MAROMI HEALTH RESEARCH - Durban

Although Maromi Health Research is a small organisation, we have developed links with researchers and organizations across southern and eastern Africa. By partnering with top experts in various fields, our network allows us to undertake a variety of projects varying from large, multi-million dollar regional surveys to short-term, desk-top reviews. You can find more details on our activities under the “Projects and Services” section where you can assess our experience in surveillance, research and project design, implementation and evaluation. Please do not hesitate to contact us whether you are looking for research collaborators or simply want information on public health issues in the region. Recently, Mark completed a collaborative study into the operational effectiveness of the  

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national Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV programme in South Africa. Starting in 2005, Mark conducted background research and then implemented a comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment programme (called ALAFA) for the garment industry in Lesotho. This award winning programme provides services to 45 000 garment workers. Recently, Mark was the Coordinator for a UNAIDS/World Bank 5 country HIV epidemiology and prevention review project. He is currently the Team Leader on two large EC funded HIV projects in the tertiary education sector. One of these projects has involved assessing the HIV workplace programmes for 22 universities in South Africa and then working with the institutions to implement care and treatment programmes. Naomi Ntsiba has over ten years of administrative, project and financial support experience. Naomi’s key functions at MHR are research assistance, quality control, project management, financial management, administration and overseeing the day to day operation of the office.