Staff Profiles

PhD in Economic History

MA in History

Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)

BA History & English

Glorious Bongani Gumbo

Glorious Bongani Gumbo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History. He obtained his BA, PGDE and MA from the University of Botswana, PhD from the University of Cape Town.

His research interests, largely on Economic History, include Livelihoods of riparian communities in Botswana, Tourism development, Wildlife conservation, Southern African Liberation History and Botswana’s role therein. He has published widely in both local and international (peer-reviewed) journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. Gumbo has also been engaged as External Examiner for Honours, MA and PhD theses for various southern African universities.

His community service includes being a member of the Disciplinary Committee (Botswana National Sports Commission – BNSC), a member of the Standing Committee (History, Ministry of Basic Education), and also a member of the Broadhurst UCCSA Church choir, singing for charity. A former church deacon, he occasionally preaches at choir events as well as Director of Ceremonies in church activities in Brodhurst church.  He was also a member of the History Department staff engaged by Debswana to document the relocations when the mine started its operations around Jwaneng.

Office: 3552184

Mobile: 71615316

Email: gumbo@ub.ac.bw

Economic History

Research Methods

Historiography of southern Africa

Livelihood strategies of Riparian communities (Chobe & Ngamiland)

Wildlife conservation & Tourism in Botswana

Southern African Liberation and Botswana's role

Food Security in Botswana

Diplomatic Relations between Botswana and Namibia in the 1990s (MA)

History Teaching in Botswana's Secondary Schools (PhD)

Gumbo, Bongani,(2012), 'Combining Multiple Livelihood Strategies in Cross-border Trade at Kasane, 1980-2000', Botswana Notes & Records, Vol. 44, pp. 60-69.

Gumbo Bongani, (2014), 'Southern African Liberation Wars: The Halting Development of Tourism in Botswana, 1960s-1990s', South African Historical Journal, Vol. 66, pp.572-587.

Gumbo Bongani, (2014), 'Gendered Livelihoods and State Intervention in Fishing and Handicraft Production in the Wetlands of Ngamiland, 1971-2000', BOLESWA: Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy, Vol. 4, pp. 89-112.

Gumbo Bongani,(2020), 'Historical Evolution of conservation and tourism in Southern Africa: the case of Botswana', book chapter in M.T. Stone, M. Lenao & N. Moswete, (eds), Natural Resources, Tourism and Community Livelihoods in Southern Africa: Challenges of Sustainable Development.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work, University of Fort Hare, South Africa

Masters in Social Work (Cumlaude), University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

Bachelor in Social Work (Cumlaude), University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

Dr Gunhidzirai is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work, University of Botswana. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She is involved in collaborative research initiatives with colleagues both within and outside the University. Also, she is a Secretary of the  Links Committee,  Exam Coordinator, a member of the Fieldwork Sub-Committee and Student Advisory Committee in the Department of Social Work, University of Botswana. Lastly, Dr Gunhidzirai is a registered member of the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA), South African Council for Social Service Professions and the Botswana Association of Social Workers.

Dr Gunhidzirai teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. 

• Social Policy 
• Social  Work Research 
• Social Work  Theory and Practice

• Vulnerable children
• Contemporary Social Development issues
• Informal entrepreneurship
• Social Policy

• Vulnerable children
• Contemporary Social Development issues
• Informal entrepreneurship
• Social Policy

Dr Gunhidzirai has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters.

• ORCID link:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0339-6138 
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Constance-Gunhidzirai
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_q37B_YAAAAJ&hl=en
• Academia: https://ub-bw.academia.edu/ConstanceGunhidzirai
• Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57199416337

1998        BSc        McMaster University (Biology)
2003        MSc        Autonomous University of Guerrero - Tropical Disease Research Centre (CIET) (Applied Epidemiology)

Ari Ho-Foster is Assistant Programme Director, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine. Trained as an Epidemiologist, Ari has managed and co-investigated in more than a dozen large-scale, community-level epidemiological and field intervention studies in Canada, Pakistan and Southern Africa with the CIETgroup (1998-2010). He also served as Epidemiologist and Country Operations Officer for the Botswana-UPenn Partnership (BUP) (2010-19), prior to joining UB.

Clinical research, mixed methods research, community participatory research, epidemiological research design, epidemiological analysis (frequentist), Sensitivity analysis for missing data using multiple imputation, Statistical analysis using Stata

TB-HIV program evaluation, mental health, stigma, intimate partner violence, and access to care.

Epidemiology design

Epidemiological analysis

Mixed-methods research

Selected publications (for others, see: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-8090):

A pilot pragmatic trial of a “what matters most”-based intervention targeting intersectional stigma related to being pregnant and living with HIV in Botswana. AIDS Research and Therapy. 2022 Jun 23;19(1):26.

Stigma, structural vulnerability, and “what matters most” among women living with HIV in Botswana, 2017. American Journal of Public Health. 2021 Jul;111(7):1309-17..

Psychometric validation of a scale to assess culturally-salient aspects of HIV stigma among women living with HIV in Botswana: engaging “what matters most” to resist stigma. AIDS and Behavior. 2021 Feb;25:459-74.

