Super honored to have been part of The Lancet Commission on #EndStigmaAndDiscrimination and chair the Launch event on the occasion of #WorldMentalHealthDay.

A discussion on how machine learning, analytics, and statistical methods can uncover new pathways in the domains of healthcare and research with Blackorwa tamrefrank Rose Mosero, HSC, FIP Helen Kiarie Catherine Gicheru Farhana Alarakhiya @akuglobal AKU Institute for Human Development Register at: aku.edu/Pages/data-off…

The Global parenting initiative Global Parenting Initiative will be launching this exciting program on 6th December at 12:00-13:30 GMT. Register at: eventbrite.com/e/the-global-p… AKU Institute for Human Development KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

GLAD lab members at the TheSPARKproject Annual Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia In the past 3 days we had insightful discussions and great fun with the Ethiopian & Kenyan SPARK teams! Melissa Washington-Nortey Prof Rosa Hoekstra Elisa Genovesi Tsegereda Haile #collaboration #TeamBuilding

The TheSPARKproject team just completed three days of intensive talks and workshops during our annual meeting in Addis Ababa. Such a wonderful group to work with, gearing up for the SPARK trial!

It was all hands on deck at our just-ended scientific meeting!

After days of solid science during our clinical trials course, a well deserved break and some fresh air in the beautiful new Unity Park in Addis

"Women scientists are instrumental in shaping research that matters to women. In our project, SPARK, we aim to improve the wellbeing of children with developmental disabilities and their primary caregivers, the vast majority of whom are mothers." #WomenInScience Prof Rosa Hoekstra

AMARI-II @Sebleshewa Investment of AMARI is getting visible.

What a great honour it was to receive the #INSAR2023 Cultural Diversity Award today! Thank you, #INSAR

#INSAR2023 was a wonderful experience for the TheSPARKproject team. Here, our colleagues give delegates a taste of the Kenyan SPARK experience!

Prof Amina Abubakar with her PhD student Patricia Kipkemoi in action at #INSAR2023 #RESEARCH #QUALITYMENTORSHIP AKU Institute for Human Development

SPARK Ethiopia was not left out at #INSAR2023

Paper alert! We previously adapted the World Health Organization (WHO) caregiver skills training for use in Ethiopia and pre-tested in a specialist setting. But is it feasible to train non-specialists to deliver the programme in rural context? Paper freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Help me finish my PhD project supporting children with developmental disabilities and their teachers in Ethiopian primary schools! gofund.me/915c149d

A fantastic Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience inaugural lecture by Prof Charlotte Hanlon, setting out her impressive work making a difference in the lives of people with severe mental illness in #Ethiopia. This professorship is *so* well deserved

A stakeholder meeting was held for HOPE project this week in Addis Ababa. The #NIHR funded project works on #homelessness & #mentalhealth in Ethiopia, Ghana, & Kenya. We discussed operationalizing homelessness, policies, opportunities, & ethics Ministry of Health ETHIOPIA King's College London

3, 2, 1, go! The TheSPARKproject team is together in Kenya for research meetings and final prep just before our RCT starts. It's so nice to see everyone in magnificent Kilifi NIHR Global Health

Annual meeting 2024 in Kilifi, Kenya. What a wonderful meeting that was.

We have expanded our work in Addis Ababa to new geographic areas and show here photos from a WHO mhGAP inform training of healthcare workers in the assessment of children with developmental disabilities. Find out more on our website: thesparkproject.net