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INNOVATE project site training
On the 10th and 11th of May collaborators and sponsors from FHI360 in the US visited WMRU for a 2-day training for the INNOVATE project:- A Phase 3, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Contraceptive Efficacy and Safety of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (150...

WMRU site visit and talk
In February 2022 we had two visitors from the Female Health Company (FHC) manufacturers of the FC2 female condom. WMRU completed the CoCo female condom contraceptive study at the end of 2021 which included the FC2 female condom. The visit was an opportunity for our...

International Nurses Day
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. The theme Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health, will focus on the need to protect, support and...

INAUGURAL LECTURE OF PROFESSOR MAGS BEKSINSKA
Video recording link: Download link – https://wits-za.zoom.us/rec/share/2-LBWktaxkGD8cibdsYRjxIB2bMSGOaOKirtE154E-0k-6WPNk1HqTNl2jam9Qse.PhpbpUBmsuoyk9iO

MRU – the start of the IMPOWER-022 trial at our site
It was with great anticipation and excitement that the MRU site kicked-off screening and recruitment for the IMPOWER-022 double-blinded randomised clinical trial in mid-September 2021. The trial will investigate the effectiveness and safety of a new oral monthly...

SASOG conference
Mags Beksinska and Jenni Smit attended the 39th National Congress of the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG) from 7 to 11 March 2020 in KwaZulu Natal. They presented two orals, two posters and participated in a contraceptive round...
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National Sexual Transmitted Infections/ Condom Week [11-15 February 2020]
MRU joined Commercial City Clinic in raising awareness about STI’s and the use of condoms as a method of prevention. This week is used to draw attention to testing for STIs and also stressing the importance of using condoms as a barrier method that...

Zink team update!
The Zink team were all smiles when Dr Lynn Matthews (University of Alabama, Birmingham) and Tricia Smith (Canada) who are the ZINK Study co-Principal Investigator and Project Manager respectively visited the team in Durban.

South African Association of Campus Health Services (SAACHS) conference in KZN
Bobo Zulu and Mags Beksinska attended the South African Association of Campus Health Services (SAACHS) conference in KZN on the 9th of January 2020. They presented the results of the DREAMS menstrual cup project which was conducted in a number of further...

20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa
Mags Beksinska and Jenni Smit attended the 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa in Kigali at the beginning of December 2019. They participated in oral, poster and workshop sessions, presenting the results of several studies including...
Events
MRU staff participate in the SAAIDS conference, Durban June 2019
MRU staff participate in the SAAIDS conference, Durban June 2019
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES FOR DECRIMINALISATION OF SEX WORK
On the 29th of January 2019, at TB/HIV Care offices in Durban, a meeting was held with Aids Health Foundation (AHF), Durban Lifeline, Sisonke,...
Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Seminar UKZN
MRU was invited to the annual Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights seminar at the UKZN Medical School on the 5th of October 2018. The topic of the...
Menstrual Health Management Symposium
Date: 28 -29 May 2018 Venue: Sandton, Johannesburg MRU had the pleasure of being invited to a Menstrual Health Management Symposium which was held...