Strategic Communications, Community Engagement, Policy Analysis and Advocacy
Create compelling stories from scientific findings; reach wider audiences through print & electronic newsletters and social media; translate research to policy briefs and policy advocacy strategies.
StoriZetu captures finds the story behind the science and puts it into words. The Blog entries range across agricultural research for development, global health research, and policy issues.
Behind StoriZetu
I help scientists communicate in ways that reach their different audiences.Specialized in global health, agricultural research for development and policy, I believe research findings should be used to make a difference!
Africa needs a United Approach to HIV Prevention
Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola is well recognized for her activism to ensure affordable access to health services for people living with HIV. She shares her thoughts on what it will take for Africa to put up a notable fight against a looming resurgence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the continent.
This 5-minute video is based on an interview conducted in her office at Stellenbosch University’s Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS in 2018.
Beauty of science, Passion for Change
Reflections on Research, Development and Policy
Growing climate-smart Brachiaria grass to improve livestock production in Rwanda
In the ‘Land of a thousand hills’ where the largely steep landscape has led to severe erosion, finding sufficient feed to support the growing dairy industry has been a major challenge to smallholder farmers. However, a visit to farmers in […]
Novel Vaccine Candidate Trial Brings Science Closer to Developing a Fully Protective HIV Vaccine
On March 27, 2019, IAVI and partners launched the clinical trial of a new HIV vaccine candidate. The clinical trial named IAVI W001 is at the first step in testing the experimental vaccine in humans (Phase I) and will enroll 60 healthy […]
Balancing for better in global public health research
This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD2019) is all about BALANCE! One of the areas often singled out for its imbalance is the workplace – more so – in the field of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This however is […]
