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4) INDEPTH Data Analysts meet in Accra to crunch INDEPTHStats
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Dr Momodou Jasseh (Farafenni HDSS, The Gambia), Dr Frank Odhiambo (formerly Kisumu HDSS, Kenya), Prof Philippe Bocquier (INDEPTH SAC/UCL Belgium), Ms Elizabeth Awini (Dodowa HDSS, Ghana), Mr Karim Derra (Nanoro HDSS, Burkina Faso), Prof Jacques Emina and Dr Martin Bangha (both formerly INDEPTH Resource Centre) and Ms Samuelina Arthur and Prof Osman Sankoh (both INDEPTH Resource Centre).
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Over a three-day period 12-14 December 2017 and financed by the Wellcome Trust, the INDEPTH Strategic Group for Data Analysis met in Accra. The group is analysing data available on the INDEPTH Data Repository and INDEPTHStats. The ultimate goal is a detailed book on what the INDEPTH Data say population and health in low- and middle-income countries that will be launched at the INDEPTH Scientific Conference in November 2018 when INDEPTH celebrates its 20th Anniversary. Before that, a commentary will be published in The Lancet Global Health in July 2017. In addition, a series of papers for international Journals will be aimed at. The entire Network will be invited to support the Strategic Group in diverse ways so that authorship of these papers will be as inclusive as possible. Read more
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5) Ministry of Health officer in Rwanda visits INDEPTH – a new site in Rwanda in the making?
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Ms Valentine Dushimiyimana, a senior regulatory affairs officer in the Medical Research Centre/Rwanda Biomedical Centre of the Ministry of Health of Rwanda paid a visit on 30 November 2017 at the INDEPTH Resource and Training Centre in Accra. The Ministry of Health is keen to strengthen health research capacity and one of the strategies being pursued is the establishment of an HDSS site. Read more
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6) MRC Unit The Gambia celebrates 70th Anniversary
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The MRC Unit The Gambia is one of the founding members of INDEPTH. It runs the Farafenni HDSS in The Gambia. The MRC Unit Gambia has been in existence in the Country for the past 70 years. As part of activities marking the event, a symposium was organised with world leaders in global health participating. The activities will ended with a Grand Dinner on Saturday 2nd December 2017 in Fajara. INDEPTH congratulates our member centre. It is worthy of note that our current Board Chair, Professor Tumani Corrah was a Director of the Unit for many years.
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7) Kaya HDSS in Burkina Faso takes a realist evaluation of the Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant Health project
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"Postpartum care (PPC) has remained relatively neglected in many interventions designed to improve maternal and neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. The Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant Health project developed and implemented a context-specific package of health system strengthening and demand generation in four African countries, aiming to improve access and quality of PPC. Read more
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8) New INDEPTH Publications
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The INDEPTH Network continues to contribute towards knowledge generation through its publications and is excited to announce two publications. Read more
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a) New Paper from Chakaria HDSS, icddr,b Bangladesh
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We are excited to share with you a paper which has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology by an INDEPTH member centre in Asia, Chakaria HDSS, icddr,b Bangladesh. The publication is led by Manzoor Hanifi and is titled: Bangladeshi neonates miss the potential benefits of early BCG vaccination. Read more
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b) Purworejo HDSS, Indonesia shares a new publication on verbal autopsy
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Another INDEPTH member centre in Asia Purworejo HDSS has just published a paper in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The title of the paper is: " Determining of cause of death: mortality surveillance using verbal autopsy in Indonesia". Read more
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c) Kintampo HDSS, Ghana shares a new publication on verbal autopsy and malaria
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Our colleagues in Kintampo HDSS in Ghana, working with others, have recently published “A systematic review and synthesis of the strengths and limitations of measuring malaria mortality through verbal autopsy” in Malaria Journal. “The authors identified 828 publications; 88 were included in the final review. Most publications were VA studies; others were systematic reviews discussing VA tools or methods; Read more
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d) A two-centre randomised trial of an additional early dose of measles vaccine
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The INDEPTH Network continues to contribute towards knowledge generation through its publications and is excited Led by member centre in Bandim, A two-centre randomised trial of an additional early dose of measles vaccine: Effects on mortality and measles antibody levels, was published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases, by Ane B Fisker Eric Nebie Anja Schoeps Cesario MartinsAmabelia Rodrigues Alphonse Zakane Moubassira Kagone Stine BybergSanne M Thysen Justin Tiendrebeogo Boubacar Coulibaly Osman Sankoh Heiko Becher Hilton C Whittle Fiona R M van der Klis Christine S Benn Ali Sie Olaf Müller Peter Aaby. Click here to read more
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e) The Ethics of Health Care Delivery in a Pediatric Malaria Vaccine Trial
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On 28 November a new paper was published titled: The Ethics of Health Care Delivery in a Pediatric Malaria Vaccine Trial: The Perspectives of Stakeholders from Ghana and Tanzania. It is worthy of note that the lead author, Claire L Ward was co-supervised by the INDEPTH Executive Director, Prof Osman Sankoh. Read more
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f) Kaya HDSS in Burkina Faso evaluates the seasonal malaria chemoprevention intervention
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Our colleagues at Kaya HDSS in "conducted a case study, with a quantitative and qualitative mixed methods. Data were collected after two campaigns of implementation of the intervention, in 2014 and 2015, through a review of specific documents of SMC intervention, and individual interview with key informants (n = 21) involved at various levels in the implementation of the strategy and a household survey with the parents (n = 284) of eligible children for the SMC strategy in 2015 in the Kaya health district. Read more
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9) INDEPTH ED attends the 28th International Population Conference in Cape Town, South Africa
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INDEPTH Executive Director (R) being introduced to the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Statistics South Africa (L) by Dr Pali Lehohla (M), Vice Chair of the INDEPTH Board, immediate past Head of Stats SA.
