News and Events
2024 News
17th European Society of Contraception (ESC) conference
Mags Beksinska and Jenni Smit attended the 17th European Society of Contraception (ESC) conference in Bilbao Spain 01-04 May:- Sexual Rights and Contraception in a Turbulent World. Mags and Jenni presented two Orals and two posters.
Celebrating enrolment target
The team celebrated a milestone of reaching initial enrolment target of 150 participants for the FHI Innovate DMPA study
WMRU – Staff function
On the 1st of December 2023, WMRU held a Christmas Lunch to thank their employees for their hard work and dedication.
Research Day Programme
Mags Beksinska presented an oral presentation at the KZN Health Research day on the 6th December. Results of an analysis of Contraceptive use and frequency of HIV testing were presented (can we link to this paper? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36718374/ Please use...
MGH Team Visit Wits MRU
Wits MRU was graced by visit of our US collaborating partners from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University and Boston University on the 18-20 October 2023. This was a pre projects inception visit by the Principal investigators (Prof Christina Psaros, Dr...
Go Bokke!
Wits MRU wishes the Springboks the best of luck for the RWC tomorrow.
2022 and older News
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...