Mr Christopher Jimu

Biography & Background

Qualifications:

Final Year Phd Student (UP); Msc of Social Sciences in Psychology (UKZN); Special Hons in Psychology (GZU); Special Hons Monitoring and Evaluation (Distinction); BSc in Psychology

Research Interests:

Health Psychology
HIV and AIDS
masculinities
climate change
gender and migration.

Publications:

Tungwa, B., Mantsebo, C., Masungwa, D., & Jimu, C. (2026). Beyond Taboos: Exploring Perceptions of Commercial Sex Work in Rural Zimbabwe. The Journal of Sex Research, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2026.2631742

Jimu, C., Kanyemba, R., Tarisayi, K. S., Shumba, K., & Govender, K. (2023). An exploration of female healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bindura, Zimbabwe. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2218725

Jimu, C. (2025). The precarious future of HIV and AIDS programs in Zimbabwe following international funding freeze: Impact and strategic interventions. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-025-00410-0

Jimu, C., Nyamaruze, P., Moyo, F. T., & Makaye, J. (2025). Understanding barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among young people in Lower Gweru, Zimbabwe: A qualitative study. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services. https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2025.2524681

Jimu, C., Tarisayi, K. S., & Mutambisi, F. J. (2024). I slept with a man from the shopping center to get sugar and money in return: Survival strategies of left-behind children in rural Zimbabwe. International Journal of Population Studies. https://doi.org/10.36922/ijps.4486

Kanyemba, R., Govender, K., & Jimu, C. (2021). Living with a stigmatized identity: Perceptions of disclosure, coping, and medication adherence among adolescent boys and young men in Chiredzi-Zimbabwe. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, Article 628725. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.628725

Jimu, C., Govender, K., Kanyemba, R., & Offosse Ngbesso, M.-J. (2021). Experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe. African Journal of AIDS Research, 20(3), 214–223. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2021.1979059

Tarisayi, K. S., Munyaradzi, E., Jimu, C., & Chendume, P. (2023). Pushing and shoving: Tales of contestation at selected satellite schools in Zimbabwe. Education & Youth Research, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.59041/eyor.1296105

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