Chido is an epidemiologist with experience developing, coordinating and evaluating implementation research studies with particular focus on projects evaluating the provision of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people in facility and community-based settings, HIV testing interventions as well as community based psychosocial support for children and adolescents living with HIV and their caregivers. She is currently the principal investigator for the STICH trial an evaluation of an STI testing intervention for youth and the Zimbabwe principal investigator for the GIFT study which is an evaluation of a new STI testing device. Her work has also involved validation of oral HIV tests for children and evaluating the use of assisted HIV testing for children by their caregivers. She holds a PhD in Infectious and Topical Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is based in Zimbabwe and holds a joint appointment with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) and The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe at the Biomedical Research and Training Institute (Zimbabwe).
