Paediatrician, Child and Adolescent Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, MBChB MMed

Lynda Stranix- Chibanda is a Zimbabwean clinician and researcher with over 20 years of clinical trial experience and advocacy for HIV prevention and treatment for women, children and adolescents. A paediatrician by training, Lynda lectures at the University of Zimbabwe and mentors post graduate students. She is the Site Leader for Seke North Clinical Research Site in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe directing NIH- funded clinical trials related to prevention and treatment for HIV. She participated in early trials that developed the local approach for testing and counselling women for HIV in pregnancy and the dosing regimen care for infant Nevirapine prophylaxis used to prevent vertical transmission during breastfeeding. She has worked at primary care level to deliver services to women and children, providing technical assistance to the national EMTCT programme and contributing to policy development for pre-exposure prophylaxis use.