Congrats to Dr. femkembazzi on receiving a Career Development Award from Wellcome! Her project will empower children and youth with disabilities in East Africa, enhancing inclusivity in health research. #InclusiveResearch wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

A week today! Join LSHTM TB Centre Seminar in person or online Free & open to all Chair: Palwasha Yousafzai Khan tinyurl.com/24azjh6r

Day 2: #IMAM training continues in Gwanda, Bulilima and Mangwe districts. Trainers demonstrating the anthropometric measurements that are critical in screening for malnutrition. #AZimbabweFreefromHungerandMalnutrition

Unitaid's efforts led to fruit-flavored, water-dispersible TB medicines for children. These new formulations ensure accurate dosing and easier intake, improving treatment adherence and outcomes. Find out more: unitaid.org/assets/Unitaid…

Exciting collaboration with Durban University of Technology: Fighting TB through storytelling! We're partnering with 4th-year Drama students at DUT to raise TB awareness. This creative effort supports Accelerate 2 initiatives across provinces. USAID #DUT

How do we change how people behave around their own end of life wishes, and how the health system responds to this? This is a non trivial question that goes to the heart of how you change medical culture and social attitudes. My opinion piece in The BMJ - Compassion in Dying

THRU ZIM recently presented findings from past and ongoing mental health research with WHO Zimbabwe, Ministry of HealthZW, Friendship Bench, & Pamumvuri. Key focus areas included adolescent mental health, substance use, carer well-being, & mental health in older persons. 1/2

🚨 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🚨 Join University of Bristol & THRU-ZIM to co-develop an intervention improving menopausal health support for women in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. Funded project, open worldwide! Apply by Sept 30th ➡️ findaphd.com/phds/project/p… #PhD #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth #Menopause

Are you based in Zimbabwe and ready for a #PhD opportunity? Are you a qualitative researcher? Are you passionate about #menopausal health and #Ageing ? Well you might want to apply to join us THRU_ZIM NIHR Global Health University of Bristol Centre for Health Equity Zimbabwe Wits University

1/2 #researchdissemination workshop ongoing in BYO. To date 6 research studies have been done on ASMs in Zimbabwe under the KNTB project funded by USAID. Over 15000 ASM have be screened to date. One of the research was the largest in the world to be done on ASMs study #research

We're recruiting 4 post docs (Zambia, Uganda and Mozambiquex2) to take the steering wheel of our SUPPORT project, which seeks to reduce post-discharge mortality in HIV-infected children. Fantastic team supporting clinical, laboratory and data science careers development in Africa

Very pleased to see The Global State of COPD report released today: POLITICOEurope politico.eu/sponsored-cont… We are making progress tackling this common, neglected and challenging condition - but there is so much more to do. I will always #SpeakUpforCOPD. Will you #ERS2024 ?

2/2 #researchdissemination. Zimbabwe Artisanal & Small-Scale Miners Association President Mr Evans Ruzvidzo presenting on mercury poisoning & silica dust exposure. ASMs are exposed to mercury & silica dust as most of them lack proper PPE & are @ high risk of #TB #silicosis #HIV

Next, ERS #ERSCongress here in 🇦🇹, the hot topic of moving away from race-specific reference equations when interpreting 🫁 spirometry. What are you doing? What is your lung function lab doing? What SHOULD we be doing? 👀 ⬇️

Not familiar with FEV1Q? Keep up at the back! More here… 👀 ⬇️ erj.ersjournals.com/content/63/4/2…

TOMORROW! 📅10th Sept ⏰ 12.45 BST Don't miss LSHTM TB Centre first seminar of the term! tinyurl.com/24azjh6r Toyin Togun, PhD FFPH Finn McQuaid Richard White Rein Houben Palwasha Yousafzai Khan Katharina Kranzer

UCT’s Professor Salome Maswime has been selected to lead the World Health Organization’s latest Collaborating Centre for Integrated Clinical Care, which will support countries pivoting their health systems towards universal health coverage. Read more: qr.link/ZXNJlc

September is **World Alzheimer’s Month**, a time to raise awareness and reduce stigma around dementia. In Zimbabwe, the **KOSHESAI study** is leading efforts to improve care and support for those affected by dementia through local research and community-based interventions. . 💜

Our 'Kids with Kids Study' team presented research findings on the nutritional needs of pregnant children at a recent training for Epworth-based healthcare workers. 1/2⤵️

They emphasised the importance of healthcare sector collaboration with guardians and caregivers to ensure accurate nutrition practices for both the pregnant/mothering child and the newborn 2/2. #childnutrition #childpregnancy #newbornhealth.