Executive DirectorZvandiri
Nicola is the Founder and Executive Director of Zvandiri.Over the past 20 years, she has led the design, delivery, evaluation and scale of Zvandiri, a Zimbabwe-based, peer-led model of HIV and mental health services for children and adolescents living with HIV. She ensures young people are able to drive their own solutions so that they survive and thrive, and that these young people are embedded in Government responses. Zvandiri's evidence-based model has now been adopted in 12 countries through Government-led partnerships. Nicola is a paediatric HIV nurse specialist with an MPhil in Public Mental Health. She is Co-Chair of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Working Group for Adolescent HIV Service Delivery and is a member of WHO’s HIV Guidelines Committee. She was a Mulago Rainer Fellow and Zvandiri is now a member of Mulago's Portfolio.