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Women’s Day

Women’s Day

: Each year on the 9th of August, South Africans of all backgrounds, races and cultural groups join in celebrating National Women's Day. This year Wits Match Research Unit celebrated Women’s Day in style, “expressing women’s worlds in iPhinifa”.

Contraceptive Research Workshop – Kenya

Contraceptive Research Workshop – Kenya

Busi attended the Innovation in Contraceptive Research Workshop on 3-5 September 2024 in Mombasa , Kenya Workshop was hosted by CONRAD in collaboration with KEMRI The purpose of the workshop was to strengthen the research capacity of investigators working in family...

Visit from RTi

Visit from RTi

Wits MRU office had visitors from RTi to monitor and train PURPOSE1 Qualitative work. Visitors include Liz Montgomery (Principal Investigator), Imogen Hawley (Research Public Health Analyst) and Alinda Young (Coding & Analysis Coordinator) held on the 05 September...

MGH Visit

MGH Visit

Our collaborating partners from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University in the US visited us onsite from 20 - 23 May 2024 to conduct a Site Initiation Training to Wits MRU staff for new NIH funded research projects.  

WHO/DoH Visit

WHO/DoH Visit

The site initiation meeting for a research study that focuses on Integration of PrEP in Contraceptive Services was held on Wednesday 19 June 2024 at Wits MRU. Dr Petrus Steyn from WHO Geneva initiated the South Africa Teams which included the WHO Country office,...