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
09:30 - 10:30
4. Closing remarks: Pamela Maluleke, Conference Co-Chair) 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
10:30 - 10:50
Accelerating equitable policy and practice through public health research in Africa.
6 November 2025 Wits School of Public Health Building, Parktown
PROGRAMME
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
Economics and implementation
Social inclusion and access to care
Healthcare workforce Innovating Methods for Real-World Impact
Chair (Venue)
Olukemi Babalola (Auditorium)
Samantha Mhlanga (Lecture room 1/2)
Mercy Hlungwane (Lecture room 3)
Busisiwe Matiwane (Lecture room 5)
1
Chengetai Dare Nandi Makhaye Estimating price and When the Church expenditure elasticities Became a Wound for foods and drinks
Eustace Bugase Acceptability of the RTS,S Malaria Vaccine
Cyril Chironda Changes in chronic diseases prevalence and multimorbidity clusters
2
Suleiman Yusuf Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Rumbidzai Mupfuti Missing Data Imputation in the HAALSI Study
3
Shelley Schmollgruber Exploring Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on Vaccination Education
Sara Jewett Blessing Mukuruva Essentiality and Mental Institutional support Health for breastfeeding
Asiphekhona Ngema Trust in Vaccines Among Healthcare Professionals
Takondwa Msosa The Acceptability of a Real-Time Medication Monitoring
4
Mosibudi Rampya Where is the whey?
Afolake Amodu Prevalence and patterns of workplace violence in primary health care settings
Whitney Mothosola Melanoma Incidence among
Session title
School of Public Health Biennial Research Day
4. Discussion and questions
Tariro Ndoro Determinants of Multimorbidity in a Mobile Population
Lucia D’Ambruoso Enhancing Community Health Worker Roles
Innovative public health methods