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Over 200 Participants Attend VITALITY Trial Dissemination Event in Lusaka
On 16th June 2025, the VITALITY team — Molly, Cassandra, Emily, and Hilda — hosted a vibrant participant dissemination event at the...
Ellen Chiyindiko
Jun 251 min read
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Vitality Trial hosts participants' dissemination event in Harare
On November 13th 2024, the Vitality trial team hosted a participant dissemination event at Zimbabwe grounds hall in Highfields, bringing...
Ellen Chiyindiko
Nov 21, 20241 min read
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Vitality trial hosts a participant advisory board meeting in Harare
The Vitality Trial hosted a Participant Advisory Board (PAB) meeting to update members on the trial's status since its completion in...
Ellen Chiyindiko
Aug 8, 20241 min read
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VITALITY NIH Fogarty PhD Fellow awarded the prestigious 2024 ESCEO-Islene Araujo de Carvalho Prize
We are beyond proud and delighted to announce that our doctoral candidate Tafadzwa Madanhire, was awarded the prestigious 2024...
annashepherd7
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Youth Engagement in Zambia
The VITALITY teams are highly committed to community engagement, as our follower know well. Ongoing engagement programmes with young...
annashepherd7
Jun 13, 20232 min read
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Zambia Team and Participant Advisory Board Plan for school dissemination 2023
The VITALITY team in Zambia have started their Participant Advisory Board (PAB) meeting schedule for 2023. The PABs are incredibly...
annashepherd7
Mar 22, 20231 min read
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VITALITY Community Engagement: last Participant Advisory Boards for 2022
As we speed towards the end of 2022, our sites in Zambia and Zimbabwe have held their last Participant Advisory Board (PAB) meetings for...
annashepherd7
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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VITALITY: A new associated project in the Leibniz Research Alliance
The LRA Team The VITALITY study is delighted to announce that an academic partnership has recently been established with the Leibniz...
annashepherd7
Aug 16, 20221 min read
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LSHTM MSc Students visit Zimbabwe
Over the last couple of weeks, three MSc students from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have visited the Thru Zim...
annashepherd7
Jul 5, 20221 min read
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VITALITY PhD student, Karen Sichibalo presents at 4th Annual DZIF-DGI Conference, Stuttgart
This year’s German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) and German Society for Infectious Disease (DGI) fourth joint annual conference was...
annashepherd7
Jun 13, 20222 min read
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Zambia colleagues host the 3rd VITALITY Investigators Meeting
Investigator meetings offer an opportunity for our three trial sites to network, reflect and revaluate, and to be part of the trial...
annashepherd7
Apr 5, 20225 min read
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Wisepill Dispenser to help study participants Vitamin D adherence
The VITALITY study has begun to use the Wisepill RT2000 device at our Zimbabwe site. This will help our young participants remember to...
annashepherd7
Mar 21, 20221 min read
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Zambia site hosts first VITALITY Participant Advisory Board
On 15th Dec 2021, Zambia VITALITY study staff, Molly and Emly, held the first meeting with members of the newly formed Participant...
annashepherd7
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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PhD Students Presentation Skills and Public Speaking Training
Our students in Zimbabwe, affiliated to a range of studies, including VITALITY, were able to benefit from a comprehensive three-day...
annashepherd7
Dec 2, 20212 min read
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School engagement presented at Public Engagement Webinar, October 7th
The study presented the school engagement programme at the October 7th public engagement webinar titled, ‘A Focus On Zimbabwe: Innovative...
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Oct 7, 20211 min read
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Youth Researchers in Trial Vitality
Young people aged 10-24 years now constitute a quarter of the world’s population. This number will increase at least until 2040 in Africa...
annashepherd7
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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Meet our Students!
Our VITALITY Team is committed to fostering new talent and to working in partnership with a range of talented PhD and MSc students....
annashepherd7
Jun 21, 20214 min read
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VITALITY Launches our First Newsletter!
The VITALITY trial is delighted to announce the first edition of it's newsletter! Do sign up for this great introduction to the trial and...
annashepherd7
Apr 29, 20211 min read
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Zimbabwe Celebrates the 41st Anniversary of Independence
From Professor Rashida Ferrand, Principle Investigator for Trial Vitality: "The Zim-LSHTM Research Partnership sends the people of ...
annashepherd7
Apr 20, 20211 min read
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Tribute to Trial VITALITY Women
The month of March is always an important month for recognising the women of the world; March 8th is International Women's Day, and March...
annashepherd7
Mar 25, 20212 min read
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