IDM CPD-Accredited Seminar: Community and public engagement after funding cuts?

Speaker
Dr Tasha Koch
Eh!Woza & IDM fellow
Honorary Lecturer, UCT
Hosts
Dr Virginie Rozot
SATVI
Prof Elisa Nemes
SATVI
IDM CPD-Accredited Seminar Program 2025
13 August 2025 | 13:00 - 14:00
Wolfson Pavilion Lecture Theatre, IDM Building
Dr Tasha Koch is the co-director of Eh!woza, a community and public engagement NPO based in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Eh!woza operates at the intersection of public engagement, youth advocacy, science communication and skills development to merge the biology of infectious disease with its social impact. Tasha is interested in translating complex scientific concepts for health agency and in how the social determinants influence the uptake of health interventions. She is an Honorary Lecturer in the Division of Med Micro, Fellow at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, and a member of Class XV of Aspen’s AfricanLeadership Initiative.