Say hi to Dr. Samuel! #PhDone

Thanks to my incredible University of Arkansas committee for your support and guidance. And a special thank you to Sabina Hirshfield for being a committee member.

Thanks to The Fulbright Program and US Embassy SA for the opportunity to pursue my PhD in the US 🤓📚🇿🇦🇺🇸

Appreciating all the hard work of Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative in tackling #neglectedtropicaldiseases especially the East #Africa team led by Prof Sam Kariuki Prof Sam Kariuki, BVM, MSc, PhD, DSc (Hons, LSTM) . Acknowledging #NTD trailblazer Amb. Dr. Dr Monique Wasunna, MBChB, MSc, PhD, DTM&H . #WorldNTDDay #endntds

'For more adolescent girls and young women to use PrEP, communication should resonate with young women’s inner strength, their unwavering determination to live a full and healthy life, and their commitment to self-care as an act of self-love' MOSAIC Consortium USAID Global Health PEPFAR LVCT Health

📢Join us this 🗓️Wednesday, 24th, from 🕝2:30-3:30pm for a webinar hosted by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative & MSF International! We will discuss 'bridging gaps in the treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases' with insightful talks from three expert speakers.
bit.ly/ntds

#EndtheNeglect #BeatNTDs #EndNTDs

'Out of 129 participants in the observation phase, 49% died within two weeks, while only 24% of 266 participants died in the implementation phase within two weeks. At ten weeks, 55% of participants died in the observation phase, whereas 39% died in the implementation phase.'

HIV self-testing in Africa: is the private sector key to reducing undiagnosed HIV? dlvr.it/T04f2J

Africa's health systems should urgently integrate HIV and co-morbidity services for older people with HIV dlvr.it/T006Fy

Locked up and forgotten: African prisoners have been left behind in the fight against HIV dlvr.it/T0295m

People with HIV on effective treatment can live long healthy lives & not pass on the virus to sexual partners. Yet each year 1m+ people acquire HIV with 600k+ AIDS-related deaths. Spread the word this #WorldAIDSDay to win the global fight against HIV&AIDS aidsmap

Breaking down the silos: integrating hepatitis C 'test and treat' services into ART clinics is possible dlvr.it/StPKzg

What’s happened to services for key populations in Uganda following the Anti-Homosexuality Act? dlvr.it/St3HKH

News from #IAS2023 : Here is what transgender women across Asia want in PrEP aidsmap.com/news/jul-2023/…

With Mercy Shibemba as part of the aidsmap team reporting from #Brisbane IAS - the International AIDS Society #IAS2023 , bringing you accurate & accessible information on the latest #HIV research.

Just missing our wonderful managing editor Roger Pebody in this pic!

At IAS Conference on HIV Science (Inactive account) aidsmap's Roger Pebody spoke with Dr Lara Vojnov from World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss viral load measurements and their relevance to transmission.

My TEDxJohannesburg talk is out in the world. 💃🏾

I shared poems + childhood memories + how med school influenced my latest series of poems. ❤️

Watch it here:

youtu.be/IAedl1HoCG8

I was tasked by bird Story Agency to choose 20 of my favourite news stories about Africa that appeared in popular outlets.
These are the everyday stories that bird puts out in the world.
I hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed sharing them.
getpocket.com/en-KE/collecti…

Same-day viral load test installed in Uganda, but people with HIV still received results months later dlvr.it/SqxcpV

Happy to share one of the most important stories I've written yet. Also my first Semafor Africa byline. semafor.com/article/06/13/…

My niece committed suicide this week.
She was only 14.
She was targeted by a pedophile ring on TikTok, and and groomed. Sent them pics etc.

Her mom found out when Homeland security showed up at the door a couple of months ago. (They didn't tell the rest of the family)

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✨️ Keeping up with #BarazaPrograms

Our 2021 Data Storytelling Fellowship program brought together a cohort of eight talented individuals from different parts of Kenya. They identified work-related projects that they worked on during the fellowship.