and follow the progress we are making through ODYSSEY. […]
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital: Joyce Macheso
Joyce Macheso is lead nurse and the EMPIRICAL point person for screening, recruitment, informed consent, and study procedures at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.