Ms. Pauline Gwatirisa (PhD Candidate)

Biography

Primary supervisor
Dr Shelley Mallett (The University of Melbourne)

Co-supervisor
Prof. Lenore Manderson (Monash University)

Pauline is currently enrolled as a PhD student in the Key Centre for Women’s Health, The University of Melbourne. Her thesis entitled Are You Being Served? An Ethnographic Study of Food Aid in HIV/AIDS Affected Households in Zimbabwe, seeks to gather evidence on the growing problem of food insecurity among the urban poor with a view to better inform food aid programming efforts.

Publications

1999 P. Gwatirisa, J. Ndamba and N. Nyazema The Impact of Health Education on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of a Rural Community with Regards to Schistosomiasis Control Using a Plant Molluscicide, Phytollaca Dodecandra. Cent Afr J Med, Vol 45(4): 94 – 97

1998 J. Ndamba, O. Makura, P.R. Gwatirisa, N. Makaza and KC Kaondera. A Cost-Effective Two-Step Rapid Diagnosis of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe. Cent Afr J Med. 1998 Jul:44(7):167-71