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Go Bokke!
Wits MRU wishes the Springboks the best of luck for the RWC tomorrow.
Visit from US Consul General
On July 19th the Durban US Consul General Anne Linnee and Suraya Dawad, the USAID Project Management Specialist – HIV/AIDS visited WMRU to meet staff and hear more about our research and programme activities .
Celebration Lunch
On July 31st WMRU held a lunch for Prof Jenni Smit to celebrate her time as Executive Director of the Unit and her change of role to Senior technical Advisor
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...
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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...
Ibis Reproductive Health Research Workshop
Nzwakie Mosery attended a dissemination workshop for Ibis Reproductive Health on the 31st January 2020, at Protea Parktonian Hotel, Johannesburg. There were three dissemination themes including: Strengthening access to Comprehensive Sexual Education CSE in South...