Dr Mpumi Precious Zungu
Dr Nompumelelo Zungu is a Research Director of the Interventions and Implementation Science Research (IISR) Unit at the Human Sciences Research Council. She is an Associate Researcher at the University of Pretoria, Department of Psychology. She is also the Editor in Chief of the SAHARA Journal. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. She has expertise and special interest in social aspects and social determinants of health, HIV, mental health - specifically trauma and anxiety disorders, risk and sexual behaviour among men and adolescents. She has 21 years research experience and has been a PI, co-PI, and a chief of party on several national surveys and research projects on HIV and AIDS, health and mental health. She is one of the PI?s of the 5th National HIV Prevalence and Incidence Survey. She was recently a PI on PEPFAR Gender Analysis, and a Co-PI on the rapid ethnography study of the vulnerability of young women (aged 15-24 yrs.) to HIV infection in 3 provinces of South Africa. She has co-authored over 51 journal articles, 9 book chapters and 23 research reports. Bio on intranet.
(Surplus) Development of a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for the Department of Women, Youth, Persons with Disability
The main objective of developing a mainstreaming strategy is to regulate the country???s responsibility to mainstream socio-economic transformation an....
The South African National Survey on Health and Family Relations (SURPLUS)
This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the extent and nature of GBV in South Africa, including previously underrepresented forms....
Prevalence of GBV in South Africa Grant 145924
Core support to the finalization of a national research on prevalence of GBV in South Africa to provide baseline GBV data to government and civil soci....
Development of the Gender Mainstreaming Strategy
The purpose of the project is the development of the gender mainstreaming strategy....
SABSSM VI proposed embedded SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Study
SABSSM VI proposed embedded SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Study....
Adolescent Living with HIV Aids
The proposed project aims to provide insight into the adolescent HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, by analysing data from the five series of SABSSM s....
Tuberculosis South Africa Project (TBSAP)
The purpose of the project is to understand the current adverse event reporting practices in MDR-TB treatment facilities in South Africa.Develop appro....
Transactional sex and HIV incidence in South African tertiary sector: the search for appropriate interventions
The purpose and main task of the NRF funded research project to support prepatory work for the main study. Activity under this grant will include deve....
GH 001629: Support for Strengthening and Utilization of Strategic Information Activities in the RSA under PEPFAR
This application by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) responds to the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) number CDC-RFA-GH15-1576 titled ....
SAHARA J project management
SAHARA 7 will make a unique contribution by going beyond knowledge sharing through focusing on practical methods on bridging the gap between evidence ....