Sphiwe Madiba
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa
Title: Social disclosure of HIV positive status of perinatal infected adolescents: Do their views count?
Biography
Biography: Sphiwe Madiba
Abstract
Sphiwe Madiba is professor in the School of Public Health at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (Pretoria, South Africa). She is a public health specialist with 15 years of experience in post graduate teaching. Her research concerns social aspects of HIV and AIDS with a focus on disclosure of HIV positive status and adolescent sexual health and HIV prevention. She has authored and co-authored more than 50 articles published in reputed journals. She has presented research papers in national and international conferences. She is an editor for PULA: Botswana Journal of African studies and a reviewer of several international journals. She holds a Doctor of Public Health degree