Heard

Working to Advance Health Equity in Africa

Welcome to HEARD

HEARD, based the University of KwaZulu-Natal is a regional and global leader for applied research and policy development on critical health and development challenges for the African continent. HEARD’s mission is to influence and support evidence-based policy and good practice to more effectively address Africa’s health and development challenges and to contribute to achieving health and sustainable development across the continent.

Calls

HEARD High-level Meeting

Insights on universal health coverage in Africa

Featured resource

UNAIDS: Get on the Fast Track - the
life cycle approach to HIV

Policy engagement

for evidence-informed
decision-making

Partnership & networks

for greater relevance,
reach and impact

Highlights

Journal article

Breaking the silence through delivering comprehensive sexuality education to learners with disabilities in South Africa: Educators experiences

Comprehensive sexuality education is seen as a key intervention to address the high HIV-incidence rate and low knowledge among young people in South Africa, yet this lacks inclusion of learners with ...>>

Journal article

HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in age-disparate partnerships: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Evidence on the role of age-disparate partnerships in high HIV-infection rates among young women in sub-Saharan Africa remains inconclusive. This study examined the HIV-infection risk associated with ...>>

Journal article

Mobility and increased risk of HIV acquisition in South Africa: a mixed-method systematic review protocol

In South Africa (home of the largest HIV epidemic globally), there are high levels of mobility. While studies produced in the recent past provide useful perspectives to the mobility-HIV risk linkage, systematic ...>>

News

PhD Students Present Research to International Audience in Sweden

Four doctoral students at recently participated in an intensive programme of workshops and seminars on qualitative research methods at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg (UG) in Sweden. The ...>>

Journal article

HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in age-disparate partnerships: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Evidence on the role of age-disparate partnerships in high HIV-infection rates among young women in sub-Saharan Africa remains inconclusive. This study examined the HIV-infection risk associated with ...>>

Journal article

Factors associated with the take-up of voluntary medical male circumcision amongst learners in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an integral part of South Africa’s HIV prevention programme. School-going males, in particular, are considered a cost-effective target population. However, ...>>