UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Graduates 2000 - 2010

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MPH – Master of Public Health
MSc – Master of Science in Epidemiology
MA – Master & Honours -  Demography & Population Studies
MDent – Master of Dentistry
MMed – Master of Medicine (Community Health)
PhD – Doctor of Philosophy 

Graduate Thesis/Research Report Year graduated
Ae-Ngibise Kenneth
MSc
Risk factors and trends in injury mortality in Rufiji Demographic Surveillance System, rural Tanzania from 2002 to 2007. 2010
Ajani Frances
PhD
Alcohol and cannabis use among mineworkers in South Africa. 2010
Bafana Thembelihle
MSc
Factors influencing contraceptive use and unplanned pregnancy in a South African population. 2010
Ching’andu Annette
MPH
Linkages between PMTCT, ART and wellness services: An assessment of uptake of ART and wellness services by women attending PMTCT clinics at selected ANC clinics in Soweto. 2010
Dikgale Makgoka
MSc
Factors influencing the differences in HIV prevalence in South Africa: Analysis of the Antenatal Clinics. 2010
Du Toit Andreas
MPH
Description of coal associated diseases and coal dust concentrations in Mpumalanga coal mines. 2010
Ekrikpo Udeme
MSc
A rural-urban comparison of patient characteristics and HIV treatment outcomes in South Africa. 2010
Exavery Amon
MSc
Determinants of health care utilisation among the elderly population in rural Ghana. 2010
Groome Michelle
MSc
The burden of severe acute gastroenteritis and risk factors associated with poor outcome in a cohort of Sowetan children under five years of age. 2010
Horumpende Pius
MSc
An analysis of clinical signs and symptoms which best predict the need for HAART initiation in HIV infected South African women. 2010
Illah Evance
MSc
Assessment of risk factors associated with maternal mortality in rural Tanzania. 2010
Jassat Waasila
MMed
An evaluation of the cervical screening programme in Johannesburg Metro District, Gauteng Province. 2010
Julius Henry Patrick
MPH
The burden of metabolic diseases amongst HIV positive patients on HAART attending the Johannesburg Hospital. 2010
Katz Ivor
PhD
An evaluation of a chronic disease outreach program (CDOP) – a primary care and tertiary care kidney and cardiovascular prevention, detection and management program. 2010
Kgalamono Spoponki
MMed
Cases of occupational asthma assessed at the National Institute for Occupational Health – Occupational Medicine clinic from 1997-2009. 2010
Kimani-Murage Elizabeth
PhD
Exploring the paradox: Double burden of malnutrition in rural South Africa. 2010
Kirsten Ria
MPH
Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre: Event and outcome study. 2010
Luppe Tobias
MPH
Evaluation of the grassroots soccer club HIV & AIDS programme in Musina, South Africa. 2010
Mabuto Tonderai
MSc
Comparison of virologic outcomes in HIV-infected adolescents and pre-adolescents on Highly Active Antiretoviral Therapy in Soweto, South Africa. 2010
Maraga Seri
MSc
Risk factors of neonatal mortality in Navrongo DSS in Ghana between 2001 and 2005. 2010
Mathews Shanaaz
PhD
Understanding intimate femicide in South Africa. 2010
Mkubwa Jack
MPH
Job satisfaction among public sector physicians in Botswana. 2010
Mojaki Monnapule
MPH
Evaluation of referral system in Thaba Nchu Health sub-district. 2010
Moji Teboho
MPH
Assessment of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services in Ekhurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. 2010
Motloung Tiisetso
MPH
Prevalence of abnormal pap-smear among sex-workers in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. 2010
Moyes Jocelyn
MSc
Is the use of hormonal contraception a risk factor for incident sexually transmitted infections in a cohort of women aged 18 to 35 in Soweto South Africa? 2010
Mulenga Lisa
MPH
The influence of non-financial incentives on the retention of nurses in two rural hospitals in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. 2010
Murunga Frederick
MSc
Association between HIV/AIDS related deaths and migration of household members in rural Rufiji District, Tanzania. 2010
Nagar Shashikala
MPH
Adherence to highly active antiretroviral treatment and loss to follow-up of pregnant women at the Themba Lethu Clinic. 2010
Naidoo Aroomugan
MPH
Trends in adult medical admissions at Tambo Memorial Hospital, Gauteng, between 2005 and 2007. 2010
Nanoo Ananta
MSc
Is there an association between trimethoprim-sulfanethixazole use as prophjulaxis and multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal salmonella: A secondary data analysis of antibiotic co-resistance surveillance data in South Africa 2003-2005. 2010
Narh-Bana Solomon
MSc
Risk factors and causes of adult deaths in the Ifakara Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) population, 2003-2007. 2010
Ncayiyana Jabulani
MSc
Risk factors associated with TB incidence in an adult population from poorly-resourced South Africa urban communities with high TB prevalence. 2010
Ndiath Mahamadou
MSc
Socio-economic determinants of childhood mortality in Navrongo DSS. 2010
Nkomo Palesa
MSc
Association between height at age 2 years and adolescence school performance: Evidence from Birth to Twenty cohort study. 2010
Nyogea Daniel
MSc
Immunization status and under-five survival in rural Ghana. 2010
Otieno George
MSc
Levels and factors associated with homicide-related deaths in a rural South Africa. 2010
Ramma Lebogang
MPH
Evaluation of the implementation of the School Health Policy in two schools in Cape Town. 2010
Rose Andre
MMed
Contact dermatitis seen at the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) Dermatology Clinic. 2010
Sangber-Dery Matthew
MSc
The role of birth order in infant mortality in Ifakara DSS area in rural Tanzania. 2010
Southon Sharon
MPH
Noise and whole body vibration in underground locomotive operators. 2010
Timothy Geraldine
MMed
Factors influencing glycaemic control in diabetics, in three Community Health Centres in the city of Johannesburg. 2010
Vearey Joanna
PhD
The persistent urban challenges of migration and informal settlements in the context of HIV: Towards the development of a framework to guide the appropriate and equity promoting urban health and developmental responses of local government within Johannesburg, South Africa. 2010