News and Events
2023 News
11th SAAIDS conference
Wits MRU staff presented in several oral, poster and satellite sessions at the 11th SAAIDS conference at the Durban International Conference Centre between the 20th and 23rd June 2023.
CONRAD and USAID visit
On the 22nd of May representatives of CONRAD and USAID visited Wits MRU to meet with project ENGAGE staff.
Friday 24th February Wits MRU Dissemination day
On Friday the 24th February Wits held a Research Dissemination day. Prior to this year our last dissemination was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. The dissemination was hosted in a local venue in Durban near to the Wits MRU offices and there was an option to...
DEPO & BEYOND INVESTIGATORS’ MEETING January 19-20, 2023, Cape Town, South Africa .
Jenni Smit and Mags Beksinska attended the Depo and Beyond Investigator meeting in Cape Town. The meeting presented the results of the project (link to Depo and Beyond in our work). This study aims to improve understanding the Impact of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate...
2022 and older News
The 23rd IUSTI World Congress
The 23rd IUSTI (International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections) World Congress was be held from 4 to 7 September 2022 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Dr Manjeetha Jaggernath and Prof Jenni Smit attended the project INSIGHT investigator meeting held on...
A visit from Dr Brian Zanoni
Dr Brian Zanoni, from Emory University in Atlanta, USA, visited MRU offices on 31 August 2022. He is the Principal Investigator for the HIDE study (A hidden epidemic: Using respondent driven sampling to engage people who inject drugs in South Africa into the HIV...
WITS Human Resources Department Visit
On the 19th August Charles Gilbert and Nakitah Geemooi from the University of the Witwatersrand Human Resources Department in Johannesburg visited WMRU.
UNFPA Meeting
Nzwakie presented in a meeting held in Drakensburg, hosted by UNFPA and DoH. Presentation title: Impact of COVID-19 effect on SRHR
Gilead Science visit to MRU
On 23 June 2022 , sponsors from GILEAD Sciences in the US visited WMRU for 1 day. The visit was an opportunity for our visitors to see the WMRU site and talk to staff involved in conducting the study. WMRU will be conducting a Phase 3, Double-Blinded, Multicentre,...
European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health Congress
Mags Beksinska and Jenni Smit attended the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health Congress in Ghent 25-28 May 2022. During the conference they presented an oral abstract on weight change in hormonal injectable users and a poster on women’s...