Monthly Archives: April 2016

CEHC Research Fellow Nyawira Mwangi leads public engagement day

Consortium Research Fellow Nyawira Mwangi recently co-ordinated a public engagement day on the theme of “Beat Diabetes”. The activity was held at the Kenya Medical Training College on the 7th April 2016, and was linked to her PhD research on diabetic retinopathy. The event … Continue reading

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BLOG: Co-production is vital so research addresses councils’ requirements in this tough financial climate

Existing research must be distilled and targeted for councils, who should become expert clients and tell universities what they need, argues David Pye    “We need a better focus on the three ‘C’s – co-production of new research, curation of … Continue reading

A lifetime of books

[gview file=”http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/files/2016/04/STC.docx”]A lifetime of books Reaching one’s seventieth birthday, it is natural to look back over a lifetime of experiences. An interesting feature of which is the link to libraries, library services and books in general. Entering my eighth decade, … Continue reading

BLOG: Transforming community relations is the starting point for achieving real public health improvements

Healthful communities do not emerge out of social and economic deprivation or through top-down intervention. The key is listening to what communities say is making them ill and creating partnerships to address these issues. This allows change to take off … Continue reading

HIV self-testing policies

The current policy situation regarding HIV self-testing in STAR project countries is as follows: Malawi There is no formal policy on HIV self-testing in the national guidelines on HIV testing services and no HIV self-test kits are licensed and registered … Continue reading

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HIV self-testing resources

  The Kenya HIV Testing Services Guidelines 2015 National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP) 2015 2015, Regulatory & Policy Documents   HIV self-testing among transgender women in San Francisco – a pilot study 2015, Presentations     Supervised HIV … Continue reading

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ALPHA @PAA 2016

Chodziwadziwa Kabudula presented on Enhancing Demographic Datasets Through Record Linkage in an invited session on the Data Revolution in Africa: Recent Developments in Practice A pdf of the presentation is available here.