Dr Chido Dziva Chikwari

Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) & The Biomedical Research and Training Institute (Zimbabwe)

Chido is an epidemiologist with experience developing, coordinating, and evaluating implementation research studies with particular focus on projects evaluating the provision of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people in facility and community-based settings. She was the principal investigator for the STICH trial; an evaluation of an STI screening intervention for youth and the Zimbabwe principal investigator for the GIFT study which is an evaluation of a new STI screening device. Her work has also involved validation of oral HIV tests for children and evaluating the use of assisted HIV testing for children by their caregivers. She is based in Zimbabwe and holds a joint appointment with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) and The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe at the Biomedical Research and Training Institute (Zimbabwe).