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Yolanda Mbalentle Mngcongo from Nelson Mandela University (Photo: Jive Media Africa).)
Siyaphambili Youth Project worked much more closely with young people themselves to centralise their knowledge, and drawing on the experience of local non-governmental organisations, to develop their invention. (Photo: Supplied). 
In South Africa, the root causes of violence against women and girls in marginalised communities – urban informal settlements and rural communities – are especially pronounced, with informal settlements housing a significant portion of the population. (Photo: Supplied). 
This study used a photovoice discipline where participants took pictures of what was important in their lives and then had focus group discussions, producing rich data about how people understood what was important for a good life. (Photo: Supplied).
Coordinating large-scale international projects can be both complex and rewarding, especially in the field of biomedical research. For Théodora Mayouya, one of GIFT’s project coordinators, her wealth of experience and specialised skills have made her adept at managing these challenges with confidence. (Photo: Supplied).
The Siyaphambili Youth project aimed to look at various mental health inventions and in the creation of these inventions they had young people from local communities employed as Youth Peer Research Assistants (YRPAs) to give a different perspective to that of just the researchers. (Photo: Supplied).
Anda Madikida, a study coordinator at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation in Cape Town, has been instrumental in the Genital Inflammation Test (GIFT) research project. Recently, in an interview with Jive Media Africa, Anda discussed her responsibilities and provided valuable insights into her role in this project. (Photo: Supplied).
Tanya Pidwell, the GIFT project manager, oversees the operational management of the project’s moving parts. “Tanya is the glue that holds it all together,” says Jo-Ann Passmore, the project’s principal investigator. Left to right: Tanya Pidwell, Menna Duyver (DTHF), Katherine Gill (DTHF). (Photo: Supplied).
In a recent webinar, “Culturing a Cure”, the third in the Women up to Know Good series, a panel of experts discussed innovative research into how to cultivate ‘healthy’, resilient vaginal microbiomes. This research is particularly significant as the current treatment for bacterial vaginosis, a course of antibiotics, has not changed since the 1980s and is not effective in durably eliminating bacterial vaginosis in the long term. (Image: Supplied).
GIFT repository manager, Jacoeb Ganief, holds a vaginal swab from a study participant collection pack. Over the course of this study, each participant will provide several samples to be stored and catalogued at the GIFT repository. (Photo: Supplied).