Samuel Kisembo, THRiVE’s chauffer, left his home in Tula early on December 21 2020, eager to report for duty as has been his norm. However, little did he know that it would not be business as usual. Shortly after 8AM, he began to cough uncontrollably, felt fatigued and was feverish. Although he passed off these […]

Dear Reader,As we close out the year, we are pleased to share our newsletter for October-December 2020 with you. In it, you’ll read about the wonderful work that THRiVE, its research fellows and partners are doing to advance science. As we reflect on 2020, we realize how much we’ve achieved with your support and acceptance. […]

This is a two weeks research methods course suitable for health researchers, social scientists and students undertaking professional training (MSc, MMed, MPH, and PhD). Facilitators for this course are highly experienced researchers from the Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) Mwanza Centre, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU) and the London School of Hygiene & […]

RACHEAL NINSIIMA This week, THRiVE tested its staff and team of research assistants for COVID-19 in a bid to protect their health and safety. During these uncertain times, THRiVE hopes that that testing for COVID-19 antibodies will provide its staff with insight into whether they may have been exposed to the coronavirus While temperature screening […]

This year’s World AIDS Day is like no other. It is being celebrated amidst another pandemic, COVID-19, which has swept across the world, devastating health systems. The novel coronavirus pandemic is showing us just how interconnected global health is with other critical issues such as social and economic inequalities. However, as the world turns its […]

THRiVE is pleased to announce the upcoming PhD defense for Dr. Daniel Semakula, the Information and Knowledge Translation officer. This defense is scheduled to happen on December 2 2020 via zoom at 12:15PM. Dr. Semakula will defend his dissertation titled: “Improving critical thinking about treatment claims, evidence and choices. Development and evaluation of an intervention […]