Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office - HE2RO

08/10/2026

LEN won’t sell itself!

HE²RO researcher Refiloe Motaung shares six lessons from our research on oral PrEP uptake that could help make the LEN rollout work better.

Read more: https://bhekisisa.org/opinion/2026-10-07-len-wont-sell-itself-6-lessons-from-hiv-prevention-pills/

South Africa has a twice-yearly HIV prevention jab that’s almost 100% effective. But experience with HIV prevention pills shows that making medicine free isn’t enough to get people to use it. Here are five lessons for making sure LEN reaches the people who need it.

07/10/2026

New publication alert!

Returns to investing in girls’ schooling in the context of economic and gender inequality: A
case study of Eswatini, South Africa and Lesotho.

Link to full article:

Abstract. Educating adolescent girls benefits their financial independence, empowerment, and health. However, this is dependent on their successful transit

28/09/2026

New policy brief alert! #106

HIV Treatment Intervention Navigator: “There Are Options to Support You”

Click here to read the full brief:

The HIV Treatment Intervention Navigator (the Navigator) is a combined self-assessment and retention intervention-mapping tool, developed as part of the RETAIN6 BRIDGE retention toolkit. It groups common barriers that can contribute to client disengagement from HIV care into four broad categories: p...

17/09/2026

Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day 2026

We were pleased to join colleagues across the Faculty to share our work, exchange ideas and contribute to conversations on translating transdisciplinary science into health impact.

17/09/2026

New publication alert!

The impact and cost of using mobile digital X-ray units to detect pulmonary TB in South Africa.

Click here to read the full article: https://www.heroza.org/publications/the-impact-and-cost-of-using-mobile-digital-x-ray-units-to-detect-pulmonary-tb-in-south-africa/

10/09/2026

New publication alert!

Dr Lise Jamieson contributed to a newly published article in The Lancet HIV.

Plasma dolutegravir exposure testing to identify people with HIV at highest risk for dolutegravir resistance (ITREMA-2): a two-centre, prospective implementation study in South Africa. The article features a contribution by Dr Lise Jamieson

Link to full article: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ni%7Ea_rV3BUMtG

08/09/2026

– Pictured in action, Constance Mongwenyana and Tembeka Sineke with their co-session presenters.

Constance presented on the District Manager Perspectives on USAID/PEPFAR Funding Cuts and Service Delivery in the Western Cape, South Africa and Preferences for PrEP access amongst clients presenting for care at novel PrEP delivery models in South Africa: A discrete choice experiment and Tembeka presented on the Impact of the Management Development Programme (MDP) on Primary Health Care Manager Competencies and Organisational Performance.

All presentations generated a lot of interest and discussion.

08/09/2026

– In review 📸

Pictured in action: Dr Cheryl Hendrickson chairing a mental health session, and Danleen Hongoro presenting on Evaluating the Economic and Operational Impact of a Leadership Development Programme for Primary Healthcare Managers in South Africa.

08/09/2026

New policy brief alert!

HIV Treatment Client Roadmap: “Your Journey to Health”

Link to full article: https://ow.ly/GTUM50ZKEYR

08/09/2026

New publication alert!

The relationship between cardiovascular health and common mental disorders among
adults aged ≤ 50 years: a systematic review of observational studies.

Link to full article: https://ow.ly/QFLJ50ZKEE0