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Y-CHECK completes pilot study
Y-CHECK study involves the screening and treatment/referral of adolescents for a range of common health conditions through check-up...
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Aug 19, 20222 min read


STICH unblinding meeting
On Wednesday August 17th the STICH Trial (STIs in CHIEDZA) results were unblinded during an internal investigator meeting at the...
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Aug 17, 20221 min read


LSHTM MSc students visit Zimbabwe
Over the past few weeks, we have had the pleasure of hosting a group of MSc students from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical...
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Jul 21, 20223 min read


EMPOWA is launching its second programme
In August 2022, EMPOWA (Empowering Professionals for the Wellbeing of Adolescents) launches its second programme, previously known as the...
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Jul 21, 20221 min read


Presentations at the Annual Medical Research Day 2022
The Annual Medical Research Day (AMRD) is a faculty led event reserved for the showcasing and dissemination of multi-disciplinary...
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Jul 21, 20221 min read


Multimorbidity Retreat
From June 22-24, over 60 researchers, clinicians, and policymakers from nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa gathered in Blantyre, Malawi...
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Jun 22, 20221 min read


MaCOCO Study Harare Stakeholders Meeting
The study disseminated important evidence on how COVID-19 broadly impacted the nation’s health system. The stakeholders meeting was...
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Jun 7, 20221 min read


Art of Health presents “Taura” stage play & art exhibition
The Art of Health showcased its stage play “TAURA” to three packed audiences at Reps Theatre from 1 – 4 June. TAURA uses theatre to...
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Jun 4, 20221 min read


THRUZIM launch cocktail evening!
In celebration of our major step in rebranding as “The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe”, an exclusive cocktail party was hosted as a...
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Jun 4, 20221 min read


VAXEF study begins participant recruitment
Recruitment has started for VAXEF: investigating the vaccine effectiveness of Sinopharm and Sinovac among people living with chronic...
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Jun 1, 20221 min read


VITALITY trial hosts treatment support day
This special treatment support day amassed a total of 200 participants in attendance! The event aimed to give participants an educational...
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May 28, 20221 min read


The MARCH Centre at LSHTM beams spotlight on THRU ZIM
The Maternal Adolescent Reproduction & Child Health Centre (MARCH) at LSHTM releases an article on our research group’s name change....
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Apr 22, 20221 min read


Presentation at “A Menstrual Health Learning and Networking Event”
Mandi Tembo presented her research findings on the acceptability, uptake, and effectiveness of a comprehensive menstrual health and...
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Apr 7, 20221 min read


Mabvuku High School Science Fair 2022
This is a prime highlight in our secondary school engagement initiative and this year; 15 students produced and presented some...
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Apr 5, 20221 min read


Wellcome Trust Bloomsbury Centre for Global Health Research Scientific Meeting:
The highly anticipated 4-day scientific seminar took place in both Zimbabwe and The Gambia. PhD students and global health luminaries...
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Mar 14, 20221 min read


The Zvatinoda ! Project represented at OPHID Dissemination Event
The Zvatinoda intervention involved 13 weeks of peer-led discussions on mobile phones. Health knowledge, needs and commitments of young...
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Mar 10, 20221 min read


AVAPAR receives its first molecular machine
On this day, a molecular machine for pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in blood culture isolates in the...
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Mar 7, 20221 min read


The VITALITY Consortium
Work package leads, MSc and PhD students and trial partners travelled to Lusaka, Zambia to present on baseline data compiled thus far. In...
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Mar 1, 20221 min read


TAZ study conducts social science workshop at Wilkins Hospital
Lead nurses from 14 City of Harare clinics were tasked to identify key events between 2016-2021 at clinic & community level that affected...
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Mar 1, 20221 min read


Fractures E3 lead featured on Clinical Trials Programme Newsletter
Fractures E3 study coordinator, Tadios Manyanga, has been featured on this online publication where he discussed his experiences of...
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Mar 1, 20221 min read
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