Chido Dziva Chikwari

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Pre-launch Global Webinar on the @who.int operational guidance for sustaining HIV, viral hepatitis and STI priority services in a changing funding landscape

🗓️Wednesday 02 July 2025
🕰️12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (CEST)
Zoom link for registration: who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#STI #STISky #HIV #HIVSky

Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024 | CNN Non-refundable fees from failed Europe visa applications are costing African countries millions of dollars, with applicants complaining of a baffling system of approvals.

Ask anyone from the Global South: it’s not just the lost money, it’s the humiliation and immense effort

Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024

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I was lucky to get a turn today, observing and helping out a little!😊

I wish the Youth Researchers' all the best and look forward to learning about their projects!

@camfed.bsky.social
@thruzim.bsky.social

Today I had the privilege of training Youth Researchers from Zimbabwe & Tanzania as part of the 2025 Youth Researchers Academy (YRA).

The YRA teaches young people about research before they go on to do their own research projects.

SOuthern aFrica research cApacity netwoRk | SOFAR | Projekt | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission The SOuthern aFrica Research cApacity netwoRk (SOFAR) will train a generation of innovative world class and resilient African scientists, clinicians and public health professionals facilitated by a pa...

The SOFAR Project is now live on the EU CORDIS platform!
Proud to be part of this @EDCTP3 -funded @horizoneu.bsky.social initiative strengthening infectious disease research in 🇿🇼🇿🇲🇲🇿
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
@zambartresearch.bsky.social @tropeninstitut.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

The future of HIV diagnostics: an exemplar in infectious diseases Over the past 40 years, diagnostics have become the backbone of HIV prevention, treatment, and retention in care, and are central to the achievement o…

Diagnostics will play an important role in control and prevention of HIV infection through novel technologies, digital solutions, and integrated service delivery innovations

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

At a time when some leaders are dismantling health equity work, I applaud the @who.int for this important report!

World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity, 2025

www.who.int/teams/social...

Join us for the 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘄𝗲 🇿🇼 event, 3–5 June.
𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 (𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲) – open to all. Free, but register early!
𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 (𝟯–𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲) – for PhDs & early postdocs.
𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻➡️ lnkd.in/d9Vd5tYD
𝗘𝗖𝗥 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆➡️ lnkd.in/d5r_SNdP

👋LSHTM First & Next Generation Scholarships opportunities

12 #scholarships available across our intensive & distance learning programmes to enable talented #students from underrepresented backgrounds at #postgraduate level to study at LSHTM.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Reimagining Global Health Course (online only)

June 9 - 13, 2025

www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

🚨 What happens when vital health data disappears? The suspension of USAID funding for the DHS Program threatens global health monitoring, policymaking, and life-saving interventions. We must restore funding before this loss impacts millions. Share with your network!
www.itg.be/en/health-st...

Acceptability and effectiveness of a study information video in improving the research consent process for youth: a non-inferiority trial Introduction Obtaining informed consent for research includes the use of information sheets, which are often long and may be difficult for participants to understand. We conducted a trial to investiga...

Our trial to investigate the use of information videos & electronic consent vs traditional paper based consent is published.

I loved this trial as it shakes up how we’ve always done consenting & shows non inferiority!

gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...

Great opportunity!
Needed now more than ever..
50 scholarships for candidates from #Africa MSc in #SHR
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Pls share widely!
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Effect of a community-based intervention for sexually transmitted infections on population-level prevalence among youth in Zimbabwe (STICH): a cluster-randomised trial Our study showed high population prevalence of curable STIs. Community-based STI screening appeared to reduce population-level prevalence of N gonorrhoeae, but not of C trachomatis or T vaginalis, pro...

A community-based STI screening study in Zimbabwe found a reduction in gonorrhoea prevalence among youth but no significant change for chlamydia or trichomoniasis. More research needed on the effects of screening interventions on AMR & re-infection rates.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#STIs

Applications for the MSc in Sexual & Reproductive Health Policy and Programming are currently open…

The MSc is fully online with full time or part time study options.

There are also 50 Scholarship awards available for candidates from Africa!

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

HIV and alcohol misuse among miners in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe has successfully reached the UNAIDS 95-95-95 HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression targets; however, gaps remain particularly among the growing population of artisanal and small-scale miners, who are highly vulnerable to HIV. Sex work, gender-based violence, and sexual harassment, which are all risk factors for HIV infection, are common in artisanal and small-scale miners’ communities in Zimbabwe.1 More than 50% of artisanal and small-scale miners engaging in extramarital sex reported not using condoms.

Our article on HIV & Alcohol Misuse among artisanal miners in Zimbabwe is published 💃🏽

It is a call to action for research in a high risk group where high levels of alcohol abuse, high HIV prevalence & poor access to health services are reported.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

STI&HIV 2025 World Congress is a joint meeting of the International Society for the STD Research and the International Union against STIs

Phew 😅 #STI enthusiasts

@stihiv2025.org #AbstractDeadline has just been extended to 13th January 2025.

Please spread the word to your friends #chlamydia #gonorrhoea #trichomonas #syphilis #mp #HIV

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5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.

5th person to be cured of HIV

“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”

Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...

"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Our trial to investigate the effect of a community-based intervention for STIs on population prevalence among youth in Zimbabwe (STICH) is published 💃🏽

Community-based STI screening appeared to reduce population-level prevalence of N gonorrhoeae.

Link below 👇🏾

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

US ‘gag rule’ leads to 90,000 additional HIV infections annually

Trump will reinstate the Global Gag Rule

Project 2025 wants a very extreme version

This will kill people

Reinstating the rule from 2017-2021 "increased the number of maternal & child deaths by about 27,000 per year" and led to an estimated 360,000 new HIV infections

www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report Of the 85,000 women killed by men in 2023, 60% died at the hands of a partner or family member, new UN figures show

“globally, the most dangerous place for a woman to be was in her home, where the majority of women die at the hands of men”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Thank you Michael ☺️