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1/ In 2015 we started our #DMagicTrial to test the effectiveness of #mHealth and participatory community groups in the prevention and control of #diabetes in rural #Bangladesh. Full protocol available here. @The_MRC @gacd_media @UCLGlobalHealth @UCL_NCD trialsjournal.biomedcentral.…
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📣 Are you an urban health researcher or practitioner ? in / of Africa?
Did you know that there's an Africa Urban Health Community of Practice
Apply to join the steer comm/ support team. And share!!
@IS_UrbanHealth @UrbanBetter
academy.urbanbetter.science/…
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Excited to highlight our collaborative work on multimorbidity and acute infectious events published in @JMultimorbidity
🚨 Article of the Week 🚨
Multimorbidity and acute infectious diseases in urban and semi-urban settings in Peru: A mixed-methods study by @cecianza et al.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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The path between socioeconomic inequality and cognitive function : A mediation analysis based on the HAALSI cohort in rural South Africa
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Nawi Ng @NgNawi
dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.202…
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NEW: we may have passed peak obesity 🎉📈📉🙏
In what might be one of the most significant trends I have ever charted, the US obesity rate fell last year.
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Great team and excellent leadership from @IreneAgyepong 👏🏿👏🏼👏
Such a delight to have worked on this #scoping review @AdolescentsWA on #Interventions for #Adolescent #mental, #sexual and #reproductive health in #ECOWAS led by @IreneAgyepong doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024…
Just a few days left to apply for this exciting #globalhealth #research job…
📢We @UCL_NCD @UCLGlobalHealth are about to start an exciting 3+ year @GACD_Media project to address #NCDs in #urban #Bangladesh & #Nepal. We are seeking a full-time research-fellow to join @morrisontartan @fottrell & team. Details here:
jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV454/resear…
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📢We @UCL_NCD @UCLGlobalHealth are about to start an exciting 3+ year @GACD_Media project to address #NCDs in #urban #Bangladesh & #Nepal. We are seeking a full-time research-fellow to join @morrisontartan @fottrell & team. Details here:
jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV454/resear…
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📢 Landmark new report: Commercial Determinants of NCDs 📢
Chronic diseases account for 90% of deaths in the Region. New research highlights how big industries fuel them, obstructing health policy and targeting the vulnerable.
bit.ly/3yYJmeq
#NCDs #CDoH #SDGs #R2F
We are looking for a research fellow with an interest in #NCDs #ageing #globalhealth to join our team @UCLGlobalHealth. Please share @drjackoids @luciadambruoso @globalhlthtwit @ProfHurst @amibanerjee1 @Kamsid66
📢We @UCL_NCD @UCLGlobalHealth are about to start an exciting 3+ year @GACD_Media project to address #NCDs in #urban #Bangladesh & #Nepal. We are seeking a full-time research-fellow to join @morrisontartan @fottrell & team. Details here:
jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV454/resear…
📢We @UCL_NCD @UCLGlobalHealth are about to start an exciting 3+ year @GACD_Media project to address #NCDs in #urban #Bangladesh & #Nepal. We are seeking a full-time research-fellow to join @morrisontartan @fottrell & team. Details here:
jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV454/resear…
Further details also available here:
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
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Applications are open for our quantitative post doctoral position @UCLGlobalHealth working with me & @fottrell on 3 year research about non communicable diseases in #urban Nepal & Bangladesh with @HERDIntl & CHRI BADAS
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
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Interactions between acute infections and NCD multimorbidity are poorly studied.
Do people living with MM experience more frequent acute infections and are they more severe?
What is the effect of acute infections on MM control and healthcare use?
In our new paper...
Lifestyle Interventions for Obesity in the Era of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Verbal Autopsy reveals more than medical CoD
Care and avoidable mortality after fatal injury in Karonga, Malawi: a retrospective analysis of VA data
@drjackoids
@MEIRU_MALAWI
@AbenaPhD
@AndyLeather1
@BMJ_Open
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4……
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🇧🇷🇬🇧 -we are hiring a biostatistician to support my group @uclmedsci in our collaboration with @renatagmendes' team @ufscaroficial.
We are interested in chronic respiratory multimorbidity.
The work is @NIHRglobal funded.
Apply!
Research Fellow at UCL: jobs.ac.uk/job/DHA804/resear…
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Seminar 📣 Co-creating knowledge exchange to inform alcohol research, policy and practice in Nepal w/@RanjitaDhital
Join us in person on Tuesday 26th March from 13.00-14.00 in the PUW 4 June Lloyd Room Ground Floor 30 Guilford Street WC1N 1EH
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More than one billion people in the world are now living with obesity, global analysis suggests.
Find this and more in our latest issue: hubs.li/Q02pzH2m0
ALT Cover of The Lancet March 16, 2024 issue. Quote on cover reads: "The combined burden of underweight and obesity has increased in most countries, driven by an increase in obesity, while underweight and thinness remain prevalent in south Asia and parts of Africa."
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Join us for a lunchtime lecture with Dr Ranjita Dhital and hosted by @UCL_NCD discussing the urgent need for alcohol harm reduction initiatives and policies which engage with cultural and community practices.
📅 25th March, 13:00-14:00
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