
Emelda Okiro
@allyeko
Scientist, Critical thinker, a skeptic, a dreamer, always questioning everything
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19-03-2013 06:40:05
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Tune in tomorrow morning to SpiceFM and join Dr. Dr Moses Chapa Kiti, PhD and ๐ฆโ๐ณโ๐พโ๐ฆโ๐ณโ๐ฌโ๐ด ,researchers at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust as they discuss about the Novel Extreme Weather Risk Insurance System (NEWRISK) for Kenya.


Deadline Extended! Take advantage of a chance to apply for KEMRI-Wellcome Trust & IDeAL, Africa fully funded PhD studentships. Gain the skills & mentorship you need to tackle Africa's most pressing health challenges. Apply now: shorturl.at/4GaZm Deadline: December 16, 2024




"When Health Data Go Dark: A Call to Restore @DHSprogram Funding" Scientists & governments across the world call for restoration of access to data + evidence to progress on the ๐'s most challenging health issues Jessie Khaki Sithole & co: SSRN pre-print papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfโฆ


๐ Applications are now open for the 2nd cohort of the African Epidemic Service (AES) โ Epidemiology Track! This two-year fellowship trains public health professionals from African Union Member States in applied epidemiology to strengthen disease prevention and response. Apply


Carrefour Kenya still waiting for my 10 hours later. Kenyans please Donโt bother using the Carrefour Kenya delivery service it a sham. Customer service is also not helpful. Please donโt please donโt


๐ People's Voice Matters in Global Health! ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ Did you know that theย Peopleโs Voice Survey (#PVS)ย is shaping the way we understand health systems worldwide? ๐ข The first wave of #PVSData is nowย publicly available, covering insights fromย 18+ countries. (1/2) QuEST LAC Network WashU



๐ฅWhat do peopleย reallyย think about their health systems? ๐ฃ๏ธ#PVS is making sure theyโre heard: see what respondents across 15 countries had to say about trust, dignity, and care in their health systems: thelancet.com/series/peoplesโฆ ๐ย Stay tunedย for insights fromย Wave 2, coming soon!



๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฏ-๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ Here is our (renewed) call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in SSA. Published in BMC Medicine -


๐ก Are you a data-driven problem solver ready to revolutionize public health in Africa? This is your moment! Apply now for Africa CDCโs Public Health Informatics Fellowship, a fully funded, 2-year program part of the Africa Epidemic Services: impact.africacdc.org/form/africa-epโฆ #AfricaCDC


#ResearchHighlight from Peter Macharia Pete Macharia KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Putting health facilities on the map: a renewed call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed #dataset of health facilities ๐ ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi Publication ๐ bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11โฆ


Effective healthcare planning in sub-Saharan Africa depends on updated, geocoded Health Facility Databases, yet many are outdated, incomplete, or inaccessible? Our๐#ResearchHighlight:Pete Macharia et al. explore this calling for open, harmonized HFDBs. ๐: shorturl.at/DilFs


๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ Published in BMC Medicine We highlight key impacts on โบOngoing data collection & processing activities; โบFuture data



Newly published: ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ, led by moses musau in Frontiers - Public Health โบโบSevere anaemia admissions had the highest median
