STICH symposium at IUSTI Conference
The STIs in CHIEDZA trial (STICH) symposium was held at the 23rd International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections world...
Updates
- Aug 16
- 1 min
STICH unblinding meeting
On Wednesday August 17th the STICH Trial (STIs in CHIEDZA) results were unblinded during an internal investigator meeting at the...
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Mashonaland East province begins prevalence survey!
Our final province begins its prevalence survey this week. 4 teams have been dispatched to conduct the field work they have spent weeks...
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Mashonaland East province hosts CAPs group party
In celebration of the trial coming to an end in Mashonaland East Province, a combined CAPs (CHIEDZA Peer Support) group party was held in...
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Training for prevalence survey in Mashonaland East province begins
The Mashonaland East teams have begun a two-week training that covers identification of clusters, household enumeration, consenting...
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Bulawayo province undergoes consent procedure training
The prevalence survey team in Bulawayo received training for the consent trial which is being led by Tinashe Mwaturura. It is a...
- Feb 16
- 1 min
CHIEDZA formative work and protocol published papers now available
Team work bearing fruit at play! We celebrate the release of these two hugely significant papers that highlights the...
- Jan 26
- 1 min
UK Ambassador celebrates the trial!
Melanie Robinson, UK ambassador to Zimbabwe has given the trial a shout out for assisting a mother deliver her child while the team was...
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Prevalence survey launches in Bulawayo!
As of the 4th of January, the prevalence survey has kickstarted in Bulawayo! A training in December was held for the 4 field teams that...
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Art of Health Competition complete!
After fourteen weeks of engagement activities online, The Art of Health Competition concluded on Thursday 16 December with a prize giving...
- Dec 2, 2021
- 1 min
Informed consent solution receives high recognition award!
Congratulations to our fellow researcher, Tinashe Mwaturura, for leading on submitting an entry to HIV Open Call on Informed Consent and...
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Providing essential services at Tongogara Refugee Camp
Dr. Chido Dziva Chikwari and Constancia Mavodza, took the initiative to provide sexual reproductive health services (SRH) and menstrual...
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
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!
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
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...
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
Harare province undergoes consent procedure training
This is a non-inferiority trial evaluating consent procedures training through use of videos coupled with e-consent compared with...
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
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...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
Harare province prevalence survey begins
The trial endline (outcome) population-based survey started this week in Harare. This is aiming to recruit nearly 17000 young people...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min
Research fellow, Mandi Tembo, gets selected as A Million Girls Foundation Champion.
Mandi Tembo has been chosen to be a A Million Girls Foundation champion. The A Million Girls Foundation is a South African foundation...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min
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...
- Sep 29, 2021
- 1 min
Youth Researchers Academy Dissemination Meeting
A Hybrid (in person & virtual) dissemination meeting with stakeholders for the Youth Researcher Academy was held in Harare. Youth...