Tivarihanyo, aka Dr Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, joins the SuperScientists crew! Tivani’s work is all about speed. She studies point-of-care testing, medical tests that can be done at the clinic or at home instead of having to be transported to a laboratory. She studies how effective point-of-care (POC) tests are, their impact on health outcomes, and how to implement and scale POC tests to reach more people. Tivarihanyo means “know your health” in Xitsonga, Tivani’s mother tongue, and making medical results easier to come by, does just that.
Thanks to The Sunday Times and IOL Saturday! Being in the newspaper is a fabulous experience, it makes your parents proud while getting out to so many people that you would never imagine learning about your work.
Comic Con 2019 was amazing. We drove up to Joburg with 2,000 SuperScientists cards, 200 posters, t-shirts, stickers and a lot of hope that people would dig what we are doing. They did! We met so many great people, handed out 1000 cards, and met many people who want SuperScientists materials for their kids schools.
Our first four SuperScientists have been launched! Thanks to everyone who has shown us support and shared what we are doing. The scientists from the Africa Health Research Institute(AHRI) and University of KwaZulu-Natal College of Health Sciences have been really accommodating as we have put this together. Thank you! It been fabulous to see so many people behind this idea and celebrating the excellence that is these scientists. We are working on more scientists and hope to get them out as soon as possible.
