Lungisile Vezi, Author at Indlela

Using inoculation theory to pre-bunk HIV vaccine misinformation

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My Power Care Pack (My PCP)

Partner Organisation: Eastern Cape Department of Health Purpose of the collaboration: The project [...]

Healthy Jozi: A staged approach to better workplace food choices and chronic disease screening and linkage to care

Organisation: Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO), Ezintsha, Washington University and University of Liverpool [...]

Protecting against Lenacapavir misinformation with young women in Gauteng, South Africa (PROTECT-L)

Organization: Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO) Study objective: To compare changes in [...]

SA AIDS 2025 Update

Pre-conference session We kicked off the conference with a burst of creativity at the PSI [...]

“Your Path”: Evaluating the user experience of AI-supported HIV health decision making in South Africa

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IAS 2025 update

We hosted a satellite session entitled “From potential to practice: Using AI to accelerate innovation [...]

A multi-method study assessing use of the FebriSol Adherence Scratch Card to support ART adherence among adults living with HIV in South Africa

Organization: Anova Health Institute Study objective: This study will assess the role of [...]

TB Nudgeathon Report

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Behaviourally informed two-way text messaging to improve return to HIV care in South Africa

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The Coach chatbot: Using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide digital health advice and support in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

Organization: PSI and Audere, Matchboxology and HSRC Study objective: To assess the usability [...]

Evaluating the usability, acceptability, and perceptions of a client tool for early ART engagement among recipients of care and healthcare providers

Organization: HE2RO Study objective: To explore perceptions of the usability and acceptability of [...]

Self-care from Anywhere Insights Report

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Indlela Jamboree Report

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DMOC Nudgeathon Report 2024

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Exploring behavioural insights to Poor Treatment Response and Outcomes in Bedaquiline-Based Treatment Regimens for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa (PROBe DR-TB) -among recipients of care and healthcare providers

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12th SA AIDS Conference

SA AIDS 2025 Chair [...]

PREDICT Insights Report

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JSSA Qualitative Insights Report

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“Your Choice” – Using artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce stigma & improve precision in HIV risk assessment and reporting of results

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Self-Care from Anywhere – A multimodal AI integration toolkit for comprehensive, differentiated HIV care pathways

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“Your Path”: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support HIV health decision making

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The role of cognitive biases in the decision to request, offer, accept and continue on PrEP from a health care provider and patient perspective (men who have sex with men)

Partner organizations: Anova Health Institute, Aurum Institute and Indlela@HE2RO Study objective: Describe and [...]

Evaluating the acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility of behaviourally informed ART adherence scratch cards among adult people living with HIV

Organization: Anova Health Institute Study objective: Suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has [...]

Improving STI partner notification and treatment in AGYW

Partner organizations: Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) Study objectives: To co-design and evaluate [...]

PrEP Nudgeathon Report 2023

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Protecting against HIV vaccine misinformation in South Africa (PROTECT)

This new study will test messages that work as an “information vaccine” to build resistance [...]

B-OK-BIT Qualitative Insights Report

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Newsletter Signup

Our quarterly newsletter shares the latest news from Indlela as we build a community of [...]

Increasing HIV Treatment Literacy among People Living with HIV Using a Novel Health Communication Aid in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

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Nudging uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa using messaging informed by behavioural science

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Leveraging the fresh start effect in text messaging to promote re-engagement in HIV care in South Africa

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Leveraging Behavioural Economics to Increase Demand for Free HIV Testing Services at Private Clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa

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PREDICT: Prioritizing Retention Efforts using Data Intelligence and Cohort Targeting in People Living with HIV in South Africa

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An Evaluation of the Vooma Voucher Programme to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Among Older Adults in South Africa

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SA AIDS 2023 update

SA AIDS 2023 The SA AIDS Conference was an exciting and productive event for the [...]

Nudgeathon

Indlela’s inaugural Nudgeathon was a great success! The purpose of the event was to crowdsource [...]

Is there a place for behavioural science in South Africa’s TLD transition programme?

One of the recent advances in HIV treatment is Dolutegravir (DTG) and its adoption as [...]

The Indlela Behavioural Hub (B-Hub): Leveraging community voices to better understand behaviour and design more effective interventions

Why create a B-Hub? We believe that creating interventions to help boost healthy behaviours in [...]

Evaluating the acceptability and changes in knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and intentions among PLHIV using the B-OK bead bottles in KwaZulu Natal province.

Organization: Population Services International (PSI) and Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO) [...]

AIDS 2022 Update

We are excited to give you feedback on what took place at the AIDS 2022 [...]

“From Now On” video-based intervention to promote HIV treatment among men

SALDRU researcher Brendan Maughan-Brown completed the development of a video-based intervention titled From Now On, [...]

BIT Partner Collaborative Meeting

We are pleased to share that on March 24, 2022 the Indlela team hosted a [...]

Incentivising PrEP in AGYW

Can conditional economic incentives motivate uptake and habitual use of pre-exposure prophylaxis in adolescent girls [...]

“Fresh start” text messaging to motivate recipients of care with treatment interruptions to re-initiate antiretroviral therapy in the Capricorn District, South Africa

Organization: Anova Health Institute Study objective: To test whether highlighting temporal landmarks in [...]

The Unattractive Free

Does “FREE” make HIV testing services more or less desirable? The COVID-19 outbreak [...]

Indlela Behavioural Hub (B-Hub)

Implementing organisation: Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO) Study objectives: We aim [...]

BRAVO (Behavioural Research for Advancing VacciNatiOn)

Implementing organisation: Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office Project objectives: To rapidly determine [...]

A nudge towards Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision using Moya, a free mobile app in South Africa

Organization: Right to Care (RTC) Study objective: Using behavioural insights to modify the [...]

Sophisticated nudging in HIV: combining predictive analytics and behavioural insights

Many of the challenges with HIV care such as low uptake, loss to follow up [...]

Using behavioural science to increase demand for free HIV Testing Services at private General Practitioners in Johannesburg, South Africa

Partner organizations: Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) Study objectives: To determine whether HTS [...]

Behavioural Text Messaging to Improve Retention in Care for Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Gauteng province in South Africa.

Partner organization: The Aurum Institute Study objective: To rapidly determine whether text messages [...]

Prioritizing Retention Efforts using Data Intelligence and Cohort Targeting (PREDICT), Mpumalanga province in South Africa

Partner organizations: Right to Care (RTC), Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO) and Palindrome. [...]

Request for Proposals: Behavioural Insights Tests (BITs)

We are pleased to invite research organizations and HIV programme implementing partners working in [...]

Indlela Products

Indlela products comprise a comprehensive collection of our resources designed to keep you updated about [...]

BIT Development Virtual Workshop Series

BIT Development Virtual Workshop Series Session 1: 26 Jan 2021 Session 2: 09 Feb 2021 [...]

“Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)”, Effect of U=U Messaging on HIV in South Africa

Project name: “Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)”, Effect of U=U Messaging on HIV in South Africa [...]

“LinkMe2Care”, Incentives to Promote Sustained Linkage to HIV Care

Project name: “LinkMe2Care”, Incentives to Promote Sustained Linkage to HIV Care Project partner: Ezintsha (Wits [...]

Plan and Commit (P+C), HIV Self-testing in South Africa

Project name: Plan and Commit (P+C), HIV Self-testing in South Africa Project partner: Ezintsha (Wits [...]

Links to learning materials on BE

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