University of Zimbabwe/ University of Cape Town

Clement Nhunzvi is an AMARI PhD alumni from Zimbabwe. He did his PhD with the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Clement obtained a BSc Honours in Occupational Therapy from the University of Zimbabwe in 2009, before going on to work in Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care – Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for two years, where he specialised in occupational therapy mental health practice. He also has over five years' work experience in the academic field, with the University of Zimbabwe as a Psychosocial Occupational Therapy lecturer. Clement also holds a Master's degree in Occupational Therapy, specialising in mental health – from UCT. In the health education field, he is a graduate of the Health Education Advanced Leadership in Zimbabwe (HEALZ) programme.

Clement’s main research interests are in Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and HIV/AIDS, particularly the occupational perspective regarding social inclusion issues in everyday living and how occupational therapy can be utilised. His thesis for the AMARI PhD fellowship was titled: “A case study exploring an occupational perspective of social inclusion among young adults dually afflicted with substance use disorder and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe". Clement explored how dually-afflicted young adults in Zimbabwe experience and negotiate social inclusion through their everyday occupational participation in context, with more emphasis on their self-identified, productive occupation(s).