Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS(IRCHA), as the first academic research center for research on basic and community based HIV/AIDS researches in Iran- affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences(TUMS)- officially started it?s activity since 2005, and received its approval from Ministry of Health and Medical Education(MOH & ME) of Iran in 2007. Strengthening IRCHAs research infrastructures, focusing on HIV/AIDS research with an emphasis on preventive, epidemiologic, social, cultural, and psychological aspects of HIV/AIDS, high risk behaviors among sentinel populations and drug abuse, expansion of regional, national and international relationship for information exchange and intersectoral research and contribution in national developmental programs are among global aims of this research center.
