Jewelle Methazia
Jewelle (she/her) joined Ibis in 2017. As a research coordinator, she supports quantitative and qualitative projects focused on expanding access to abortion services in South Africa as well as projects focused on linking reproductive health and HIV to expand access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and services, particularly among young people. Prior to joining Ibis, she worked as a research assistant on a maternal reproductive health project for the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Wits Health Consortium. Her past research work began with a study that aimed to investigate the prevalence and severity of anaemia in pregnant women living with HIV attending the largest HIV treatment clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jewelle holds a Bachelors with Honours in Public Health from Monash University, South Africa and is currently completing a Masters in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.