Background

Tafireyi is a medical doctor and currently a PhD student and research assistant. His PhD is on identifying gaps and opportunities in HIV testing, care and treatment cascade that will help to get to HIV elimination. He is also a research assistant with the infectious disease surveillance group reviewing the ACCESS data base for the HIV treatment cascades.

Appointments

• PhD student, Burnet Institute/Monash University
• Research Assistant, Infectious Diseases Surveillance Group, Burnet Institute
• Volunteer Medical Officer, Independence Surgery, Gaborone, Botswana
• Research Associate, Botswana Harvard Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana
• Consultant, I-TECH Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Positions

• PhD student, Burnet Institute/Monash University
• Research Assistant, Infectious Diseases Surveillance Group, Burnet Institute
• Volunteer Medical Officer, Independence Surgery, Gaborone, Botswana
• Research Associate, Botswana Harvard Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana
• Consultant, I-TECH Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
• Clinical Intervention Technical Advisor, Botswana Combination Prevention Project (BCPP), Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Botswana
• Public Health Specialist and Technical Deputy Director, Botswana Combination Prevention Project (BCPP), Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Botswana
• Research Medical Officer, Botswana Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (BBCCOE)
• Clinical Research Fellow, Astellas Pharma Global Development (APGD), USA
• Senior Medical Officer/Site Manager, Mabutsane District Health Team, Botswana
• Medical Officer, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, Botswana
• Hospital Medical Officer, Mpilo Central Hospital, Zimbabwe
• Senior House Officer, Mpilo Central Hospital, Zimbabwe
• Junior Resident Medical Officer, Mpilo Central Hospital, Zimbabwe

Qualifications

• 2012 MPH, University of South Africa
• 2012: MPhil HIV Management, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• 2010: Postgraduate Diploma HIV Management, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• 2005: Diploma in Obstetrics, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
• 2005: Diploma in HIV/AIDS Management, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
• 1998: MBChB, University of Zimbabwe

Awards

• 2016-2018: Australian Postgraduate Association (APA) Scholarship
• 2012: Prize for Excellence in Research Related to the Needs of Children Affected by AIDS - International AIDS Society (IAS)/CCABA (Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS). Awarded at the AIDS 2012 Conference
• 2012: Scholarship - Bristol-Myers Squibb Exchange/British HIV Association/ Southern Africa HIV Clinicians Society. Participated in an exchange program over two weeks (8-19 October 2012) in UK and attended the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Autumn Conference (4-5 October 2012).
• 2011-2012: Scholarship - World Health Organization (WHO) and the special project on Tropical Diseases Research (TDR). The scholarship was for a Career Development Fellowship (CDF) in Clinical Research and was attached for 12 months at Astellas Pharma Global Development (APGD) Inc. in Deerfield, Illinois, USA.
• 2012: Scholarship - Southern Africa HIV Clinicians Society, Durban, South Africa. To attend the 3rd South African TB Conference

Publications (16)

2020 (2)

• Trends in late and advanced HIV diagnoses among migrants in Australia; implications for progress on Fast-Track targets: A retrospective observational study.
  Marukutira T, Gunaratnam P, Douglass C, Jamil MS, McGregor S, Guy R, Gray RT, Spelman T, Horyniak D, Higgins N, Giele C, Crowe SM, Stoove M, Hellard M
  Medicine. 2020 Feb; 99(8):e19289
• Modelling the impact of migrants on the success of the HIV care and treatment program in Botswana.
  Marukutira T, Scott N, Kelly SL, Birungi C, Makhema JM, Crowe S, Stoove M, Hellard M
  PLoS One. 2020 Jan; 15(1):e0226422

2019 (5)

