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CHIEDZA and STICH Trials Dissemination Meeting
On June 1st, an impactful dissemination meeting was held in Harare, marking the culmination of the CHIEDZA and STICH trials. The CHIEDZA...
May 31, 20232 min read


CHIEDZA unblinding meeting
The CHIEDZA trial was unblinded on the 29th November 2022 at Wildgeese Lodge. The unblinding meeting was attended by the investigator...
Nov 28, 20221 min read


STICH symposium at IUSTI Conference
The STIs in CHIEDZA trial (STICH) symposium was held at the 23rd International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections world...
Sep 4, 20221 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...
Aug 16, 20221 min read


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...
Apr 3, 20221 min read


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 10, 20221 min read


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...
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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 27, 20221 min read

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...
Feb 16, 20221 min read


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 26, 20221 min read


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...
Jan 3, 20221 min read


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 15, 20211 min read


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...
Dec 2, 20211 min read


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 30, 20211 min read


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, 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...
Nov 9, 20211 min read


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...
Nov 7, 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...
Oct 26, 20211 min read


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...
Oct 3, 20211 min read


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, 20211 min read
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