🌟The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences Launches its Inaugural Faculty Awards!

🏆Congratulations and fight on Drs. Rita V Burke PhD MPH, Heather Wipfli, Sandy Eckel, Mellissa Withers , Shubha Kumar, Erika Garcia, Rachel Caesar.

Read more:
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Did you know Drowning has been the cause of over 2.5m preventable deaths in the last decade. It is a significant international issue that to date has been largely unrecognised relative to its impact.
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MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT 🇺🇬 #WdpdUG #Wdpd2023
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. 'Uganda's beautiful lakes and rivers should bring joy, not sorrow. Let's unite on World Drowning Prevention Day to educate, equip, and save lives.
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On this World Drowning Prevention Day, let's advocate for affordable swimming lessons, community-based rescue initiatives, and effective emergency response systems to safeguard Uganda's waters.

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World Drowning Prevention Day serves as a reminder that water safety education is vital in Uganda. Together, let's empower individuals, schools, and communities to prevent drownings

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Everyone has a definition of heroes .
Happy heroes day to all the emergency aquatic responders and stakeholders. #watersafety
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GRIT Lab is in Uganda this week working on our Quit4Life+ project with @makerere and carrying out formative drowning prevention research alongside @energy_in_action @swimsafeuganda. Keep up the great work team!!

Check out this great article about our amazing MPH researcher Khoban Nasim! We are so proud to have you on our team Khoban! online.usc.edu/news/khoban-na…

We are so proud to present the incredible work of the Uganda Drowning Prevention Coalition at #CUGH2023 . Come by and chat with Kyra poster today to learn more! Population and Public Health Sciences at USC Energy In Action SwimSafeUgandaOfficial Ministry of Health- Uganda

If you’re at #CUGH2023 stop by University of Notre Dame student Samantha Gillis’ poster about our incredible Youth Public Health Ambassador program in northern Uganda. Proud of you Sam!!

If you’re at #CUGH2023 please stop by and chat with Population and Public Health Sciences at USC undergrad student Riya Shah about our research on the impact of #COVID19 on educational access for adolescents in northern Uganda! Go Riya!!

We are excited to be at #CUGH2023 this week! GRIT is presenting 7 posters over two days on #climatechange #drowningprevention #mentalhealth #COVID19 #Uganda

Congratulations to team #Uganda . The country is officially declared #Ebola free.

🔔Reminder: Join our online MPH Concentration Showcase lead by our program directors, to learn more about the Keck School of Medicine of USC, @USCPPHS MPH program, courses and prospective careers in public health. Tues. Aug. 30|5PM (PT)
Register: bit.ly/3okuLRG

In partnership with Ministry of Health- Uganda , Energy In Action , USC GRIT LAB and other partners, yesterday we joined the rest of the world in commemorating the day.
Here are a few pictures from the event #WDPDUG #DrowningPrevention Moses Kalanzi

Important questions for you!
Do you know how to swim?
Does your partner know how to swim?
Do your children know how to swim?
Do your friends know how to swim???
If your answer to this is mostly no...
Do something about it!
#WDPDUG
#drowningpreventionday
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Today is World Drowning Prevention Day. The day is held under the theme 'Anyone can drown, no one should.'
Drowning is among the 10 leading causes of death for people aged 1-24 years.
#WDPDUG #DrowningPrevention

GRIT Lab is proud to be a sponsor of #WDPDUG and can’t wait to partake in all the activities on Monday. Be sure to join us and support #DrowningPrevention

Did you know?

Drowning is among the 10 leading causes of death for children and young people aged 1-24 years in every region of the world. Anyone can drown, but no one should. #WDPDUG #DrowningPrevention

Todays the day! Our GRIT Lab team is off to Uganda to partner on drowning prevention and adolescent health projects! Be sure to follow along on Twitter and Instagram!