Mr Adlai Davids is a senior research manager in the HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB (HAST) research programme. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in geographical information systems (GIS) from the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (formerly ITC) of the University of Twente in The Netherlands. He was a lecturer in GIS and human geography at the former University of Port Elizabeth, which is now part of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU).
Since joining the HSRC in October 2002, Mr Davids has co-authored eight research articles in accredited journals. These were on diverse topics such Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, intimate partner violence and HIV risk, predictors of alcohol-exposed pregnancies, the use of an internationally recognised instrument to evaluate general health practice, reporting of sexual activity of minors in a research context and lay counsellors? experiences of delivering HIV counselling services.
He also co-authored research reports on the PMTCT research programme of HAST and on trends in public spending on agriculture in Malawi, which was co-published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Mr Davids is the liaison for the West African regional office of SAHARA, the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance; the sub-Saharan network for HIV/AIDS researchers which is an initiative of the HSRC. His is currently the project manager for a mid-term qualitative assessment of experiences and perceptions of community dialogues in Lesotho in partnership with the National University of Lesotho (NUL).
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