Out Now! VITALITY Trial News & Updates #WorldAIDSDay2023 #LetCommunitiesLead mailchi.mp/c55946c6bae5/v… EDCTP Rashida Abbas Ferrand @KatharinaKranz4 Nyasha_Dzavakwa Vicky Simms Celia Gregson Sarah R-J

Pills alone can’t treat HIV in adolescents. They need psychological support, too weforum.org/agenda/2023/12… via World Economic Forum

Spent the day with ARDENT CREATIVE @tinomichelle_ filming the Y-Check Adolescent Health & Well-being study film. Keep your 👀 peeled for this one 🔥! Thanks to all the participants parents & teachers! Aoife Doyle Chido Dziva Chikwari THRU_ZIM Vicky Simms Rashida Abbas Ferrand

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This Friday, we will have Harriet Jones, a PhD student from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, speaking at our second research meeting of 2024. The talk will discuss trends in HIV testing and new HIV infections among female sex workers in Zimbabwe since 2009.

Congratulations Mandi!

Looking forward to this seminar tomorrow THRU_ZIM chid

New Publication alert!💃🏽 Young people face challenges across each step of the HIV care cascade. Our study shows that provision of differentiated HIV services incorporating each step of the HIV care cascade for young people in the community is feasible. journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Our posters made it to the must go and see posters at #CROI2024 showcasing chronic comorbidities in children and adolescents with HIV Poster #977 and #973 Lisha Jeena THRU_ZIM Rashida Abbas Ferrand Vicky Simms VITALITY Trial Sarah R-J

Happy #InternationalWomensDay2024 to all the amazing women that I work with and look up to on a daily basis. Y-Check Adolescent Health & Well-being MARCH Centre, LSHTM Aoife Doyle Vicky Simms Dr. Sarah Bernays Rashida Abbas Ferrand @KatharinaKranz4..the list is too long THRU_ZIM

Exciting opportunity alert! @DPU_UCL is offering two scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year, covering full overseas tuition fees, living expenses, and more. Open to nationals of Sub-Saharan African countries. Apply by April 3. Details: ow.ly/qHnF50QUiOP #Scholarship

Exciting weekend at the Health and Wellness Sports Day, hosted at the Centre for Postgraduate Studies at UZ! 🎉📢 The clean-up campaign was just one of the many highlights among the thrilling activities. #HealthAndWellness #SportsDay #CommunityEngagement

Youth living with HIV face higher risks of care disengagement. This study explores the impact of community-based, youth-friendly HIV services on treatment outcomes in Zimbabwe. Learn more in our recent publication dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… Chido Dziva Chikwari @KatharinaKranz4 Vicky Simms

Results from a study by Vicky Simms et al. shows the Friendship Bench 's success in helping people with HIV in Zimbabwe maintain viral suppression through a low-cost, brief psychological intervention. Read the latest feature on aidsmap aidsmap.com/news/apr-2024/…

The NIHR Statistics Group conference starts today in Sheffield! Join us in the main room at 4.30pm to learn more about our new partnership grant to strengthen capacity in applied medical statistics in sub-Saharan Africa. lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…

Great results on factors associated with undiagnosed #HIV in youths from Zimbabwe presented by the wonderful Leyla Larsson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine THRU_ZIM #AIDS2024 @Tropeninstitut

Vitamin D (20,000iu weekly) and calcium (500mg daily) supplementation improves bone density in adolescents age 11-19 living with HIV in Zambia & Zimbabwe with 25OHD<75 - EDCTP VITALITY trial results presented by Rashida Abbas Ferrand IAC - the International AIDS Conference THRU_ZIM

Congratulations Edith!

Our systematic review looking at how electronic monitoring device informed interventions in children and adolescents can improve adherence is out sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happening now! Stakeholders are gathered at Rainbow Towers Hotel for the dissemination of key findings from the Y-Check Adolescent Health & Well-being, Cord, VITALITY Trial , and Kids with Kids studies. #StakeholderEvent #Dissemination2024