Dr. Musonda Simwinga

Exciting start for the Zimbabwe Qualitative Research Network! Kicking off with Nonhlanhla Ndondo leading a powerful session on The practice of ethical & emotional awareness to support action in qualitative research—Lessons from the Kids with Kids Study. A critical conversation

There’s still a need to simplify the #HIVCure research because it makes sense when the entire community can understand it. At @MOSmilesUg | @Series_Of_Jojo we translate the HIV Cure science into community lay language so that YPLHIV & others are able to catalyze the cure process

BREAKING: Beloved Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston rips into MAGA vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance over his shockingly sexist remarks about "childless cat ladies" with an epic tirade. This is exactly how you deal with creeps like this... "I truly can’t believe this is coming from a potential VP of The United States," Aniston wrote on her Instagram Story accompanied by a screenshot of the now-infamous 2021 interview. In that interview, Vance complained that the United States is run by "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made... It’s just a basic fact—you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC—the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children." Like so many other Americans, Aniston was horrified by the deeply sexist comments. "All I can say is… Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day," Aniston wrote in her post. "I hope she will not need to turn to IVF as a second option. Because you are trying to take that away from her, too," she added. Aniston has shared in the past that she herself struggled with IVF, saying: "It was a challenging road for me, the baby-making road." In our hyper-polarized political climate, it takes real courage to speak out against misogynist men like J.D. Vance and Donald Trump. Aniston should be commended for her bravery and moral clarity. Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Jennifer Aniston for putting MAGA in its place — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb

📢ISEG co-authored publication📢 The impact of an innovative community-based peer-led intervention on uptake and coverage of sexual and reproductive health services among adolescents and young people 15–24 years old: results from the Yathu Yathu CRT bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Fantastic to be involved in this collaboration with Dr Susan Msadabwe & colleagues at Cancer diseases hospital Zambia, Dorothy lombe and @DrSimwinga & colleagues at Zambart to set a country specific research agenda for prostate cancer in Zambia. @Prof_Nick_James @SullivanProf 👇

Robots will soon take over jobs for this exact reason 😭

Hi guys we need your help My mum and I saw a woman being beat up in the back of a car we tried to stop them but we didn’t manage We tried calling rtsa but no one picked up. Please help if you work for them or know anyone @AskRtsa @ZP_service

Definitely one of the hardest papers I’ve ever written and tried to get published but with a lot of teamwork IT’S FINALLY OUT!!! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 We explored through debate: “Are concepts of adolescence from the Global North appropriate for Africa?” gh.bmj.com/content/8/12/e…

thank you @GBGMC_Int Hugely humbled & honored to accept this award for @WHO & @WHOAFRO - we have always recognized the critical role of gay men in the HIV response & so value their strong & brave voices for change. @MichealIghodaro

in Lesotho and one urban community in Zambia (during active phases of COVID-19 pandemic). journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… @ZambartResearch @EDCTP @BRC_CH

COVID-19 had a devastating impact on health systems and population health globally. The extent to which public health measures affected uptake of COVID-19 testing was unclear. In this article we discuss the facilitators and barriers to COVID-19 testing in two rural communities

Just spent the last 2 weeks in mNGS training at #CZBiohubSF . It’s been an intense 2 weeks of lab work, data analysis and interacting with experts in the field. Looking forward to putting what I have learnt to practice in the lab back home in Zambia.

a camera or android phone of their own! They did not need to be good writers; oral description did the trick! “We are community, we share resources”.@EDCTP @LSHTM @ZambartResearch

How can we indigenize research methods and empower community members as active participants in the research process? We just completed feedback sessions with community participatory ethnographic researchers who were trained in PhotoVoice. They did not need to have

The clocks changing has been so good for my productivity. It guarantees at least 2 - 3 hours of no emails or calls every morning 😊 By the time the UK folk start working it’s already 11am here!

Phenomenal to see the incredible @rashida_abbferr & the team @ThruZim awarded the @EDCTP Outstanding Research Team prize. This group are an inspiration for how global health research should be done. A privilege to get to work with them. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

When Leo and Carly try to get a moment alone, they are interrupted by unexpected forces. At the candy shop Leo has to guess Angel's favourite chocolate. Read I'm In Love With Your Sister for free on #Inkitt #RomanceReaders inkitt.com/stories/700158…

Happy World Literacy Day! Have you bought a copy of my book, 'Women, Resilience, and the Will to Lead' yet? It's now available at all Bookworld stores and on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle. Thanks for your support! Photo credit: Eness Photography

Our joint field visit to #Chipata with @IrelandinZambia has highlighted the importance of male involvement in addressing gender inequality and the fight against #GBV.

Five days to go! Mwagula ma ticket? #AFCONQ2023 #WeAreChipolopolo