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01/11/2021

𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆

Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP) has lowered the Age Limit for participation in the AstraZeneca Vaccine Study to 𝟭𝟴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 (𝟬𝟭 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭).

If you are 𝟭𝟴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿, not already vaccinated with any COVID-19 vaccine and interested in participating in the study, contact or visit Vaccination Centers to know more about the study in the following Areas:

𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲: 73276925/73276958
𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻: 73276998
𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗶 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗸𝘄𝗲: 73276932
𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘆𝗲/𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗲: 73276952
𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗻: 73276974

04/03/2020

HepBzero Study Results

HepBzero study enrolled 60 UB students. Before the study 45.9% of students knew nothing at all about hepatitis B virus (HBV) whereas only 6.6% knew a lot about HBV. This result shows how silent HBV has been hence the need for HBV awareness studies.

After this study, 81.8% now knew a lot about HBV showing the positive impact of the study. In this study only 6% knew their HBV status but; 95% wished to know their status and 5% were neutral about wanting to test for HBV. The post-test assessment for transmission and pathogenesis has a higher pass rate of 79.7%% than the 27.1% for the pre-test assessment. The winning poster which will be displayed in healthcare services was chosen and the winning Team was Orange.

The participants also wrote messages to the community and to the Researchers. The messages to the community will be collated and also displayed at the healthcare facilities as a way of bringing HBV awareness. One of the participants, Ofentse Ernest Kgari’s message to the researchers was ‘When the world needs saving HeBzee is always there’. The HeBzee name will be used for an Avater for a SANTHE Gender Equity Community and Public Engagement project. The participants also suggested HBV Setswana names. The names will be taken for further vetting by the stakeholders. The HBV Setswana name is important as we take HBV to the people.

21/02/2020

The Principal Investigator of the HepBZero: Study, Dr Motswedi Anderson presenting on Hepatitis Research to the study participants.

19/02/2020

HepBZero:

Sixty (60) study participants divided into groups of 15 members were recruited from the University of Botswana, the country’s premier institution of higher learning that seeks to be a Centre of Research and Innovation that will stimulate growth and prosperity including improved health for the entire nation. UB Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Prof Happy Siphambe hailed the partnership between BHP and the UB’s Department of Student Welfare to collaboratively work on a study that will share knowledge on HBV transmission, pathogenesis, treatment and research with the student community and the country at large.

19/02/2020

BHP launches HepBZero Study

The Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP) Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr Motswedi Anderson on Monday 10th February 2020 launched her research project on Hepatitis B Virus titled “HepBZero: ” at the University of Botswana Student Centre. The study seeks to gauge knowledge and perspectives towards Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) among 18-40 year adults in Botswana.

The other objective of the study is to create awareness of the HBV infection in an effort to reduce mortality due to Viral Hepatitis, which has been on the increase globally. Launching the study, the University of Botswana Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) for Student Affairs, Prof Happy Siphambe said the study was a welcome development as HBV chronically infects 257 million people globally and accounts for 887 000 deaths.

01/02/2020

Hepatitis B zero is a community engagement project designed to evaluate knowledge and perspectives towards Hepatitis B virus.

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