Welcome - South Africa (Mesh-Project)

Published Literature: Learning From Participatory Visual Methods in Marginalized South African Communities

In this paper from Frontiers in Public Health, Steps Toward Engagement Integrity: Learning From Participatory Visual Methods in Marginalized South African Communities (2022), authors Gill Black and Pam Sykes describe their 'Bucket Loads of Health project in South Africa.

Project Report: COVID-19: Where Art and Science Meet

Report on the Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence's (SANTHE) COVID-19: where art and science meet project. The project, supported by the DELTAS Africa CPE Seed Fund in 2020, brought scientists and young African creatives together to explore the COVID-19 infodemic

Project Report: PowerPack of SuperScientists: Reframing gendered narratives to empower female scientists in South Africa

In this project from South Africa, funded by the DELTAS Africa CPE Seed Fund, SANTHE researchers were transformed into SuperScientists to empower female scientists and challenge gender narratives that block women’s career progression in science.

Project Report: Science-2-Society: Raising future leaders in high schools in South Africa

Immunologist Lerato Ndlovu shares her experience of using a play and career talks in a project, supported by the DELTAS Africa CPE Seed Fund, to engage high school pupils in rural South African communities with research and increase their scientific understanding of TB and its treatment.

Project Report: The Genomics of Schizophrenia in South African Xhosa people (SAX) study

The Genomics of Schizophrenia in South African Xhosa People (SAX) study sought to identify genes or mutations underlying predisposition to schizophrenia in the South African Xhosa population. Engagement activities included a Community Advisory Board and a Mental Health Literacy Day.

Webinar: Public Engagement and Involvement in Health Research: How well are we doing?

In these videos, from a webinar delivered in July 2020 as part of the Cochrane Learning Live and International PPI Network webinar series, you will hear from speakers in the UK and South Africa who share their experiences of the positive aspects of engagment as well as putting forward the problems and issues within the field.

COVID-19 Community Engagement In South Africa: The Time Is Now

This article addresses community engagement around the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa in April 2020 and proposes a free-to-use mobile app as well as a longer-term Community Engagement Nerve Centre for the country

Report: The SALUS Eastern Cape Project

The SALUS project is a school engagement project exploring HIV research and treatment using animation, storytelling and online content. The pilot was conducted in the Umtata Region of Eastern Cape, South Africa

Report: Arting Health for Impact: Street art engaging communities in South Africa

Arting Health for Impact: South Africa focused on collaborative storytelling and participatory design to engage three communities closely involved with mental health

Arting Health for Impact: Street art engaging communities in Botswana, South Africa and India

An international collaborative public engagement partnership using street art to engage local communities in Botswana, India and South Africa.

Project Report: Hip Hop Health: Research, Rhyme, and Rhythm for Healthy Communities

The Hip Hop Health project facilitated the collaboration of young people with health researchers in South Africa to frame research questions, undertake investigations in their communities, and then write and perform hip hop music to share their findings

Project Report: Eh!woza: Intersection of Art and Science to Engage Youth around Tuberculosis

Engaging Science Conference Report: Science for all: is public engagement engaging the public?

Engaging Science Conference Report: Science for all: is public engagement engaging the public?

Project Report: The Lucky Specials

Project Report: The Lucky Specials and public engagement in the post-truth era

Mwangi Chege, participant of the 2017 Wellcome Trust workshop "It’s Complicated: navigating scientific complexity in public and community engagement" reflects on learning from the workshop. In particular, the Kenyan premiere of The Lucky Specials, a feature film designed as both entertainment and engagement with audiences about Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis and the importance of drug adherence.

Project Report: Blood Sugars: Diabetes and Drama in Joburg and Soweto

Blood Sugars aims to improve understanding of patient and clinician experiences of types 1 and 2 diabetes – particularly in the context of urban South Africa; as well as to improve communication between patients, clinicians and researchers, helping to create a more detailed picture of the condition and how it might be managed more effectively.

Project Report: Art in Global Health: Report and Video giving Insights and Considerations for Future Artist Residencies

In 2013, Art in Global Health set up artist residencies in six Wellcome Trust-funded research centres as a way of teasing out some of the more personal, philosophical, cultural and political dimensions of health research. This exciting project was born out of Wellcome Collection's desire to engage the curious public globally with the health research that the Trust funds - in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and the UK. 

Project Report: Tackling the ‘New Beast’: Mental Health for People Living with HIV

A blog post addressing the issue of mental illness amongst people living with HIV and the presentation of the community engagement project Project Khuluma which will be presented at the 21st annual International AIDS conference.

Project Report: Project Khuluma: providing psychosocial support for HIV positive adolescents in South Africa using mobile technology

A summary and evaluation of the Khuluma project which provides psychosocial support for HIV positive adolescents in South Africa using mobile technology.

Project Report: co-produced exhibition on migration, health and wellbeing in Southern Africa

Migration, health and wellbeing in Southern Africa: Co-produced exhibition captures experiences of LGBTIQ migrants and asylum seekers in Johannesburg and migrant men, women and transgender persons who sell sex in South Africa