Research Reports

Research Focus Area

FPD as a registered institution of higher education is expected to contribute to the generation of new knowledge through research and academic activities. During 2010 FPD staff were involved in various research and academic activities.


Conference participation:

 

FPD at Vienna…

Session title   

Date

Type

Venue

Presenting Author

Replacement

Funding the Fund – Resource Mobilisation Strategy for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

Saturday 17 July

10h00 – 14h00

Satellite

TBA

Shaun Mellors

 

Transition: From random telephonic survey to routine telephonic follow up of newly diagnosed HIV patients who utilize mobile counseling and testing units in South Africa

Monday 19 July

13h00 – 14h00

Oral Poster

Mini Room 2

Hanlie van der Merwe

Hanlie van der Merwe

Improving employee timekeeping through biometric scanners and the impact that it will have on staff

Monday 19 July

12h30 – 14h30

Poster Presentation

Poster Exhibition Area

Dalene Blom

Veena Pillay

Call centre tracing outcomes for HIV and ART patients who missed their appointment and were lost to follow up at twenty public sector ART clinics, South Africa.

Monday 19 July

12h30 – 14h30

Poster Presentation

Poster Exhibition Area

Suzanne Johnson

Fritz Kinkel

Assessing Patient Schedule and Policy Guidance at FPD Supported ART-sites in South Africa

Monday 19 July

12h30 – 14h30

Poster Presentation

Poster Exhibition Area

Watson Milambo

Shaun Mellors

"Assessing service quality in public ARV clinics in South Africa through client-based evaluation"

Tuesday 20 July

12h30 – 14h30

Poster Presentation

Poster Exhibition Area

Fritz Kinkel

Fritz Kinkel

The Support Jigsaw Puzzle - Linking and Planning the Needs of PLHIV of 24 Support Groups across 4 Provinces in the Rainbow Nation.

Wednesday 21 July 12h30 – 14h30

Poster Presentation

Poster Exhibition Area

Simangele Ncube

Shaun Mellors

"Investigation of the method of "mixed pill counts" as a tool to detect deliberate masking of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART): A pilot study"

Thursday 22 July

12h30 – 14h30

Poster Presentation

Poster Exhibition Area

Suzanne Johnson

Hanlie van der Merwe