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NEW CALL for Proposals - Cross-site capacity strengthening small grants programmeThis INDEPTH programme fosters research collaboration and research training among INDEPTH sites through small grants to at least three member sites participating in a cross-site activity. Working groups can also be funded under this programme. Read More>>ART Rollout Project Implementation Plans Finalized
ED Discusses Collaboration with ENRECA Health in Denmark
The ED with Mrs. Rose Tawaih Odotei Adjei, a Ghanaian PhD Student at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark after delivering the keynote address to the Danish Research Network for International Health (ENRECA Health) during their Annual General Meeting on 27th May 2009. 2009 INDEPTH AGM in Pune, India; late October
INDEPTH utilises its AGM every year mainly as a scientific forum for members and others to share their experiences in HDSS work. The AGM also does administrative business. Various stakeholders attend. The 2009 AGM will be organised on behalf of INDEPTH by our member HDSS sites in India - Vadu and Ballabgarh. Read More about the 2009 AGM announcement and call for abstracts » The 2008 AGM was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on September 26, 2008. AGM 2008 Special Newsletter - INDEPTH @ 10 Celebrations. AGM 2008 Presentations Tanzania Agrees on INESS Implementation Approach and Plan
Participants included Dr Hassan Mshinda, INESS Principal Investigator (PI); Dr Salim Abdulla, Director, Ifakara Health Resarch Institute (IHI); Dr Aziza Mwisongo, INESS Project Manager; Dr Honorati Masanja, Director, Rufiji; and other representatives from IHI and Rufiji, and officials from INDEPTH Secretariat. Implementation procedures were presented, followed by discussions and agreement on the detailed implementation plan including approach, human and financial resources, among others. Read more |
(May 2009)
Dr. Osman Sankoh  Dear INDEPTH Family, This end-of-May letter to you will focus on providing highlights of the INDEPTH Work Plan 2009 so that you have an idea of the activities we are pursuing this year. Our annual work plans are always based on our Strategic Plans. Our current strategic plan for 2004-2009 is available on this website and is now being rewritten for another five-year period, 2010-2014. The work plan prioritises scientific, capacity-strengthening, and administrative activities for 2009.Starting with the scientific activities, INDEPTH
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The INDEPTH Network stakeholders are meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, 7-9 June 2009, to discuss INDEPTH strategic plan for next five years. Stakeholders of INESS Ghana are meeting in Accra, Ghana, 18-19 June 2009, to finalize implementation plans for the INESS Project in Ghana. |
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Representatives from Nairobi, Kisumu, Bandim, Ifakara and Agincourt HDSSs gathered 1 June 2009 in Accra, Ghana to finalize anti-retroviral drugs (ART) Rollout Project implementation plans. The meeting paves way for speedy implementation of the project, funded by Wellcome Trust. The overall aim of the project is to determine the effect of ART rollout on the survival and quality of life of individuals and their families. One-tenth of the world’s population lives in sub-Saharan Africa, yet the region is home to two-thirds of all persons living with HIV. Although in many of these countries, HIV-related risky sexual behaviors and HIV incidence have decreased because of the long latency of the virus, AIDS-related deaths continue to increase. 
Dr Osman Sankoh was the Keynote Speaker at this year's General Assembly of ENRECA Health at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Dr Sankoh talked on the Role of Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Attendees included Board members of Enreca Health, University Professors and PhD Students from Africa. ENRECA Health is the Danish Research Network for International Health. 
Implementers of the INDEPTH Effectiveness and Safety Studies of Anti-malarial Drugs in Africa (INESS) Project in Tanzania gathered in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 03 April 2009, to discuss and finalize the project implementation plans. 
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
