Health of Population in Transition (HoPiT) Research group studies the specificities of NCDs in African populations in Transition
Joined October 2019
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#IDF2025 - Our World Diabetes Congress is just 20 days away! There’s still time to join us in Bangkok to learn from leading diabetes experts, explore our interactive exhibition and network with peers. Discover the full scientific programme and register idf2025.org/programme/
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How can citizen demand meaningfully drive action on #CleanAir?
On April 1, join @tanushree_g, EPIC's Christa Hasenkopf & @AnnaDworakowska for a conversation on how to successfully engage communities to demand clean air and drive policy change.
Register: epic.uchicago.edu/events/eve…
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
How can air quality data power a winning clean air campaign?
In the first webinar of our Data to Demand to Action series, we look at the game-changing work of @alarm_smogowy, and uncover how data-driven advocacy turned demand into real action in Krakow! #CleanAir #DataForChange
How can citizen demand meaningfully drive action on #CleanAir?
On April 1, join @tanushree_g, EPIC's Christa Hasenkopf & @AnnaDworakowska for a conversation on how to successfully engage communities to demand clean air and drive policy change.
Register: epic.uchicago.edu/events/eve…
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
EPIC Air Quality Awardee Spotlight: Cameroon
One of two awards in Cameroon this funding round, the award will support @GroupHopit in the installation of a reference-grade air quality monitor in Yaoundé: aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/ent…
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EPIC’s Clean Air Program is proud to announce six new grantees of the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the second cohort of 26 coming projects to enhance #AirQuality infrastructure across 16 countries. 🧵 1/7
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
EPIC has awarded 6 orgs to improve #AirQuality monitoring and data access, the 2nd cohort of 26 coming projects from 16 countries.
AQLI data finds citizens from these countries are losing 1.7B combined total life yrs because of the air they breathe: bit.ly/3F5zAtM
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
EPIC’s Clean Air Program is proud to announce 12 new grantees of the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the first of 26 coming projects to enhance #AirQuality infrastructure across 16 countries. 🧵 1/7
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
#WorldDiabetesDay – Display our campaing posters in your community and share them online to raise awareness of the need to put well-being at the heart of #diabetescare and break barriers for a better #DiabetesLife. Download at worlddiabetesday.org/resourc…
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
We’re so excited to be co-organising this momentous pan-African gathering in Lagos. If you’re around, come along to the #CleanAirForumLagos run on Thursday led by our #Cityzens4CleanAir cityzens.urbanbetter.science…
1 day to go to the #CleanAirForumLagos!
We are excited to welcome you to Lagos. Over the next 5 days, we will be discussing how multi-regional partnerships and collaborations can help tackle #AirPollution in African cities.
Access the full program here>bit.ly/3RfpxpA
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
#CleanAirForumLagos is hosting a special scientist-journalist dialogue alongside the #PolicyDialogue. Journalists are not just consumer of data but they should be considered part of the scientific community.
One day to the official opening of the #CleanAirForumLagos
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Dr Assah speaking on the CLEAN-Air for Africa Network in prelude to the AQAW 2024 during the 2nd Scientific Days on Environmental Health of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1.
@AirQoProject @GDARnetwork @USEmbYaounde @GroupHopit
Dr Assah speaking on the CLEAN-Air for Africa Network in prelude to the AQAW 2024 during the 2nd Scientific Days on Environmental Health of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1.
@AirQoProject @GDARnetwork @USEmbYaounde @GroupHopit
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Check out the new @HEISoGA video on how air pollution affects children’s health ➡️ tinyurl.com/airpollutionandc…
The video is in English with subtitles in Hindi, Spanish, French & Swahili.
#CleanAirForAll
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
The science is clear: air pollution is a public health crisis around the world, especially for children under the age of five.
Stay tuned tomorrow for the release of our new video - Cleaner air, healthier children.
#AirQuality #CleanAirForAll #ChildrensHealth
ALT The graphic shows a collage of six different scenes with children. In the center is a circle with smaller illustrations of a child at a doctor's office, an air quality sensor, two scientists in a lab, and a computer screen with data on it.
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
The #AirQuality story is almost never complete without the US Missions. Glad to have had a chance to discuss the #CLEANAirForum24, and broader collaborations with @USEmbYaounde and @USinNigeria to advance the collaboration story from @usmissionuganda and @USEmbassyKenya … – at Birstall, England
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Our LMIC partners are working hard to implement #5RstoRescue. They meet regularly to discuss different aspects of the project, from providing regular updates to receiving training on early warning scores such as NEWS2. @NIHRglobal
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says @antonioguterres the UN Secretary-General, as July is set to be the hottest month on record. “Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning,” he said.
Read here> bit.ly/3DEHc2p
#AirPollution #AirQuality
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SPONSORED | Obesity and deaths from the non-communicable diseases linked to it are on the rise — and it’s a direct consequence of South Africans eating ultra-processed foods, say experts. #Whatsinourfood #BetterLabelsBetterChoices @ArenaEventsZA @heala_SA businesslive.co.za/bd/nation…
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#AirPollution is everywhere, in cities & in the countryside, visible & invisible. There is growing evidence that even low levels of air pollutants damage the human body, increasing the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses.
Read>bit.ly/47c1Wwm
@CCACoalition
HoPiT Research Group Cameroon retweeted
Kicking off Day 1 of Spatial training in Yaounde #GDARspaces Training on data collection of syndemic contructs (unhealthy diets, physical activity,climate hazards) in some neighborhoods in Yaounde.Many thanks to @tcanelfe,@GDARnetwork @NIHRglobal @GroupHopit @MRC_Epid @DrTolullah
