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Dr RODA MADZIVA's Outputs (38)

Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach (2025)
Journal Article
Monk, D., Walton, E., Madziva, R., Opio, G., Kruisselbrink, A., & Openjuru, G. L. (2025). Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach. Children & Society, 39(3), 669-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12969

The article listed below, intended for publication in the Special Issue ‘Childhoods and South-South Migration’ was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 38, Issue 5. This article should be cited as shown below. Interrogating the agency a... Read More about Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach.

Closing the equity gap: A call for policy and programmatic reforms to ensure inclusive and effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for persons with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Dzinamarira, T., Peta, C., Moyo, E., Madziva, R., Eghtessadi, R., Makoni, T., & Musuka, G. (2024). Closing the equity gap: A call for policy and programmatic reforms to ensure inclusive and effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for persons with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa. 00 Journal not listed, 7, Article 100131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2024.100131

In this paper, we explore the critical barriers that persons with disabilities face in accessing HIV services in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region, despite significant advancements in overall accessibility. We highlight the intersectional... Read More about Closing the equity gap: A call for policy and programmatic reforms to ensure inclusive and effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for persons with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Perceptions and attitudes of black Sub-Saharan African migrants from war-torn zones towards accessing health services in the English West Midlands region, UK (2023)
Journal Article
Nyashanu, M., Mbalinda, S. N., Madziva, R., & Ekpenyong, M. S. (2024). Perceptions and attitudes of black Sub-Saharan African migrants from war-torn zones towards accessing health services in the English West Midlands region, UK. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 20(1), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijmhsc-04-2021-0037

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of black Sub-Saharan African (BSSA) migrants from war-torn zones in accessing health services in the West Midlands region of the UK. This may help to inform on factors influencing the... Read More about Perceptions and attitudes of black Sub-Saharan African migrants from war-torn zones towards accessing health services in the English West Midlands region, UK.

Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach (2023)
Journal Article
Monk, D., Walton, E., Madziva, R., Opio, G., Kruisselbrink, A., & Openjuru, G. L. (2024). Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach. Children & Society, 38(5), 1419-1434. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12810

This paper draws on empirical evidence from a 3-year research project in Northern Uganda examining the educational experiences of refugees with disabilities. The authors present the compounded and interrelated challenges children with disabilities an... Read More about Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach.

Transnational Families and Complex Gender Relations: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Migrant Women Living in the UK (2023)
Book Chapter
Chikwira, L., & Madziva, R. (2023). Transnational Families and Complex Gender Relations: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Migrant Women Living in the UK. In J. Cienfuegos, R. Brandhorst, & D. Fahy Bryceson (Eds.), Handbook of Transnational Families Around the World (39-52). Springer

This chapter focuses on the complex dynamics of gender relations of black Zimbabwean migrant women resident in the UK and how they sustain and maintain family life transnationally through links with their homeland. We employ the Shona concept of mush... Read More about Transnational Families and Complex Gender Relations: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Migrant Women Living in the UK.

Childhood and children's migration in the era of COVID-19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa (2022)
Journal Article
Madziva, R., Mahiya, I., & Nyoni, C. (2025). Childhood and children's migration in the era of COVID-19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa. Children & Society, 39(3), 670-685. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12680

This paper draws on research with a group of Zimbabwean orphaned young people. It explores their experiences of migrating to South Africa during the COVID-19 period when official borders were closed. It draws attention to the complexities of south–so... Read More about Childhood and children's migration in the era of COVID-19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa.

