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1. INDEPTH Board holds an extraordinary meeting by teleconference on August 10
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Prof. Tumani Corrah, INDEPTH Board Chair
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Prof. Tumani Corrah, Director of the African Research Excellence Fund (AREF), was elected Chair of the INDEPTH Board during the Board’s 40th meeting held in March 2017. Prof Corrah has taken the chair at a time when INDEPTH is facing difficult times in raising core support and when the funding landscape is generally drier. This situation notwithstanding, he is committed to serve the Network, given his conviction of the pivotal role INDEPTH will continue to play in generating longitudinal data and research to guide policy and planning in low- and middle-income countries. He is not new to INDEPTH; he was the Director of the MRC Unit in The Gambia which runs the Farafenni HDSS site, a member of INDEPTH. Read more
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1. MRC Unit Farafenni HDSS, The Gambia is a Partner in the Crick African Network
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MRC Unit The Gambia is part of the Crick African Network Program, which has successfully received a £6 million grant from the Global Challenges Research Fund, for a fellowship programme to train African researchers to tackle infectious diseases in their home countries. Read more
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2. Africa Health Research Institute celebrates two PhD graduates
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Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Two Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) students have graduated with their PhDs from the University of Witwatersrand. Dr Ntombizodumo (Dumo) Mkwanazi and Dr Natsayi Chimbindi were part of the July 5th Faculty of Health Sciences graduation at the university.
Dr Ntombizodumo Mkwanazi’s research focused on the experiences of women enrolled in AHRI’s Amagugu maternal HIV-disclosure intervention in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Through in-depth interviews with mothers and focus groups with healthcare staff, she found that HIV-related stigma, family strengthening, and access and adherence to HIV treatment emerged as main themes around HIV disclosure. She was supervised by Dr Ruth Bland, Dr John Imrie and Dr Tamsen Rochat. Read more
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3. Scholarship Opportunity in African Universities through the MOUNAF Project (INTRA-AFRICA ACADEMIC MOBILITY SCHEME) Ethiopia
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Intra-Africa Academic mobility scheme with a title “Internationalization of Evaluation Systems, Master Programs and Doctoral Research with in African Universities Academic Mobility (MOUNAF)” in which Jimma University is a partner, cordially invites academic staff members of the university as Target Group 1 (TG1) applicants and individuals from outside the university as Target Group b2 (TG2) to apply for the master and PhD positions announced on the website of MOUNAF: website
The fields of studies offered include Agriculture and Food security, Engineering, infrastructure/renewable energy, Health and Environment and Education, Social Sciences and Governance.
The deadline for the application is 20th August, 2017. Read more
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4. ICDDR,B scientist joins global efforts to improve respiratory health
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Pneumonia is a major cause of death among children under 5 in Bangladesh. Photo: Shumon Ahmed / icddr,b
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ICDDR,B is collaborating with a new global health research unit on respiratory health initiative that focuses on reducing the impact of lung diseases worldwide.
Experts have received £7 million in funding from the National Institute for Health Research to launch the research initiative known as RESPIRE, based in the University of Edinburgh.
It aims to cut death rates from conditions that affect breathing and to reduce the impact these illnesses have on people’s daily lives.
Dr Shams El Arifeen, a senior director at icddr,b will be acting as a programme lead of one of the platforms, focusing on maximising the safe and secure use of research data. Read more
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Policy Engagement and Communications
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