“It’s when the trees blossom”: explanatory beliefs, stigma, and mental illness in the context of HIV in Botswana. Qualitative Health Research. 2019 Sep;29(11):1566-80.

Evidence-based discussion increases childhood vaccination uptake: a randomised cluster controlled trial of knowledge translation in Pakistan. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2009 Oct;9:1-9.

Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries. BMC Women's Health.2007 Dec;7:1-3

MB BCh (Witwatersrand 1973); MRCOG (RCOG, 1980); DSc (Witwatersrand 2015)

Summary:  Justus Hofmeyr trained at the University of the Witwatersrand (1973) and worked at Holy Cross mission Hospital in the then Transkei before specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He studied fetal physiology with Geoffrey Dawes in Oxford in 1983/4.  He was head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Coronation Hospital from 1988 and transferred to the Frere/Cecilia Makiwane hospitals in 2000. In 2020 he was appointed Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Botdwana.  In 2013 was awarded the DSc (Wits).  His research interests have been innovations, randomized trials and Cochrane stsematic reviews relevant to maternal health in low-resource settings, as well as research capacity building.  Innovations included titrated oral misoprostol solution for labour induction, the first randomized trials of delayed cord clamping for preterm birth and of misoprostol for postpartum heamorrhage, and posterior axilla sling traction for shoulder dystocia. He has published 340+ peer-reviewed papers and 9 audioviual teaching videos for the WHO Reproductive Health Library.  He has assited his wife Carol with community development projects in rural Eastern Cape through the Keiskamma Trust.

Clinical and practical teaching in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Produced several teaching videos for WHO Reproductive Health Library https://extranet.who.int/rhl/videos

Research capacity-building

• Supervised 9 successful PhD candidates
• In-service training of research midwives over the last 30 years
• Run annual research methods courses funded by WHO in East London 2001 - 2015 – attended by over 300 prospective researchers from South Africa and other African countries.

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• Objectives of research: to improve care for mothers and babies in low-resource settings, through primary clinical research (mainly randomized clinical trials), research synthesis (systematic reviews), research training, postgraduate teaching and capacity development.
• Effective Care Research Unit (ECRU) has brought major international research funding been accredited as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Research Synthesis.

• Supervised 9 successful PhD candidates and many MMed candidates

Hofmeyr GJ, Singata-Madliki M. Novel Suction Tube Uterine Tamponade for treating intractable postpartum haemorrhage: Description of technique and report of 3 cases. BJOG. 2020 Feb 11

Hofmeyr GJ, Middleton K, Singata-Madliki M. Randomized feasibility study of suction-tube uterine tamponade for postpartum hemorrhageInt J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Sep;146(3):339-343 Winner of JJ Sciarra Prize for best LMIC paper 2019

The Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) Trial Consortium. HIV incidence among women using intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device, or a levonorgestrel implant for contraception: a randomized, open-label clinical trial. Lancet. 2019;394:303-13

Hofmeyr GJ, et al; Calcium and Pre-eclampsia Study Group. Prepregnancy and early pregnancy calcium supplementation among women at high risk of pre-eclampsia: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2019 Jan 26;393(10169):330-339

PhD. (2007), University of Pretoria, RSA

 MSc. (1995), University of Wales, Cardiff

 BA. (1991), University of Botswana

Keamogetse Setlhare is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Statistics, University of Botswana. She has a teaching career spanning over a period of 25 years. She has published in in a number of journals  in  the areas of Stochastic Manpower Planning, Health Statistics and Operations Research. Apart from working for the University of Botswana Dr Setlhare is also a member of Professional bodies such as Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), American Statistical Association,  International Biometric Society (IBS).

• Operations Research
• Statistical Methods
• Stochastic Processes
• Probability
• Statistical Distributions

 My research interest lies in the development and application of statistical methods in health sciences research, in particular MCOD, Operations Research  and Stochastic Manpower Planning

Current

• Ms Saara Nghidishange
• Mr. Tumisang Kolaagano

Completed

• PhD
• Mr Simeon Olawuwo (2020)

Master

• Mr .Khaufelo Lekobane  (2009)
• Ms Gomotsegang Khudu (2018)

• Simeon Olawuwo, N. Forcheh & K. Setlhare (2018). Individual, Household and Community-Level Effects of Infant and Child Mortality in Nigeria: A Logistic Regression Approach. Global Journal of Health Sciences; Vol. 10 (10).
• Sediakgotla K., Gabaitiri L., Setlhare K., Ama, N.O. and Shangodoyin, D.K. (2017) The Analysis of Higher Dimensional Contingency Table with Interactions. American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14(8), pgs 823-827.
• Yadavalli VSS and Setlhare K (2010). Non-Markovian Model of an intermittently Busy Manpower System. Proceedings IEEE, The 40th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE 40), July 2010, Awaji Island , Japan.
• Setlhare K.(2009) Maximum Likelihood estimation of Parameters of the Power Generalised Inverse Gaussian Distribution. Botswana Institute of Engineers, Journal of Engineering and Sciences (JEAS), Vol. 1(1) . ISSN 1999-2602