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Simon Fraser University (SFU) visit
Researchers from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada visit Wits MRU for a research and knowledge translation In March 2025, researchers from SFU spent time at Wits MRU to engage with community members, and stakeholders to present finds from the Ayazazi study....
Zambia WHO Meeting
Mags Beksinska and Jenni Smit attended the WHO and stakeholder consultation on strategies to strengthen the integration of HIV prevention and contraceptive services in health systems leveraging implementation science methods in Lusaka Zambia on the 11-13 November...
Focus Group Discussion Training
Focus Group Discussion Training:- Contraceptive Induced Menstrual Changes (CIMC) Measurement Study. Dr Amelia Mackenzie working in the FHI 360 Contraceptive Research, Development, and Introduction Global Programs and Science visited WMRU in early November to conduct a...
REDCap Symposium
Amanda Mona, WMRU Data Manager attended the annual REDCap Africa Symposium in October 2024 where she presented her experience in developing a complex data entry programme for a clinical trial. REDCap administrators and users from Africa gathered for technical...
WHO and UNFPA Consultation
WHO and UNFPA Consultation on the role of embedded implementation research to optimize efforts to improve contraceptive method choice in health systems. Accra, Ghana, 15 to 17 October 2024 Purpose: To bring together researchers, policymakers, and global technical...
Mandela Day Donation
Mandela Day Donation: On 7th August 2024, Wits MRU staff donated approximately eight boxes of clothes and baby supplies to the Diakonia Centre in eThekwini Central.
2022 and older News
Visit of Prof Lynn Matthews and Tricia Smith
Prof Lynn Matthews, based at the University of Alabama, USA and one of the Principal investigators of the Zink study (Safer Conception for Women Study – Understanding use of Periconception PrEP: “Protect yourself before pregnancy”) (Add link to study in our work?)....
Visit of Lisa Ondrejcek and Darryl Pahl
The President of dfnet Lisa Ondrejcek and co-owner Darryl Pahl visited WitsMRU from the US in December for a site tour and to discuss the database used for the Insight-PrEP for women study (https://www.matchresearch.co.za/our-work/hivprevention/)
Project Engage — meeting with CONRAD
On November 2nd Wits MRU hosted Karen Dominguez from CONRAD - our sponsor and collaborator from the USA for Project ENGAGE. Karen visited the site to meet project staff and experience project activities. Some Wits MRU members joined the Project Advisory Group (PAG)...
40th SASOG 2022
Jenni Smit and Mags Beksinska attended the 40th National Congress of the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG 2022) in Cape Town in November. They presented in the oral and poster sessions on the effects of COVID on uptake of various SRH...
Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day
Project Manager Busi Maphumulo presented a poster from the CUBE study at the University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day on the 15th Sept 2022.
WHO visit to WMRU
Prof Petrus Steyn from The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH) and Dr Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo from the WHO regional office in South Africa (second from left on photo) visited WMRU to hear more about our...