Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) PhD students have won prizes at the 6th South African Immunology Society (SAIS) meeting, held in Gordon’s Bay in the Western Cape recently.
SAIS is an open society for all South African immunologists and anyone doing immunology-based research in South Africa, with the aim of growing basic, applied and translational immunology in the country. This year’s conference saw diverse talks on immune tolerance, allergy, autoimmunity, primary immunodeficiencies and infectious diseases. The meeting was well attended by international leaders in the field of immunology. Read more
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2) Pioneering research project to tackle the spread of drug-resistant TB
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Africa Health Research Institute Faculty member Professor Alison Grant has been awarded £1.7-million in funding (R30-million) for a four-year project which takes an innovative approach to tackling the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in clinics in South Africa.
The grant comes via the Cross Research Council Tackling AMR Initiative and is led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
TB, and particularly its drug-resistant strains, poses a major public health challenge in South Africa. According to World Health Organization statistics, TB incidence rates are estimated at 834 cases per 100 000, while the country contributes 15% of the global burden of multidrug-resistant TB. Read more
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3) Government discusses health issues, Rohingya crisis with icddr,b
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Honourable Health Minister from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) of Bangladesh Government visited icddr,b to discuss important health issues including health and wellbeing of the Rohingya people taking refuge in Bangladesh. Read more
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4) Meet Dr. Myriam Sidibe, the hand washing champion, Kenya
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Dr. Myriam Sidibe, the hand washing champion
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By Lynette Kamau, Communications and Policy Officer, APHRC
Myriam Sidibe is one of two people in the world with a doctorate in public health, focused on hand washing which she attained from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Myriam has used her expertise to work with various NGOs and governments, UN organizations in both relief and development settings. Read more
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5) The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 2018 Clinical Scientist Development Award Competition is now open
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Pre-proposal applications are being sought from physician scientists at the assistant professor level conducting clinical research in any disease area. Read more
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6) Food systems research for NCD prevention – inviting ideas
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IDRC Canada is open to receiving ideas for research projects as a means to help our program understand the state of the field, including the scope and demand for food systems research, and inform how we invest future resources. We invite you to register your interest in food systems research by submitting a research idea, and providing your contact information so that we direct future calls for project proposals to a wide network of interested researchers and institutions. In addition to research questions, ideas for how to build collaborations, networks, and leadership among established and emerging researchers in this field are also welcome.
Please note that as this is not a call for proposals, we are unable to provide feedback on submitted ideas. Ideas should be brief, limited to two pages or less. This is an ongoing, open invitation to submit ideas that does not preclude parallel submissions to competitive calls for concept notes. As competitive calls for proposals become available, we would welcome you to submit a more fully elaborated proposal of a new or previously submitted idea. Please note that applications must be led by a researcher/institution from a low or
middle-income country.
For INDEPTH coordination: Ideas should be submitted by email in English or French to peter.asiedu@indepth-network.org
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