The HEY BABY and Khanyisa Ngemfundo teams present at the International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence 2023 in Lusaka, Zambia.

The HEY BABY team presented at the International Workshop on HIV and Adolescence 2023, which took place in Lusaka, Zambia.

A/Prof Elona Toska was invited to speak on ‘Targeting for Triumph: HIV and SRHR Programming for Multi-Dimensional Adolescent Well-Being’ during a session titled ‘Reaching Adolescents – Those Most in Need’.

Dr Mona Ibrahim was invited to speak on ‘Risks, Rights, and Multi-Sectoral Responses: Advancing SRHR for Adolescents’.

HEY BABY team members presented on various topics using data collected from the HEY BABY and Khanyisa Ngemfundo studies, including an oral presentation by Jenny Chen-Charles, a PhD student, on ‘Missed Opportunities for PrEP Uptake Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Who Are Mothers at Risk of HIV in South Africa’ (see the slides here).

Poster Presentations

Chelsea Coakley et al. “At School They Did Not Even Notice That I Was Pregnant.” Participatory Development of a Support Package for Pregnant and Mother Adolescent Learners in South African Schools (read it here)

Jenny Chen-Charles et al. Mapping Research on PrEP Delivery Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review (read it here)

Janina Jochim et al. Evidence Towards a Package of Care for Adolescent Mothers in South Africa: Cross-Sectional Associations Between Potential Package Components and Simultaneous Impact on HIV Risk Behaviours, Health, Educational, and Violence Outcomes

Janina Jochim et al. Adolescent Mothers’ School Enrolment Before and After COVID: Does Hiv-Infection and Food Insecurity Increase the Risk of Non-enrolment?

Hlokoma Mangqalaza & Khosi Kubeka et al. The Role of Civil Society Organizations in the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy in Schools (read it here)

Christina Laurenzi et al. Co-developing and Testing a Peer Supporter-Delivered Screening Tool to Identify Violence and Related Risks Among Young Women Living With HIV in Lusaka, Zambia (read it here)

William Rudgard et al. Protective Factors for Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviours and Experiences Linked to HIV Infection in South Africa: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Analysis of Caregiving, Education, Food Security, and Social Protection (read it here)