Disabled Refugees Included and Visible in Education (DRIVE): case reports: South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe (2022)
Report
(2022). Disabled Refugees Included and Visible in Education (DRIVE): case reports: South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. British Academy

Contents: Disabled refugees students included and visible in education: challenges and opportunities in three African countries: South Africa case report / Nicole De-Wet Billings, Khuthala Mabetha -- Disabled refugees students included and visible in... Read More about Disabled Refugees Included and Visible in Education (DRIVE): case reports: South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

The case to scale up edutainment as an effective public health communication intervention to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe (2022)
Journal Article
Dzinamarira, T., Nachipo, B., Nyathi, A., Madziva, R., Herrera, H., Siegel, H., & Musuka, G. (2022). The case to scale up edutainment as an effective public health communication intervention to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe. Health Promotion Perspectives, 12(1), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.05

Efforts to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been negatively affected by myths, misconceptions and misinformation, fuelled by an “infodemic” spread via social media platforms. In response, The Zimbabwean COVID-19 response... Read More about The case to scale up edutainment as an effective public health communication intervention to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.

Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Dzinamarira, T., Nkambule, S. J., Hlongwa, M., Mhango, M., Iradukunda, P. G., Chitungo, I., Dzobo, M., Mapingure, M. P., Chingombe, I., Mashora, M., Madziva, R., Herrera, H., Makanda, P., Atwine, J., Mbunge, E., Musuka, G., Murewanhema, G., & Ngara, B. (2022). Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis. Safety and Health at Work, 13(3), 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2022.04.001

Health care workers (HCWs) are more than ten times more likely to be infected with coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) than the general population, thus demonstrating the burden of COVID-19 among HCWs. Factors that expose HCWs to a differe... Read More about Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis.

Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe (2021)
Journal Article
Murewanhema, G., Mukwenha, S., Dzinamarira, T., Mukandavire, Z., Cuadros, D., Madziva, R., Chingombe, I., Mapingure, M., Herrera, H., & Musuka, G. (2021). Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe. Vaccines, 9(12), Article 1481. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9121481

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the learning of millions of children across the world. Since March 2020 when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Zimbabwe, the country, like many others, has gone through periods of closing and re-opening... Read More about Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe.

Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 surveillance at ports of entry between South Africa and Zimbabwe due to anticipated increased human mobility during the festive period (2021)
Journal Article
Madziva, R., Murewanhema, G., Dzinamarira, T., Herrera, H., & Musuka, G. (2021). Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 surveillance at ports of entry between South Africa and Zimbabwe due to anticipated increased human mobility during the festive period. Public Health In Practice, 2, Article 100215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100215

“Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation (2021)
Journal Article
Hack-Polay, D., Mahmoud, A. B., Kordowicz, M., Madziva, R., & Kivunja, C. (2021). “Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation. BMC Psychology, 9(1), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00630-6

Background: The article examines how and why multiple identities are altered, used and discarded by forced migrants. Methods: The research is located in the constructivist paradigm. We used thematic analysis to analyse data gathered through interview... Read More about “Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation.

Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems – the case of Zimbabwe (2021)
Journal Article
Madziva, R., Thondhlana, J., Chiyevo Garwe, E., Murandu, M., Chagwiza, G., Chikanza, M., & Maradzika, J. (2021). Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems – the case of Zimbabwe. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s1), 285-302. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s1.285

In this paper we engage with the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) residing in two informal settlements in Zimbabwe, within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw on an ongoing collaborative, interdisciplinary and impact-oriente... Read More about Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems – the case of Zimbabwe.

What can the African diaspora contribute to innovation and knowledge creation? The case study of Zimbabwean innovators (2021)
Journal Article
Thondhlana, J., Madziva, R., & Garwe, E. (2022). What can the African diaspora contribute to innovation and knowledge creation? The case study of Zimbabwean innovators. Journal of the British Academy, 9s1(1), 101-125. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s1.101

The importance of diaspora and transnational knowledge production, innovation, and development is of growing interest, particularly in the developing world. The phenomenal increase in high human capital migration from poor to rich countries has histo... Read More about What can the African diaspora contribute to innovation and knowledge creation? The case study of Zimbabwean innovators.

Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement (2021)
Book
Chingarande, S. D., Thondhlana, J., Madziva, R., & Anderson, A. H. (Eds.). (2021). Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement. Brill Academic Publishers

In Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism, the fourteen contributors to this multidisciplinary collection reflect on how Pentecostalism contributes to the empowerment of marginalised societies, how it empowers women in particular through the... Read More about Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement.