Abeny Tabisa Ayuen Madit

University of Oxford | South Sudan

Abeny is a South Sudanese public health practitioner currently reading for the Master of Science in International Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford. Abeny’s academic work sits at the intersection of forced displacement, HIV care, and mobile populations, and draws on her experience working with displaced communities in East Africa. LinkedIn

Project Description
My dissertation, part of my MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford, is a scoping review examining what interventions have been designed to support people living with HIV who are geographically mobile to stay connected to HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa. Geographic mobility, whether driven by season work, conflict, flooding, or forced displacement, repeatedly disrupts access to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care, yet this population has received very little dedicated attention in the intervention literature. My research question is: what interventions have been developed to support HIV care engagement among mobile people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, how can these interventions be meaningfully categorised, and what does the available evidence show about their reach and effectiveness?

Conrald Ekukole Metuge

University of Oxford | Cameroon

Conrald is a medical doctor and public health professional with experience across clinical practice, HIV service delivery, and health systems strengthening. Conrald’s work has included coordinating HIV/TB services at the health facility-level in Cameroon and managing PEPFAR-funded HIV programmes for key and vulnerable populations. He is currently completing an MSc in Health Service Improvement and Evaluation at the University of Oxford.

Project Description
The project focuses on improving continuity of HIV care for mobile people living with HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa. Mobility across facilities can help patients stay connected to care, but it can also create points of disruption when transfer processes and existing guidance are inconsistently implemented or when patients face stigma and poor behaviour from healthcare workers. Building on preliminary findings from the ON THE MOVE collaboration, the work proposes a person-centred intervention to strengthen frontline implementation of existing transfer guidance through training, coaching, reflective practice and practical support tools. The central research question is: How can a theory-informed person-centred intervention strengthen continuity of HIV care for mobile PLWH during inter-facility transfers in the Western Cape?