Prof. Sizulu Moyo
Associate Professor Sizulu Moyo is a Research Director in the Human and Social Capabilities Division. She holds an MBChB degree, an MPH (epidemiology), a postgraduate certificate in Clinical Research Administration, and a Ph.D. in Paediatrics and Child Health in the field of tuberculosis (TB). She has extensive experience in public health research and is an NRF rated researcher. Her work is focused on TB and HIV where she has successfully participated in numerous TB and HIV research projects leading multi-disciplinary teams and working with local, national, and international stakeholders and collaborators. She also has experience in health systems and programmatic research. Prof Moyo has led several national population-level surveillance projects including the first South National TB prevalence survey, 2017-2018, the 5th South African National household HIV survey, 2017, and the South African National COVID-19 seroprevalence survey 2021. She is a co-principal investigator of the 6th South African National household HIV survey underway in 2022. She was the South African PI of a standardized patient quality improvement study on TB and HIV among private sector GPs undertaken in Durban and Cape Town, South Africa. Before joining the HSRC in 2014, she was an epidemiologist focusing on drug-resistant TB working with MSF in Cape Town, South Africa before which she worked in the area of TB vaccine trials at the South African TB Vaccine Initiative at UCT. Before working in the field of research she was a practicing clinician.
Prof Moyo is a WHO consultant for TB surveys, is a member of the South African TB Think Tank and a member of the SANAC Technical working group on TB. Prof Moyo's publications include journal articles, policy briefs, research reports, and conference presentations.
National skills audit of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Outreach Team Leaders (OTLs) employed by the National Department of Health (NDoH)
The overall aim is to undertake an audit of the current qualifications and skills profile of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Outreach Team Leaders....
SABSSM VI proposed embedded SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Study
SABSSM VI proposed embedded SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Study....
Development of a policy brief for transgender women in HIV/STI and TB.
The purpose of the project is to develop a policy brief for transgender women in living or affected by HIV/STI and TB in South Africa.....
Systematic review of the barriers to access and uptake of cervical cancer screening services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS)
The overall aim is to synthesize the existing evidence about barriers to uptake of cervical cancer screening services in low- and middle-income countr....
COVID-19 SERO-PREVALENCE AND BEHAVIOUR SURVEY (i)
The primary objective of the survey is: ??? To determine the extent of COVID-19 virus infection in the general population and age-specific infection p....
National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey (Global Funding)
The aim of the national prevalence survey is to enhance TB control in South Africa by informing the National TB Control Programme about the current ep....
National TB Prevalence Survey
The purpose of the National TB Prevalence survey is to determine the true burden of tuberculosis at community level, over a period of two years.....
Evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions to change the knowledge of, attitudes towards, and the practices around TB and HIV of inmates in the Western and Eastern Cape of South Africa
To evaluate the effectiveness of three interventions (HIV counselling and testing linked to screening for TB and sexually transmitted infections; Kick....
Technical and financial support for the additional analysis of HSRC's HIV/AIDS population-based survey datasets and assistance with setting up of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) unit of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC)
The proposed scope of work will mainly focus on in-depth analysis of the South African HIV epidemic, Project Framework Narrative There are three main....