Lecturer

Dr. Christine Chawhanda

Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health (University of Witwatersrand), Master in Population Studies (UKZN), Bachelor of Social Sciences (UKZN), Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation (UZ), Specialised certificate in project management (University of Witwatersrand), Certificate of competency in Leadership Management and Governance for Health Systems Strengthening (Afro PHC & Amref Health Africa)

Bio: Dr Christine Chawhanda is a Public Health specialist, Demographer, and a Social scientist. She has experience in teaching and research especially in the following areas: Epidemiology, Sexual and reproductive health, Population and Health, Migration, Social innovation and community development, Demographic Techniques; Gender-based violence; Communicable and non-communicable diseases; Fertility; Qualitative Research Methods and, Quantitative Research Methods.  She was a post-doctoral research fellow at Wits-TUB-UNILAG URBAN LAB (School of Architecture and Planning), has worked with NGOs and international organizations in implementing Disaster risk Reduction programmes and has been involved in consultancy work on Migration, HIV and AIDS, TB, COVID-19 and gender related issues.

Research Interests: Sexual and reproductive health, public health, Social policy, Migration, Gender-based violence, Fertility, Gender and development, Social innovation, urban management, Climate change, Disaster risk reduction, Livelihoods

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Phone Number: 263 719 149120

Research and Publications Profile:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=MDxPyEYAAAAJ