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Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) seminarsHSRC Seminar: Being ALHIV: What do we know about Adolescents Living with HIV in South Africa?24 November 2020
Online seminar
Overview: This webinar is hosted by the HSRC and its collaborators from the University of Cape Town’s AIDS and Society Research Unit in partnership with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and UNFPA. As we approach the fourth decade of the HIV pandemic, there are still glaring gaps in the evidence-base regarding the mode of transmission, health, behaviours, sexual practices and lived experiences of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in South Africa. The HSRC and the UCT’s AIDS and Society Research Unit implemented a project to further unde...2021-03-042h 31
Mzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 1 - Rebecca HodesHIV, democracy and adolescents in South Africa: An introduction to the Mzantsi Wakho study, by Rebecca Hodes.
In this first episode we speak to Rebecca Hodes, who is the principal investigator of Mzantsi Wakho’s qualitative research. She is the Director of the AIDS and Society Research Unit, University of Cape Town, and an Honourary Affiliate of the Department of Social Policy and Investigation, Oxford University. Hodes studied history at Rhodes University, and received an M.Sc in the History of Medicine, Science and Technology and a D.Phil from Oxford University.
She has published a monograph, Broadcasting the Pandemic: A...2018-07-1024 min
Mzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 2 - Elona ToskaFraming quantitative research in the Mzantsi Wakho study, by Elona Toska.
Elona Toska is a post-doctoral research fellow at the AIDS and Society Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. She is a Research Associate at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford. She was born in Albania, but has spent most of her life practicing legal migration in the United Kingdom, United States, South East Asia, and since 2012 - South Africa where she has been involved with Mzantsi Wakho since its inception.2018-07-0829 minMzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 3 - Beth ValeFraming qualitative findings in the Mzantsi Wakho study, by Beth Vale
In this episode we speak to Dr. Beth Vale a former project manager on the Mzantsi Wakho project, who got involved back 2012 when it was in its infant stages of planning at Oxford University as well as the University of Cape Town. She has a background in community health work with her Master’s degree at UCT on this subject co-supervised by Mzantsi Wakho co-Principal Investigator Dr. Rebecca Hodes. Professor Lucie Cluver was the co-supervisor of her Oxford doctorate.’Dr Beth Vale is currently working at a policy think tank...2018-07-0713 minMzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 4 - Mildred Thabeng, Kanya Makabane and Sinebhongo MbulaRevelations and challenges within the qualitative team, by Mildred Thabeng, Kanya Makabane and Sinebhongo Mbula
Mildred Thabeng is from Pretoria, and is currently based in the Eastern Cape as a senior research assistant on the Mzantsi Wakho study. After finishing high school, Mildred moved to the Eastern Cape to study social work at UNISA, while volunteering at the Keiskamma Trust (an NGO that works in the rural area of Hamburg). Between 2012 and 2013, Mildred collaborated with Beth Vale, an Mzansti Wakho qualitative researcher who completed her doctorate in 2015, researching medicines-taking among adolescents. Mildred has worked within both the qualitative and quantitative...2018-07-0629 minMzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 5 - Nokubonga Philiswa MjoA project manager and community liaison explains the complexities and difficulties of her work in the Eastern Cape, by Nokubonga Philiswa Mjo
Nokubonga Mjo (Philiswa Popi) was born Engcobo , Transkei at Eqolweni location and moved to King Williams Town , Eastern Cape as i got married with a guy from King , I started schooling in Engcobo and later on moved to Johannesburg as my mother staying there , thats where i fished up my education . After that i have work have worked at Willards Travel for a year and moved to PE Dioceses project where we were tracing the defaulters and send...2018-07-0508 minMzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 6 - Mavis NobuhleA project co-ordinator describes the importance of the study locally and globally, by Mavis Nobuhle.
Mavis Nobuhle doubles up as the Assistant Project Manager and Community Liaison Officer. Her job largely revolves around planning and coordinating fieldwork activities, networking, as well as relationship building with relevant stakeholders. She would like to see herself at the forefront of other community development projects especially those addressing the needs of the poor.2018-07-0411 minMzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 7 - Nonthuthzelo BunganeThe study’s clinics co-ordinator describes the challenges and possibilities of collaborating with healthcare workers and HIV-positive adolescents, by Nonthuthuzelo Bungane.
Nontuthuzelo Bungane is a professional nurse, with a degree in Nursing Education and Administration. She has vast experience in clinical care, training and mentoring of healthcare workers. This experience awarded her an opportunity to acquire the position of a clinic research coordinator in Mzantsi Wakho in 2015. Her contribution/role focused on health-related issues. The data collected by her team, the clinics research team within the Mzantsi Wakho study, has contributed towards policy-making for better health outcomes.2018-07-0307 minMzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 8 - Lucie CluverWhy the study was done, and what we have learnt, by Lucie Cluver
Lucie Cluver is a Professor of Child and Family Social Work, in the Centre for Evidence-Based Social Intervention in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and an Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town.2018-07-0213 minMzantsi Wakho PodcastEpisode 9 - Mildred Thabeng, Kanya Makabane and Sinebhongo MbulaThanks to our partners, funders and supporters, by Mildred Thabeng, Kanya Makabane and Sinebhongo Mbula2018-07-0101 min