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• Ohajunwa, C. Board member of the African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability

(AfriNEAD).
• Saruchera, M. Member of the Society for AIDS in Africa’s journal planning committee.

• Saruchera, M. Member of the ICASA International Steering Committee (ISC) planning the 2025

ICASA Conference in Accra, Ghana.
• Saruchera, M. Board member of the Collective Leadership Institute (South Africa branch).

• Saruchera, M. Board member of the No Name Initiative (NNI).
• Saruchera, M. Editor of a special issue of Frontiers in Public Health on climate change, human

health and health systems, published in 2024. https://www.frontiersin.org/research-
topics/52751/climate-change-human-health-and-health-systems.

9. Staff

9.1 Development and training activities

• Ongoing SunFin training for PASS staff, April 2024.

• Two staff members (PASS and academic) attended a transformation capacity development
workshop in April 2024.

• A strategic revisioning and team building workshop was hosted for all staff in May 2024.

• Ongoing REC/DESC reviewer training for academic staff at STIAS, July 2024.
• Two academic writing and publishing retreats were provided for academic staff and PhD students
in July and October 2024.

• One academic attended the National Research Foundation rating workshop at STIAS.

• One academic attended took part in the Uppsala University Erasmus mobility staff exchange.
• Centre staff participated in EMS Faculty transformation meetings and workshops.

9.2 Awards

• Dr Chioma Ohajunwa received a Subcommittee A research funding award.
• Dr Chioma Ohajunwa was nominated as SU delegate to represent the university and participate

at a research and innovation week in Sweden.

• Dr Luckmore Chivandire was awarded the Stellenbosch University Research and Innovation
Excellence Award in the category of best postgraduate student.

Annual Report 2024 – March 2025