You often use Google Maps on your phone to estimate the time to get to a certain place. What if the same technology was used to estimate travel time to emergency obstetric care facilities in urban areas?

See Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency's new paper #Geographical accessibility to functional…

Fantastic #grade8 opportunity for #qualitative #multimethods #researchfellow working with project lead Dr Clare Davenport, Jon Deeks FMedSci @alexricter3 Institute of Applied Health Research Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK Institute of Applied Health Research

Diabetes associated neuropathy, rather than retinopathy or CKD, responsible for increased fracture risk - data presented by Mohamad Nasser Osteoporosis IOF conference today. Fascinating data. Great to have Mohamad Nasser join our group BRistol Medical School (BRMS) Research

#WomenInMedicine #IDtwitter

Less time, more efficiency.

CC: Emily Hyle

I love it when my friends come together :-)

'From Data to Policy' with University of Global Health Equity's tsion y 🇪🇹 🇷🇼, Nkafu Policy Institute's Ngo Valerie, Duke University's Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social Rwanda Biomedical Centre's Eric Remera,PhD. High powered panel @ #UGHE research day on operationalizing global health research with stories from #ANC #Gender #insurance #HIV Why research? #Change !

Excited to host the incomparable ⁦Dr.V.Mohan⁩ for the ⁦Emory Global Diabetes Research Center⁩ inaugural Distinguished Lecture. He is one of the world’s eminent #diabetes physician scientists and a great friend.

⁦Emory University⁩ ⁦Int. Diabetes Fed.⁩ ⁦American Diabetes Association⁩ ⁩

Join us!

Calling all future stars in cardiovascular health:

check out iscep.info for upcoming information on the 2024 ten-day seminar which will be held in Sri Lanka, October 13-24, 2024

World Heart Federation American Heart Advocacy

No global research conference should be held in a country which inflicts such indignities. This madness must end. nature.com/articles/d4158…

We identified challenges locating the scene of emergencies in Rwanda. The solution is now being used in Kigali ambulance dispatch. Rapid progress from problem identification to impact! Sudha Jayaraman MD MSc FACS Rob Rickard Jean Claude BYIRINGIRO Paul Kagame Government of Rwanda tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Well done colleagues University of Global Health Equity for this work on priorities and barriers for ageing well in rural and urban Rwanda Lisa Hirschhorn Prof. Abebe Bekele Alemayehu Amberbir, PhD Dina Goodman-Palmer and thanks to IGI Birmingham for funding this important work. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Please read our brief look The Lancet's past, what it says about its present, & might about its future.

'Influence unfairly accumulated through colonialism must be redirected to egalitarian purposes.'

Are you interested in applying to the Global Advanced Fellowship? Attend our webinar to understand what makes a good application. The session will take place twice on 23 April 2024:
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Our Rwanda Hub has been busy training 120 community health workers on surgical site infections, as part of our CEI activities. Great work team 🎉

Thanks Kassim Javaid
And here are the tools for all to use!

theros.org.uk/healthcare-pro…

If you're a global health researcher or community engagement and involvement (CEI) specialist, apply to join one of our Global Health Research Programme Funding Committees!

Applicants based in LMICs are welcome and encouraged.

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⁦NIHR Global Health⁩ ⁦Equi Injury⁩ multidirectional capacity building meeting in Dubai. We are learning so much as a team. Thanks ⁦IGI Birmingham⁩ for funding this! ⁦Junaid A. Razzak⁩ ⁦Kathryn Chu⁩ ⁦Jean Claude BYIRINGIRO⁩ ⁦Prof. Abebe Bekele⁩

And what a great team. Such rich discussions and a collegiate approach. Really proud of this team! NIHR Global Health Equi Injury Institute of Applied Health Research IGI Birmingham Kathryn Chu Jean Claude BYIRINGIRO Junaid A. Razzak

Beyond CEI. We joined policy makers, community members & HCWs in 4 countries. They are interested, willing to engage, & eager to learn. “This is an achievement in itself”. ⁦NIHR Global Health⁩ ⁦Equi Injury⁩ Prof. Abebe Bekele⁩ ⁦Lucia D'Ambruoso 💚⁩

And Derbew from Rwanda. Prof. Abebe Bekele Jean Claude BYIRINGIRO