School of Public Health Biennial
Time Description
08:00 - 09:00 Registration (SPH Building Foyer outside auditorium)
09:00 -09:30 Opening ceremony (Auditorium)
Moderator: Prof Nicola Christofides
1. Health and safety information: Dr Goitsemang Keretetse, Wits SPH OHS Committee Chairperson
2. National anthem and entertainment
3. Welcome remarks: Prof. Tobias Chirwa
4. Closing remarks: Pamela Maluleke, Conference Co-Chair)
09:30 - 10:30 Keynote panel: Public Health Research funding in the wake of USAID- implications for equity (Auditorium)
Moderator: Dr Zodwa Ndlovu
1. Prof. Shabir Madhi: Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
2. Prof. Sue Goldstein: Director, Wits MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science
3. Prof. Ntobeko Ntusi: CEO, South African Medical Research Council
4. Discussion and questions
10:30 - 10:50 Room changeover and tea (SPH Building Foyer outside auditorium)
Time Description
10:50-11:55 Parallel session 1
Sub-theme Private sector, political and commercial determinants Elevating community voices Closing the gaps Innovative public health methods
Session title Economics and implementation
Chair (Venue) Olukemi Babalola (Auditorium)
1 Chengetai Dare Estimating price and expenditure elasticities for foods and drinks
2 Suleiman Yusuf Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
3 Blessing Mukuruva Essentiality and Mental Health
4 Mosibudi Rampya Where is the whey?
Social inclusion and access to care Healthcare workforce Innovating Methods for Real-World Impact
Samantha Mhlanga (Lecture room 1/2)
Nandi Makhaye When the Church Became a Wound
Tariro Ndoro Determinants of Multimorbidity in a Mobile Population
Mercy Hlungwane (Lecture room 3)
Eustace Bugase Acceptability of the RTS,S Malaria Vaccine
Shelley Schmollgruber Exploring Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on Vaccination Education
Sara Jewett Institutional support for breastfeeding Asiphekhona Ngema Trust in Vaccines Among Healthcare Professionals
Lucia D’Ambruoso Enhancing Community Health Worker Roles
Afolake Amodu Prevalence and patterns of workplace violence in primary health care settings
Busisiwe Matiwane (Lecture room 5)
Cyril Chironda Changes in chronic diseases prevalence and multimorbidity clusters
Rumbidzai Mupfuti Missing Data Imputation in the HAALSI Study
Takondwa Msosa The Acceptability of a Real-Time Medication Monitoring
Whitney Mothosola Melanoma Incidence among
Time Description
11:55 - 12:00 Room changeover
12:00 - 13:05 Parallel session 2
Sub-theme Innovative public health methods Elevating community voices Closing the gaps Closing the gaps
Chair & Venue Kgomotso Lebelo (Auditorium)
Denny Mabetha (Lecture room 1/2)
Session focus People, planning and public good Health and wellbeing in women and adolescent girls
1 Gabriel Nel The Effort-Time Trajectory Model
Christine Chawhanda Barriers to reporting of intimate partner violence
2 Busisiwe Matiwane Preferences for Multiple Job Holding Regulation Nare Seboko Intimate partner violence among adolescent girls and young women
3 Roxanne Govender Public Health Medicine specialists on climaterelated health risks.
Nicola Christofides The Intergenerational continuity of violence
Jef Van Hamel (Lecture room 3)
Dimakatso Senthebane (Lecture room 5)
Clinics and treatment Epidemiology of health inequalities
Astrid Kouatcho A Roadmap Towards NHI Readiness
Desta Debalkie Atnafu Inequalities in Healthcare Utilization Among People with Disabilities
Sinothando Dlamini Pyrazinamide and/ or ethambutol resistance in tuberculosis outcomes
Priscilla Monyobo Contact Tracing Under Pressure
4 Siobhan Johnstone Building a Child Health Dashboard in Soweto Mpho Silima Beyond Comorbidity: A Syndemic Analysis on Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health, and HIV Naeema Ahmad Ramadan Hussein El Kout Beyond the Framework
Time Description
13:05-13:50 Lunch and room changeover and poster viewing (Auditorium)
13:50-14:55 Parallel session 3
Sub-theme Closing the gaps Closing the gaps
Chair & Venue Chengatai Dare (Auditorium)
Session title Economics and experiences of health systems
1 Winfrida Mdewa The Economic Costs of Congenital Hearing Loss
Dorothy Sefara Prevalence and risk factors associated with major congenital disorders
Gallad Hassan The Effect of Climate Change on Somali Women’s Mental Health
Sifiso Lucky Sithole Epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Mpumalanga
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Elevating community voices Elevating community voices
Daphney Conco (Lecture room 1/2) Glory Chidumwa (Lecture room 3)
Rumbidzai Mupfuti (Lecture room 5)
Human-centred and technological approaches to health systems strengthening Health and wellbeing across the life course Journey to prevention and care
Lunghile Shivambo Coping with stillbirth Doyinmola Ojifinni Experience of Body Changes and Sexuality
Mulalo Mashamba actors influencing maternal vaccine demand
Tsakane Sono Patient journey mapping: experience of hand injury care
Micheal Boachie Economic Evaluation of Free Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
4 Mazvita Shereen Matsa Evaluating Patient Costs and Time Spent Accessing PrEP
Jackie Kleynhans Population-level impact of paediatric influenza vaccination
Funmilola Wuraola Awareness of hereditary breast cancer in Nigeria
Nirvana Pillay “You have to make it alone”
James Saningo Integrating HIV and SRHR in Narok Country
Pamela Maluleke Exploring Undergraduate Infant Feeding Education Nkhluleko Ndlangamandla Perceptions, attitudes and experiences of mental health and MH services among adolescents
Nomsa Mahlalela Your Path, an AI-powered tool facilitating relevant access to HIV services post-HIV self-testing in South Africa
Amukelani Sambo Ageing Across the Spectrum
Shabnam Shaik From Clinical to Care: Understanding Maternity Care
Description 14:55 - 15:15 Tea break
15:15 - 16:30
Keynote panel: Accelerating equitable policy and practice through public health research in Africa
Chair: Prof Steve Tollman
Keynote 1: Prof. Tracey Naledi (15 minutes)
Keynote 2: Mr Nzama Mbalati (15 minutes)
Keynote 3: Prof. Chris Desmond presentation and discussion (15 minutes)
Keynote 4: Mr Ramphelane Morewane presentation and discussion (15 minutes)
Questions and comments
16:30 - 17:00 Closing ceremony and prize giving – Chairs: Dr
Olukemi Babalola and Dr Tanya Ruder