Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, MBChB, MMed

Lynda Stranix-Chibanda is a Zimbabwean researcher with over 20 years of clinical trial experience and advocacy for HIV prevention.
A Paediatrician by training, Lynda lectures at the University of Zimbabwe and mentors postgraduate students. She is the Site Leader for Seke North Clinical Research Site in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe directing NIH-funded clinical trials related to the prevention and treatment of HIV in women, adolescents and children.
Of relevance to this workshop, Lynda participated in early trials that developed the local approach for testing and counselling women for HIV in pregnancy and the dosing regimen for infant Nevirapine postnatal prophylaxis. Since then, she has led multiple studies evaluating biomedical interventions in perinatal populations to optimise maternal health and eliminate vertical HIV transmission.
She has worked at primary care level to deliver HIV services to women and children, providing technical assistance to the national EMTCT programme and contributing to policy development for pre-exposure prophylaxis use.