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PhD fellow, Tinotenda Taruvinga’s mock upgrading gets granted a pass.
On Wednesday the 11th of August, PhD fellow, Tinotenda Taruvinga, presented his PhD mock upgrading presentation titled, “Understanding...
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Aug 17, 20211 min read


LSHTM Crowdsourcing Event.
The theme of this event was crowdsourcing and its increasing popularity as a method to solving social problems. Stakeholders got the...
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Aug 12, 20211 min read


Prof. Rashida Ferrand joins the CDC-Africa SAGE (Strategic Advisory Group of Experts) for COVID19
Rashida becomes a member of this committee that meets on a monthly basis to provide policy guidance on the pandemic to CDC-Africa.
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Aug 6, 20211 min read


CHIEDZA study hosts the Menstrual Health & Hygiene Product Choice and Pain Management FGD
The study hosted a select group of female cohorts (aged 16-24years) to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on menstrual health & hygiene,...
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Aug 3, 20211 min read


The Group moves to bigger offices!
As of Monday 2nd August 2021, the group has moved to a larger premise to accommodate more staff members and upcoming projects. A warm...
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Aug 2, 20211 min read


Justin Dixon begins the Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Humanities & Social Sciences
Justin has begun his fellowship titled “Multimorbidity and knowledge architectures: An Interdisciplinary Global Health Collaboration”...
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Jul 19, 20211 min read


VITALITY Zimbabwe team visits VITALITY clinic in Zambia to ensure study synergies.
Three of our Zimbabwe based VITALITY study members: Nyasha Dzavakwa (Trial Co-ordinator), Vicky Simms (Trial Statistician) and Cynthia...
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Jun 29, 20211 min read


Dr. Aoife Doyle moves to Zimbabwe to lead the Y-Check Study
Dr Aoife Doyle, Associate Professor in Epidemiology at LSHTM, has as of late moved to Harare to lead the Y-Check study. Aoife, who has...
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Jun 8, 20211 min read


The Menopause Study Workshops
The Menopause Study (Improving experiences of the menopause for women in Zimbabwe and South Africa: co-producing an information resource)...
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Jun 1, 20211 min read


The CORD study led by Dr. Edith Majonga begins
As of June 1st 2021, the Characterisation Of caRdiac Disease in adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV infection in the antiretroviral...
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Jun 1, 20211 min read


Art of Health Competition completes its mentorship stage
The Art of Health Mentorship stage comprised of workshops which ran over three weekends from 15 – 30 May. The workshops took place in...
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May 30, 20211 min read


PhD research fellow, Mandi Tembo, co-hosts LSHTM’s first ever Instagram Live and looks at menstrual
As a member of the MARCH leadership team, Mandi Tembo, co-hosted a Menstrual Hygiene Day event on LSHTM’s Instagram channel to answer...
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May 28, 20211 min read


Menstrual Health Integration within SRH Services
As SRH taskforce co-lead for the African Coalition for Menstrual Health Management (ACMHM), Mandi Tembo played an active role in the...
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May 26, 20211 min read


PhD research fellow, Mandi Tembo, presents on menstrual health integration within SRH services and o
On Wednesday the 11th of August, PhD fellow, Tinotenda Taruvinga, presented his PhD mock upgrading presentation titled, “Understanding...
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May 25, 20211 min read


ICAROZ study presents at National Infection Prevention & Control Conference (Gweru).
Body Autonomy Presentation PhD research fellow, Mandi Tembo, spoke on a panel looking to explore and discuss the linkages between body...
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May 3, 20211 min read


Youth Researchers Academy 2-week residential programme takes off.
Our new cohort of youth researchers have been selected for this year’s Youth Researchers Academy and are undergoing training at the...
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May 3, 20211 min read


Science club activities gains momentum at Mabvuku High School
The science club initiative of the school engagement programme has begun. Two sessions have been hosted where students had the...
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Apr 30, 20211 min read


Youth Researchers Academy 2021 interviews for new cohort of youth researchers.
On this day we took the opportunity to interview for our new cohort of youth researchers from a pool of shortlisted candidates. The...
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Apr 21, 20211 min read


PhD research fellow, Mandi Tembo, gets selected as a finalist for the Youth Engagement in HIV Resear
A webinar event being organized by AHISA in partnership with 4YouthByYouth intended to review themes submitted to a crowdsourcing open...
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Apr 8, 20211 min read


Announcing the Africa Day YRA Virtual Event: The Youth Researchers Academy - youth focused research
In celebration of Africa Day 2021, LSHTM will hosting a webinar looking into the methods, learnings, and outcomes from the Youth Research...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
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