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1. INDEPTH team participates in Harvard climate change workshops
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Nouna Centre Leader Dr. Ali Sie making a presentation.
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Nouna Centre Leader Dr. Ali Sie and INDEPTH Capacity Strengthening and Training Manager Dr. Martin Bangha were among presenters in a workshop series on the health impact of climate change organised by the Harvard Global Health Institute in the US from 25-28 April. Prof. Hofman, who is the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard later held discussions with Prof. Rainer Sauerborn, a long time INDEPTH collaborator from Heidelberg University in Germany, and the INDEPTH team also on potential projects. Read more
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2. How Trump's proposed US aid cuts will affect healthcare in Africa
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APHRC Executive Director, Dr. Alex Ezeh
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As part of his proposed first budget, US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut US aid to levels not seen since the 1970s and 1990s. This could have a devastating effect on healthcare in Africa. In this interesting article, the Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) Dr. Alex Ezeh spoke to The Conversation Africa about Trump’s decision and what it means. Read more
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1. Kintampo launches first malaria slide bank in W.Africa
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Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) in Ghana and partners have developed the Kintampo Malaria Slide Bank as a critical resource to “End Malaria for Good” through malaria diagnosis training and quality assessment. To mark this year’s World Malaria Day, KHRC launched a malaria slide bank as the first malaria slide bank in West Africa. The bank was developed by the KHRC with support from Hydas World Health, Improving Malaria Diagnosis (IMaD), PATH Malaria Care, USAID and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Read more
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2. Outside workers more prone to heat-related mortality: Study
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A zebra crossing melts in Delhi, India, due to extreme heat.
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It is not just the elderly who are vulnerable to extreme temperatures. A new study investigating the effects of weather extremes on the health of people in rural areas has shown that the working age group (20-59 years) were at a higher risk of dying as a result of hot weather. Among those particularly vulnerable included farmers, lesser-educated people and women.
Researchers who analysed 3,079 deaths from data collected from 2004-2013 from across 22 villages at Vadu, east of Pune, found that almost 70 per cent persons involved in farming were at risk of heat-related mortality due to high temperatures during summer. Two other vulnerable groups included residents with low education and women. Read more
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Policy Engagement and Communications
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