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Dr. Vicky Simms gets promoted to associate professor at LSHTM
Vicky begins this new role with immediate effect. The rest of the group commends her for this achievement and wishing her all the best!
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Nov 10, 20211 min read


Dr. Chido Dziva Chikwari gets appointed as assistant professor at LSHTM
As of 15th November, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Chido Dziva Chikwari, begins her new position as an assistant professor at the Department...
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Nov 10, 20211 min read


The Mabvuku High School science club field trip series
In school engagement (Mabvuku High School), the science club curriculum began its series of student field trips to the BRTI laboratories....
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Oct 30, 20211 min read


Research Fellow, Mandi Tembo, receives the Southern Hemisphere Award
SAHM (Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine) issued this award as recognition for her work in menstrual hygiene research & public...
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Oct 27, 20211 min read


Menstruation in the Media.
In collaboration with the Menstruation Research Network and funded by the Leverhulme Trust, Mandi Tembo, will be presenting on the use of...
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Oct 22, 20211 min read


Y-Check Study launches ‘Zve Hutano’ Competition
This is a health crowdsourcing competition aimed at youth ages between 10 to 19 years. The competition is themed on adolescent health and...
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Oct 18, 20211 min read


Researchers present at Annual Medical Research Day 2021
A handful of our researchers and public health professionals delivered impactful presentations themed around the COVID19 pandemic. These...
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Oct 16, 20211 min read


VITALITY study treatment support group programme
The VITALITY study set up this event to encourage and promote good adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well as, the VITALITY...
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Oct 9, 20211 min read


‘A Focus on Zimbabwe’ public engagement webinar
A closer look at the public engagement projects in Zimbabwe that are currently running under the Wellcome Trust Enrichment Grant to...
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Oct 7, 20211 min read


The CHIEDZA trial begins its endline survey.
As of Monday 4th October 2021, the trial has begun its community cross-sectional survey in Harare province. The survey will focus on...
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Oct 4, 20211 min read


Professional Development Programme on Adolescent Health begins in Harare.
The inaugural Professional Development Programme on Adolescent Wellbeing started this week. This is a new modular 18-month course for...
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Oct 4, 20211 min read


Prof. Rashida Ferrand gains a Wellcome Trust Doctoral training programme
Rashida Ferrand led successful bid for a Wellcome Trust Doctoral training Programme- Global Health Research in Africa Awarded GBP...
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Oct 1, 20211 min read


A Million Girls Foundation Champion.
Mandi Tembo becomes a ‘A Million Girls Foundation champion’. The A Million Girls Foundation is a South African foundation focused on...
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Oct 1, 20211 min read


Presentations at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Physicians Zimbabwe (NAPAZ)
This year’s meeting featured two talks from our researchers titled: Integrated occupational health services for health care workers in...
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Oct 1, 20211 min read


Youth Researchers Academy Dissemination Meeting Update.
A Hybrid (in person & virtual) dissemination meeting with stakeholders for the Youth Researcher Academy was held in Harare. Youth...
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Sep 30, 20211 min read


Public engagement work gets showcased at LSHTM week.
The group received an opportunity to showcase its public engagement portfolio at LSHTM week earlier this month. The MARCH Centre...
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Sep 7, 20211 min read


Fractures E3 begins in Zimbabwe, protocol training
Fractures E3 (FE3) study begins training its team in Zimbabwe through its various work packages. FE3 is an international mixed methods...
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Sep 6, 20211 min read


CHIEDZA study begins training staff for prevalence survey
The study begins a two-week training program that covers identification of clusters, household enumeration, consenting procedures, data...
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Sep 6, 20211 min read


Fractures E3 study begins recruitment into work package 2.
The Wellcome-funded multi-country Fractures E3 study aiming to investigate the epidemiology, economics and ethnography of fragility...
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Sep 1, 20211 min read


Postdoctoral fellow, Chido Dziva Chikwari, becomes an elected PLOS Global Health Editorial Board Me
Dr Chido Dziva Chikwari, is now an editorial board member of the PLOS Global Health Journal which is a new open access public health...
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Aug 27, 20211 min read
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