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Prof Osman Sankoh, Executive Director of INDEPTH Network played a role at the IUSSP 28th International Population conference in Cape Town, South Africa from 29 October to 4 November 2017. Prof Sankoh was a co-convener for Theme 9: Health, Mortality and Longevity. Read more
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10) SAPRIN: HDSS expands in South Africa for evidence-based decision-making
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The DST/MRC South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN) is a new national asset that will generate high-quality evidence to inform interventions aimed at responding to some of South Africa’s biggest issues which include poverty, inequality, unemployment and poor access to effective health care. This national research platform is linked with cross-cutting public institutions such as universities, research councils, the ministries of Health, Social Development, Basic Education, Statistics-SA as well as Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency. The SAPRIN program is the third major partnership between the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) building on, and linking with, the Strategic Health Innovation Partnership (SHIP) and the Newton programs. Read more
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11) Pali Lehohla, INDEPTH's Deputy Board Chair, steps down as head of Statistics South Africa
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Pali Lehohla is the INDEPTH Network deputy Board chair. He steps down as head of Statistics South Africa after 17 years of committed service to the institution. In announcing the news on Wednesday 25 October 2017 at a ceremony in South Africa the cabinet minister had this to say: Lehohla, under your leadership, Stats SA is universally considered as the best national statistics office on the continent. Read more
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12) News for Nairobi HDSS
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a) Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of APHRC, Nairobi, Kenya has assumed the position of Executive Director of the Centre, effective October 2017
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Dr. Kyobutungi was a member of the INDEPTH Board and served until AGM 2015 in Addis Ababa. The Executive Director, Prof. Osman Sankoh and the entire Network wish to congratulate Catherine and can only wish her the best of success. May she move APHRC to another level as we continuously hope to see APHRC lead more INDEPTH network activities. Read more
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b) Long and Healthy lives for all Africans achievable within a generation
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Lancet brought up the subject in his opening remarks at the launch of the Lancet Commission report on the future of health in Africa.Fairy tales are usually not the subject of discussions at scientific research institutions. But on September 14, 2017, Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief at The "Sub-Saharan African countries have been described as a group of sleeping beauties, under the influence of a cruel fairy hoping for a Prince Charming," Read more
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13) New study mapping pandemic potential could help prevent future disease outbreaks
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Identifying local vulnerabilities to mitigate spread of Ebola and other viral hemorrhagic fevers in Africa
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A new scientific study provides the first evidence-based assessment of pandemic potential in Africa prior to outbreaks and identifies ways to prevent them.
The study, published today in the international medical journal The Lancet, examines the potential for the widespread onset of Ebola or other lethal viral hemorrhagic fevers emanating from communities in African countries. A team of international researchers examined the relative likelihood of four deadly viruses emerging and spreading at several key stages in a possible pandemic, charting and quantifying progress from the first human case through to a widespread epidemic. Read more
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14) INDEPTH congratulates icddr,b, one of our own, the 2017 Hilton Humanitarian Prize awardee
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The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize was today 11 October 2017 awarded to icddr,b, a founding member centre of the INDEPTH Network. The prize is with $2 million in prize money in recognition of icddr,b’s innovative approach to solving global health issues impacting the world’s most impoverished communities.
At $2 million, the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to nonprofit organizations judged to have made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering. ICDDR,B is committed to solving key public health problems facing the world’s most vulnerable through innovative scientific research since 1960 Click to read more about Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Read more
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15) Arsenic shown to cause diarrhoea and affect lung function
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Those exposed to arsenic in Bangladesh may be at higher risk of childhood respiratory tract infection and diarrhoea, suggests a new systematic review by icddr,b. Reportedly 20 to 40 million people in the country are exposed to arsenic through drinking water or food, the long-term effects of which include skin lesions, cancer of various organs, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and developmental defects, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more
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16) Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso: Formation des membres du nouveau comité d’éthique de Nouna
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Il s’est tenu du 07 au 09 Septembre 2017, dans la salle de réunion du CRSN une session de formation des nouveaux membres du comité institutionnel d’éthique (CIE) du CRSN avec l’appui de OMS/TDR.
L’objectif de cette formation est de renforcer les compétences de ces membres sur la protection des participants à la recherche et à l’évaluation des protocoles de recherche.
Ce comité multidisciplinaire se compose comme suit: Lire la suite
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17) Une synergie des acteurs pour le contrôle de l’Ulcère de Buruli en Côte d’Ivoire
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Le jeudi 28 septembre 2017 s’est tenu au Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) un atelier de lancement d’une étude pilote portant sur : “Contrôle intégré et traitement des plaies de l'Ulcère de Buruli et autres maladies tropicales négligées de la peau”.
L’Ulcère de Buruli (UB), dû à Mycobacterium ulcerans, est une maladie infectieuse de la peau qui touche en grande partie les populations pauvres vivant en milieu rural des régions tropicales et subtropicales de la planète. La Côte d'Ivoire est l’un des pays le plus touché au monde par cette Maladie Tropicale Négligée (MTN). Read more
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