• Comparison of knowledge of HIV status and treatment coverage between non-citizens and citizens: Botswana Combination Prevention Project (BCPP).
  Marukutira T, Block L, Alwano MG, Behel S, Jarvis JN, Chakalisa U, Powis K, Novitsky V, Bapati W, Wang H, Ussery F, Lebelonyane R, Mills LA, Moore J, Bachanas P
  PLoS One. 2019 Aug; 14(8):e0221629
• Clinical outcomes of a cohort of migrants and citizens living with human immunodeficiency virus in Botswana: implications for Joint United Nation Program on HIV and AIDS 90-90-90 targets.
  Marukutira T, Yin D, Cressman L, Kariuki R, Malone B, Spelman T, Mawandia S, Ledikwe JH, Semo BW, Crowe S, Stoove M, Hellard M, Dickinson D
  Medicine. 2019 Jun; 98(23):e15994
• Botswana should consider expansion of free antiretroviral therapy to immigrants.
  Escudero DJ, Marukutira T, McCormick A, Makhema J, Seage GR III
  J Int AIDS Soc. 2019 Jun; 22(6):e25328
• Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF assay on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a health district in South Africa.
  Mahwire TC, Zunza M, Marukutira T, Naidoo P
  SAMJ. 2019 Apr; 109(4):259-263
• HIV diagnoses in migrant populations in Australia-A changing epidemiology.
  Gunaratnam P, Heywood AE, McGregor S, Jamil MS, McManus H, Mao L, Lobo R, Brown G, Hellard M, Marukutira T, Bretaña NA, Lang C, Medland N, Bavinton B, Grulich A, Guy R
  PLoS One. 2019 Feb; 14(2):e0212268

2018 (1)

• A tale of two countries: progress towards UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in Botswana and Australia.
  Marukutira T, Stoové M, Lockman S, Mills LA, Gaolathe T, Lebelonyane R, Jarvis JN, Kelly SL, Wilson DP, Luchters S, Crowe SM, Hellard M
  J Int AIDS Soc. 2018 Mar; 21(3):e25090

2016 (1)

• Patterns of HIV Treatment Adherence do not Differ Between Male and Female Adolescents in Botswana.
  Ioannides KL, Chapman J, Marukutira T, Tshume O, Anabwani G, Gross R, Lowenthal ED
  AIDS Behav. 2016 Feb; 21(2):410-414(2):410-414

2015 (3)

• The adherence-outcome relationship is not altered by diary-driven adjustments of microelectronic monitor data.
  Eby J, Chapman J, Marukutira T, Anabwani G, Tshume O, Lepodisi O, Dipotso T, Mokete K, Gross R, Lowenthal E
  Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2015 Dec; 24(12):1313-1320
• Prediction of HIV Virologic Failure Among Adolescents Using the Pediatric Symptom Checklist.
  Lowenthal ED, Marukutira T, Tshume O, Chapman J, Anabwani GM, Gross R
  AIDS Behav. 2015 Nov; 19(11):2044-2048
• Parental absence from clinic predicts human immunodeficiency virus treatment failure in adolescents.
  Lowenthal ED, Marukutira T, Tshume O, Chapman J, Nachega JB, Anabwani G, Gross R
  JAMA Pediatr. 2015 May; 169(5):498-500

2014 (3)

• Psychosocial assessments for HIV+ African adolescents: establishing construct validity and exploring under-appreciated correlates of adherence.
  Lowenthal ED, Marukutira TC, Chapman J, Mokete K, Riva K, Tshume O, Eby J, Matshaba M, Anabwani GM, Gross R, Glanz K
  PLoS One. 2014 Oct; 9(10):e109302
• Perinatally acquired HIV infection in adolescents from sub-Saharan Africa: a review of emerging challenges.
  Lowenthal ED, Bakeera-Kitaka S, Marukutira T, Chapman J, Goldrath K, Ferrand RA
  Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Jul; 14(7):627-639
• Clinical characteristics and outcomes in 303 HIV-infected patients with invasive fungal infections: data from the Prospective Antifungal Therapy Alliance registry, a multicenter, observational study.
  Marukutira T, Huprikar S, Azie N, Quan SP, Meier-Kriesche HU, Horn DL
  HIV AIDS. 2014 Mar; 6:39-47

2013 (1)

• Editorial Commentary: Disclosure of HIV Status to HIV-Infected Children in Areas With High HIV Prevalence.
  Lowenthal ED, Marukutira TC
  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2013 Jun; 2(2):144-146

News Articles (1)

2018 (1)

• Burnet Travel Awards