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1. All about the 3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre
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A multi-centre paper titled “H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries” has been published in global health, epidemiology and genomics.
Africa is experiencing a rapid increase in adult obesity and associated cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs). The H3Africa AWI- Gen Collaborative Centre was established to examine genomic and environmental factors that influence body composition, body fat distribution and CMD risk, with the aim to provide insights towards effective treatment and intervention strategies. It provides a research platform of over 10 500 participants, 40–60 years old, from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. Read more
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2. AAS is looking for an Executive Director
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The African Academy of Sciences is looking for an Executive Director.
The successful candidate will be based at the AAS headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and shall be responsible for the day to day management of the affairs of the Academy under the oversight of the President and the Management Committee.
Applications close on 23 December 2016.
Visit the AAS website for the full job description here.
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1. Bandarban HDSS: World AIDS Day: icddr,b works to tackle HIV epidemic in Bangladesh
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icddr,b’s programme for HIV and AIDS has worked with multiple community-based groups to gain access to vulnerable populations at risk of HIV infection, and to provide them with high-quality sexual health and other services as well as with the Bangladesh government to generate strategic information to guide programmes.
This commitment to relationship building reflects wider national and international networking that has made an important contribution to limiting the HIV epidemic in Bangladesh. Read more
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2. Ballabgarh HDSS: Prevalence of neural tube defects in a rural area of north india from 2001 – 2014
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Prof. Shashi Kant, Ballabgarh HDSS leader.
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Neural tube defects (NTDs) are one of the commonest birth defects. There was paucity of community-based data on occurrence of NTDs in India, especially from rural parts of the country. Against this background, the current study was carried out with main objectives to determine the prevalence of NTDs and its specific types (anencephaly, spina bifida and encephalocele) in a rural community setting over the time period 2001 to 2014. Read more
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3. Kintampo HDSS: Knowledge, Attitudes and Preventive Practices on Ebola Virus Disease in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana
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This study describes community members’ knowledge of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), their attitudes and preventive practices. The study was conducted in Kintampo North and South districts of Ghana from August 2014 to October 2014.
It was established that community members in the Kintampo districts have high level of awareness of EVD, but important gaps in knowledge of EVD still exist, especially concerning body fluids as a mode of transmission. There is the need to intensify educational messages as part of Ghana’s preparedness towards a potential EVD outbreak. Read more
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Policy Engagement and Communications
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