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Today, we are celebrating Dr Mmamapudi Kubjane on the successful completion of her PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the esteemed School of Public Health at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Her research, titled “Modelling the South African Tuberculosis Epidemic: The Effect of HIV, Sex Differences, and the Impact of Interventions,”. Her PhD involved extending an existing computer model of HIV in South Africa (the Thembisa model), extending the model to include tuberculosis (TB), and calibrating the model to match multiple South African TB programme data.
For an in-depth exploration of Dr Kubjane’s research, read the UCT-related web article summarizing her PhD work: Read more.
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We are thrilled to extend our warmest congratulations to Dr Lise Jamieson on the incredible accomplishment of successfully obtaining their PhD and brilliantly defending her thesis!
Dedicating countless hours of hard work, perseverance, and unyielding dedication, Dr Jamieson has reached this significant milestone in her academic journey. Her commitment to making valuable contributions in the field of health economics has been inspiring. We invite you all to join us in celebrating this momentous achievement. If you’re curious to witness the culmination of Dr Lise Jamieson’s rigorous research and dedication, you can watch her full PhD defense, titled, “The use of epidemiological and health economic modelling in shaping policy of HIV prevention and treatment services” which was held on the 26th of June 2023.
You can download her PhD thesis here or watch the defense here.
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Our program, Indlela: Behavioural Insights for Better Health, would like to invite organisations in South Africa to submit proposals for rapid implementation and evaluation of nudges and other behavioural economics solutions ...
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We are pleased to announce that we are now able to share the reports on the projections of the National Covid-19 Epi Model to which a number of HE2ROs have contributed. The long-term national and provincial reports are available here.
Over the last eight weeks, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Lise Jamieson, Brooke Nichols, Jacqui Miot and Kerensa
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HE2RO has been awarded a new 5-year Co-operative Agreement from USAID. This new program, the HIV/AIDS Economics and Research Activity, called EVIDENCE will run from 1st December 2018 to 30th November 2023. EVIDENCE – EValuations to Inform Decisions using EcoNomiCs and Eepidemiology – is a program of applied research and evaluation, including cost and cost effectiveness
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HE2RO has been approved to be a HBNU site for the Fogarty Global Health Training Program. The program provides opportunities to generate a new cadre of global health researchers, educators and professionals who will be prepared to address the new challenges in global health. Further information about the program can be found on their website
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HE2RO and BU are pleased to announce a new project focusing on differentiated models of HIV treatment delivery: AMBIT.
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A selection of HE2RO and BU staff are attending AIDS 2018 in Amsterdam, from the 23rd to 27th July 2018. HE2RO and BU staff are presenting a number of poster presentations, and oral presentations. For further information please see the attached flyer.
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Dr Gesine Meyer-Rath was recently interviewed by Radio Islam regarding her paper “Changing the South African national antiretroviral therapy guidelines: The role of cost modelling”.
Listen to the podcast below
http://podcast.radioislam.org.za/files/InterviewwithGesineMeyerRathregardingSAsHIVtreatmentprogramme.mp3
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Congratulations to Nelly Jinga, on being awarded a scholarship to attend the the 19th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa (ICASA 2017) in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 4-9 December 2017. The abstract entitled “Predictors of HIV Repeat Testing in selected Primary Health care clinics in South Africa, 2016-2017” was accepted for a poster presentation
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Congratulations to Dr Dorina Onoya. Dr Onoya’s abstract entitled “Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among postpartum women by HIV status and timing of HIV diagnosis in Gauteng, South Africa” has won the best abstract award of Track C: Epidemiology and Prevention Science for the upcoming ICASA conference.
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HE2RO is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Jacqui Miot to the position of Division Director. Dr. Miot is a South African health economist and health policy specialist with a PhD in neuropharmacology. She has many years of experience in the private, academic, and public sectors in South Africa, including serving as Head of
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24th March is World TB Day and HE2RO staff made banners and marched from their offices to the local park to promote awareness of TB.
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Congratulations to Tembeka Sineke on winning the Best Oral Presentation at the 2016 Public Health Association of South Africa conference.
Her presentation was titled “Poorer health-related quality of life among patients who report adverse events while on treatment for drug-resistant TB in Johannesburg, South Africa”. A copy of her presentation can be found here.
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