Writing sessions begin! Planning for the week ahead! CPAID_LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa Njala University Njala University #NjalaWrites #SierraLeone

Towards Leadership Programme completed! Here’s to long term friendships and memories Peter Kojo Quashie Dr Benoît S. Assogba, PhD @CrickAfricanNet @AfrResExFund PRECISE_network

Gender-transformative approaches are also important at the community level to ensure communities are participating in the process. Ayesh Idriss discussed this and more at the #HSR2020 session:

Join us tomorrow at 1pm BST to hear about strengthening university research capacity in fragile settings and humanitarian crises, with insights from AUB_FAFS's Jocelyn De Jong and COMAHS Sierra Leone's Haja Ramatulai Wurie, PhD (Mrs Kamara)🇸🇱 For more details ➡️ lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

#Traditionalmedicine use including culture and traditional beliefs should be done in a way that maximises their benefits while minimising their risk rather than being ignored in improving #Cancer care outcomes in #Africa

Another great day on our visit to HERD International's learning site in #Lumbini. One group visited the Indian border area. First stop was Shivraj Hospital where we met the local mayor, heard about service delivery challenges & how staff coped with 1376 cholera cases without a death [1]

Next was Krishnagar Border Health Check on the Indian Border. Originally set up to intercept #COVID cases arriving from India it now tests for TB, malaria, HIV & COVID. #NewsFromNepal #LearningSite

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of #tobaccouse and tobacco non-users susceptibility to using, in Sierra Leone. - By Dr Peter Bai James, Abdulai jawo bah, Ayesha Idriss, Michael Lahai, Dalinjong Philip et al. || - At TID - European Publishing DOI: doi.org/10.18332/tid/1…

It's #InternationalWomensDay!!! Today we hear from some of our Early Career Researchers and what #gender equity means to them. First up is Ayesha Idriss from #SierraLeone... Haja Ramatulai Wurie, PhD (Mrs Kamara)🇸🇱 FCDO Research, Science and Technology

A super busy first day at our consortium workshop and it’s #ReBUILDinBequaa! We’ve come to the location of the Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB learning site. This afternoon we heard about the great work being done by the Majdal Anjar Municipal Health Committee and met the people delivering to both Lebanese & Syrian refugees

🆕New publication! Discover the state of health information management systems in Northwest Syria and the strategies for strengthening health systems in conflict-affected areas. Read more about the findings and plans for early recovery. #HealthSystems 🔗doi.org/10.1186/s12992…

Welcome to the 4 RECAP research fellows from COHMAS, Sierra Leone. Looking forward 2 working together 4 next 2 weeks LSTM ReBUILD for Resilience

Congratulations to Abdulai Jawo Bah Tenema M'Bayo Michael Lahai Ayesha Idriss 4 a successful visit 2 LSTM - certificates w prof Hemingway

winners of the Twitter competition amongst our RECAP SL team is....shared amongst all! ReBUILD for Resilience - looking forward to engaging on Twitter