The field of HIV and sexual & reproductive health (SRH) has seen numerous groundbreaking innovations on diagnosis, prevention and treatment. However, many key innovations have not optimally benefitted the people who need them in the real world, particularly in Africa. Professor Euphemia Sibanda has dedicated her career to finding solutions to some of the associated barriers.

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Sibanda will talk about her journey in elucidating barriers to uptake of evidence-based HIV and SRH interventions among different population groups in Zimbabwe and similar settings. She will demonstrate the power of her partnerships with communities, policy makers and researchers from multiple disciplines and geographies in improving health outcomes. Her research collaboratively employs mixed methodologies to evaluate epidemiological impact and cost, with nuanced understanding from qualitative research of how and why interventions work in defined contexts.

Professor Euphemia Sibanda, Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at LSTM, is based at CeSHHAR Zimbabwe where she is the Deputy Executive Director (Science). She leads a portfolio of implementation research studies in the field of HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Her research has been instrumental in informing improvement in uptake of evidence-based HIV and SRH interventions in Zimbabwe, in the African region, and beyond. Main areas of research include self-care for HIV and sexual and reproductive health, community-led HIV and SRH interventions, including pharmacy-based delivery of HIV pre-and post-exposure prophylaxis. She also conducts research on health systems strengthening and is a member of the LSTM Institute for Resilient Health Systems. Professor Sibanda is an NIHR Global Health Research Professor.

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