03.10.2024
The migration project at HEARD (Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division) focuses on the intersectionally situated experiences of migrant and refugee women in South Africa and how their legal, economic and social insecurities contribute to their vulnerability to poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The team has published extensively on migrant and refugee women's experiences with sexual and gender-based violence that often occurs on continuum for these women - at their point of origin, in their migration journey and upon arrival in South Africa.
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02.09.2024
Please see the attached advert for a research fellow position at HEARD
RESEARCH FELLOW SEP 2024 AYA PROJECT
18.06.2024
Please see the attached advert for a post-doctoral research fellow position at HEARD.
HEARD POST DOC AWASA ADVERT JUNE 2024
04.06.2024
The month of May was a time of celebration at HEARD with the graduation of Dr Monica Ansu-Mensah and Dr Kwabena Asare who have both been supported in their studies through the HEARD PhD Scholarship Programme.
Dr Ansu-Mensah’s thesis evaluated the accessibility, barriers and potential solutions to implementation/sustainability of point-of-care diagnostic testing services at the primary healthcare level in the Bono Region in Ghana. The study revealed poor availability and moderate geographical accessibility to the WHO-recommended diagnostic tests in the region....
07.05.2024
Please see the PDF attached for an advert for two post-doc positions at HEARD.
HEARD POST DOC X2 ADVERT
15.04.2024
We are pleased to invite you to HEARD’s second webinar in April 2024 which will be presented by Dr Justin Knox, from Columbia University in the United States. His webinar title is 'Proposing And Applying the Observational-implementation Hybrid Approach'
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr Justin Knox is an Assistant Professor of Clinical implementation Science and Intervention (in Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences) at Columbia University. His research programme is focused on HIV, substance use, social network analysis and mixed methods research, primarily among vu...
11.04.2024
The University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) and HEARD presented and discussed the findings of their joint longitudinal research on young key populations in Mozambique. The research explored societal attitudes towards LGBTI people and women who sell sex, and the interactions of these young people with their families and wider community. The team interviewed over 200 young people between the age of 16 and 24 years, who were living in Southern- (Maputo City), Northern- (Nampula), and Central Mozambique (Quelimane). During two Round Table meetings, the team engaged wit...
03.04.2024
We are pleased to invite you to HEARD’s April 2024 webinar which will be presented by our longstanding colleague, Professor Dick Durevall, from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His webinar title is 'Aid and Child Health: A Disaggregated Analysis of the Effects of Aid on Impaired Growth'.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dick Durevall is a Professor in Development Economics at the University of Gothenburg. His
research interests include HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, intimate partner violence, food
markets, development macroeconomics, and international ec...
27.02.2024
There has been increased attention to the role of men and boys as partners, fathers, and change agents in advancing SRHR for women and children in East and Southern Africa, and addressing their specific needs through targeted information and services. HEARD conducted an analysis of country laws, policies and guidelines from four countries in the region with a view to assess the extent to which male specific needs were included in such national guidance documents.
The report shows that men and boys’ SRH needs are currently subsumed under ...
13.02.2024
Jane Freedman (third from left) and Tamaryn Crankshaw (fourth from left) at the project inception meeting.
In November 2023, HEARD launched a new collaborative project with the Paris Centre for Sociological and Political Research (CRESPPA) on access to safe abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project aims to foster normative change by building linkages and capacities and creating real coalitions involving researchers, civil society, decision-makers and journalists to advocate strategically on Termination of Pregnancy law reform, development of comprehensive abort...
