·    Mrs Yevonnie Chauraya is a nurse educator, researcher, midwife, medical-surgical nurse and paediatric nutrition nurse who is in the final stages of a PhD program in Child Health and Nutrition with the University of Pretoria. She is also engaged in various paediatric nursing courses with the University of Cape Town, The Harry Crossley Children’s Nursing Development Unit. Mrs Yevonnie Chauraya is registered with the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe. In addition to being the Department substantive Chairperson, she is also a lecturer in the department. She has keen research interest in maternal and child health issues as well as adolescent care and nutrition, and has published articles in these areas. Currently, Mrs Yevonnie Chauraya is co-authoring research in midwife led maternity care at a tertiary institution in Zimbabwe whose focus is on comparing the benefits of midwife led care on uncomplicated maternity cases to obstetric led care and supervises research projects for students in the department. She has been a national marker for General Nursing examinations at the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe for 2 seasons.  Mrs Yevonnie Chauraya has also developed new modules and courses in nursing and midwifery for various programmes offered in the Faculty of Medicine. As a Chairperson, she has also spearheaded the development and accreditation of a new programme (Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Nursing Sciences (Normal Entry) at NUST. Which is a programme that recruits prospective nursing students straight from Advanced Level. Previously, the focus of nursing programmes in the department had been on postgraduate nursing students wishing to advance in Midwifery.

·        Mrs Yevonnie Chauraya joined NUST in 2018 as a lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences and became the substantive Chairperson in 2021. Before joining NUST, she was a senior nurse educator at a school of nursing housed in the second largest referral central hospital in Zimbabwe. Focus was on medical-surgical nursing, child health and research. She attained Masters in Medical-Surgical Nursing from the University of Zimbabwe, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Sciences (Nursing Education) from the Zimbabwe Open University, has a Diploma in Midwifery, Diploma in General Nursing, international certificate in paediatric nursing in the hospital and in the community from Dina Academic School of Nursing, Petach Tikva, State of Israel. Certificate in Paediatric Nutrition from Boston University, United States of America and several other certificates in nursing, midwifery and paediatrics and Good Clinical Practice. As well as the Occupational Safety Health Environmental Management Course Certificate from National Social Security Authority (NASSA).

·    She is a member of nursing and midwifery associations in Zimbabwe such as Nurse Educators Association in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Nurses Association, Zimbabwe Confederation of Midwives and ECSACON and is a team member of the Best Practice Project at Mpilo Central Hospital Paediatric Hospital organized and led by University of Cape Town.

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