📢 We are delighted to welcome Dr Moses Kumwenda to the CHERISH team! Moses has a wealth of experience in #PublicHealth , #qualitative research and couple's dynamics. Glad to have you on board moses kumwenda 👋

📣The CHERISH team is expanding! We welcome Dr. Cathryn Pinto who is bringing her experience of #intervention #development and using the #PersonBasedApproach to work on the Diabetes Together intervention for couples in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Southampton Medicine

📢We are pleased to welcome Kyle Dack to the CHERISH_SSA team! 👏
Kyle is a senior quantitative research fellow and has a wealth of experience in epidemiology. Kyle is working to analyse data to set the research agenda for couples-focused health research in sub-Saharan Africa.

We are👩🏾‍🏫at the 22nd International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa #ICASA2023 .

Catch up with our PI, Prof Nuala McGrath, to learn more about the acceptability and uptake of self-sampling 🧪 for STI testing among 🇿🇦 couples👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏾enrolled in our intervention (w/HSRC_CCBR).

Today our colleagues made representations during the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health’s Research Day under the theme: Improving health and healthcare in KZN (from data to evidence based decision making). CHERISH_SSA

#KZNHealth #KZNResearchDay

We are live! Join our #WorldAIDSDay2023 panel discussion in partnership with UKZN's CHS CAPRISA SANTHE Stream link is here ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=a7xAkL… #LetCommunitiesLead

A clear call to 🇿🇦 policy makers & researchers on #WorldAidsDay2023 from Dr Nothando B. Ngwenya - we need to rethink how we design policy & conduct research. 'Nothing for me, without me'

#LetCommunitiesLead SANTHE UKZN's CHS CAPRISA

🚨We have 2 new exciting positions to contribute to our research on couple-focused interventions for improving health in SSAfrica

Qual-Senior Research Fellow
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Quant-Senior Research Fellow
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University of Southampton
University of Sunderland School of Medicine
HSRC.ac.za
IUSSP

Our #IguguLethu intervention supported couples in learning more about HIV & other health conditions.

It also helped couples to develop the ability to discuss sensitive health topics with each other -Prof McGrath w/Newzroom Afrika

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HSRC_CCBR Southampton Medicine

Couples who test for HIV together have the opportunity to better respond to the result and plan their future together.

~64% of couples who tested together for HIV in our intervention have at least one partner who is HIV+

🔗youtu.be/ceVIdhI1srg

- Prof Nuala McGrath SABC News

A powerful message at #SAAIDS2023
Undetectable = Untransmittable

#EndAIDS #HIVAwareness #SAAIDS2023

#ICYMI

CHERISH_SSA Prof Nuala McGrath, Principal Investigator for Igugu Lethu study shared the findings in an exclusive interview with eNCA. Click here and watch it ➡️🔗loom.ly/6QFbnuI

📢 Don't miss AHRI's Prof Collins Iwuji Collins Iwuji & Prof Nuala McGrath this morning at #SAAIDS2023 - they will be speaking on the impact of drought on HIV care in rural 🇿🇦 & the acceptability & uptake of self-sampling for STI testing. More details 👇🏾

[ICYMI]

Its a wrap for Day 2 of the #SAAIDS2023 Conference, Durban ICC. There is more to come in the remaining 2 days. Do visit our stand, our friendly team is readily available to engage with you about our work on #HIVAIDS and other areas in the social sciences.

We are at #SAAIDS2023 this week, presenting results from our couples-focused intervention for improving couples HIV HIV testing in #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦

Also, catch up with Prof McGrath live today eNCA ~6.15pm SAST and SABC 1 ~10pm SAST.

We are pleased to announce that we'll share findings on our recently concluded Igugu Lethu (IGL) research project during SA AIDS Conference 20- 23 June 2023, Durban ICC. IGL is a joint study between the CCBR HSRC.ac.za and CHERISH_SSA .Find more details on the invitation video below!