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Happy to share our new paper published in @GlobalHealthBMJ. We map out key ethical issues for health and demographic surveillance systems and argue for greater use of #HDSS data to benefit HDSS residents directly gh.bmj.com/content/6/1/e0040… @KEMRI_Wellcome @GHBNet #AcademicTwitter
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Bioethics job alert! 🚨Come join my research team, now hiring Reseacher in Infectious Disease Ethics to work across Ethox Centre and Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford. Happy to discuss with interested candidates, just email/message. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

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🎓Congratulations to Dr. Esther Awuor on successfully defending her PhD thesis! Her research examines the intersecting household and health system vulnerabilities influencing childhood vaccination in Kilifi County, highlighting the need for intersectional approaches to strengthen immunization.
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📣 Applications are still open for the 2026 Hastings Center Summer Bioethics Program! ✨ Highly competitive program 👥 Only 20 students will be selected 🗓 Application deadline: March 13 🔗 bit.ly/4cjw7qc
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We are excited to welcome the IDeAL 2, Cohort 2 Postgraduate Diploma Fellows. The 30 Fellows, supported by @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT, ALMA and @PU_Kilifi, will have a unique opportunity to enhance their research careers over the next 10 months. #AfricanResearchLeaders #IDeAL2
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Newly minted! DOCTOR PATRICK MWANGALA! CONGRATULATIONS! And to your supervisory team lead by Prof Amina Abubakar and Prof Charles Newton. Collaboration between IDeAL and ALMA growing strong @akuihd @KEMRI_Wellcome @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT
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Call for MSc. Bioinformatics scholarship applications Deadline: 21st November, 2024 Candidates are advised to apply simultaneously for admission into the MSc. Bioinformatics programme at Pwani University and to DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship through the DAAD portal.
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📚This week’s #Researchhighlight: Ethical preparedness of data monitoring committees (DMCs) to oversee international clinical trials: a qualitative descriptive study See summary and read more👇gh.bmj.com/content/9/8/e0152… @AlexHinga @DKamuya
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Curious about biotech? Learn about starting, joining, or transitioning from academia to the industry this Friday, August 2nd, 2024. Register now! #Biotech #CareerTransition #AcademiaToIndustry
While still exploring the academia-to-industry transition, we are privileged to host Dr. @YawBediako_, founder of @YemaachiBio, and one of the 2023 top 100 most influential Africans! Register here: shorturl.at/9LQH6 #Ghana #Biotech #Science #MSJ #Mentorship
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"Excited to contribute to the KWTRP strategy, fostering research into practice. Our global and national policy impact must translate to local policy, enhancing service delivery in Kilifi. Together, we can achieve more!"Hon Peter Mwarogo CECM Health @DOHKilifi opening remarks
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Karisa Jonathan has successfully defended his PhD thesis, which focused on advancing the use of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in measuring various entomological parameters. Congratulations Dr Karisa on this achievement
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Congratulations to Jonathan Karisa on successfully completing his PhD on MALDI-TOF MS for malaria vector surveillance @karisajonna #KEMRI_Wellcome #IDeAL
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Congratulations DR Allan Sudoi on the successful defence of your PhD thesis! And to your supervisory team led by Prof @DKamuya @KEMRI_Wellcome @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT @alsudoi
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28 May 2024
Day 2 of the Cape Town launch of the APCC-African Population Cohorts Consortium. Prof. Edwine Barasa, interim ED of the KEMRI Wellcome Program makes a pitch on effective Universal Health Coverage.
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#KWTRP researchers attended The African Population Cohorts Consortium [APCC] conference in Cape Town. The conference was the capstone of a 2-year project that has involved research, government, and community stakeholders across Africa to develop a blueprint for APCC.
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Treasury budget cuts for @VaccinesKenya threaten the health of millions & could reverse Kenya's progress in child health. Join @kenyapaeds in calling for urgent action to restore funding & secure vaccine supplies! #ProtectChildren #VaccinesWork #InvestInHealth
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21 May 2024
SAPRIN’s Dr Kobus Herbst presented the Blueprint for the Africa Population Cohorts Consortium (APCC) at the 9th African Population Conference in Malawi. Click for conference information uaps2024.popconf.org @MRCza @dsigovza @Pop_Council
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Please read our new @HPP_LSHTM paper: “Unfair knowledge practices in global health: a realist synthesis” doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae0… We systematise the complaints literature in GH using epistemic injustice pose/gaze realist frameworks. HT: Prince @ClausChair & @arc_gov_au DECRA
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Rotary Club of Kilifi @KilifiRotary received a small grant to run a water harvesting and farming projects at Kaya Godoma rescue center for neglected elderly in Kilifi.
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