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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/…
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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…
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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.
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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…
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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
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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...
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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……
Ed Fottrell retweeted
🇧🇷🇬🇧 -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…
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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."
Ed Fottrell retweeted
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
buff.ly/3IG7sMu
Ed Fottrell retweeted
So it turns out John Snow knows quite a lot, as long as you're referring to the English physician. Snow was a leading figure in the adoption of anaesthesia and is considered one of the fathers of epidemiology. He was born #onthisday in 1813: bit.ly/2HgKRbM
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Analysis by global research network finds total number of children, adolescents & adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion 👶🌍📈 @martinmckee
👉bit.ly/3ThDHHT
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In this paper, we present evidence of how climate change, globalization and NCDs intersect. Congrats Team.
#PLOSONE: The relationship between climate change, globalization and non-communicable diseases in Africa: A s ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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We are excited to host our 8th Grand Gala tomorrow. We will celebrate pioneers that set the precedence for global health excellence.
We are also thrilled to showcase the brilliant efforts from everyone who took part in MaaMonth this year!
We can’t wait to see you all!💜💙
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It's a wrap!
Thank you to our participants who joined today's symposium to gain insights about the #DClare project on community interventions for diabetes and non-communicable diseases prevention and control in Bangladesh.
Read more about our project: gacd.org/research/projects/s…
