Chaza Akik

Public Health, Nutrition and Policy | Previously @FHS_AUB | Alumnus @LSHTM & @AUB_Lebanon

[Elrha @Elrha]

As we start our webinar #NCDs in Humanitarian setting, we are exploring our research priority questions interactive tool.

If you’d like to access the report and interactive tool, Click here: https://t.co/oUyUVeyEjv

[Fogarty at NIH @Fogarty_NIH]

Are you a researcher studying health in humanitarian crises? Interested in how that intersects with #ClimateChange? Apply to attend the Global Forum on Humanitarian Health Research, May 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya.⚠️Apply by October 7, 2024: https://t.co/VaO5FjVhoY
@elrha @Idrc_crdi

[Benjamin Schmid (he/him) @benschmid_]

Support from someone who has experienced the same challenges as you can be a powerful and profoundly human experience (I'm not alone in this!).

What do we know about peer support for people living with #NCDs in #humanitarian settings?

Open-access: https://t.co/olTZz5R3TJ

[Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM @LSHTM_Crises]

Researchers from @LSHTM_Crises & @Humanit_Health have developed projections of excess death due to the crisis in #Gaza.
Reports will be available periodically with updated estimates for different scenarios of how the crisis could evolve.

👉 https://t.co/CQLoowg6Ci

[Center for Research on Population and Health @CRPH_AUB]

Our latest publication, part of the SCALE project conducted in Lebanon and Tunisia by @AUB & @Institutdenutr1, is out! 🌍 Read this article to know more how #GroundTruthing was used to explore the presence of unhealthy #FoodEnvironment around schools.

🔗 https://t.co/eQ5VuUkmeE

[Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM @LSHTM_Crises]

Our @LSHTM expert @Ruth_NWillis shares insights from her work with @Ch_Akik and colleagues aiming to understand how those living with chronic conditions in #humanitarian settings experience management and care for their conditions.

👉https://t.co/rZdursPHxR

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

We are partnering with the American University of Beirut @FHS_AUB on NCDs research in humanitarian crises. Help set priorities for Cardio-Metabolic Syndrome research by participating in the survey.

Click the link to join: https://t.co/MyKTLz5t5n

[UNFPA Lebanon @UNFPALebanon]

Join us live on UNFPA Lebanon Facebook page tomorrow, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Beirut time, for a one-day policy-level meeting "Breaking the Cycle: Addressing GBV for Better Health" in celebration of World Health Day! #WHD #GBV #HealthForAll

[Syria Public Health Network @HealthSyria]

An insightful paper from @Ch_Akik @FouadFouad61 Hala Ghattas & colleagues on Healthcare Responses to #NCDs for #Syrian #refugees in #Lebanon & #Jordan

[Steve McCall @SteveJMcCall]

Check out our new paper on the global prevalence of FGM/C in PLOS Medicine

@Ch_Akik @SawsanAUB @Christelleakl9 @CRPH_AUB @FHS_AUB @AUB_Lebanon

[Steve McCall @SteveJMcCall]

Check out our SR preprint on FGM prevalence by WHO region.

A review on all published studies on FGM prevalence.

#EndFGM #IWD2022

[Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury]

Your regular reminder that qualitative data is also empirical.

[Chaza Akik @Ch_Akik]

@eyeontheeast You shouldn’t have hidden the car plate number ;)

[NWO-WOTRO (Inactive) @WOTRO]

#Insights | We continue to share insights from the #SRHR research programme! How did the @AUB_Lebanon & @NCCA_KHF team successfully use interactive theatre to stimulate public debate about research findings? Find out: https://t.co/2DCX9FKj9n @HPC_jordan @ShareNetIntl @Ch_Akik

[Chaza Akik @Ch_Akik]

A complete switch to reusable pads is cost-effective in the long run, reducing the cost by 60-76 percent for every woman per year #periodpoverty @UNFPALebanon @Z_Jamaluddine

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

Dalal, a mother of three daughters, lost her job in Lebanon’s economic collapse. Now she can’t afford the period products her family needs: “I opted to substitute disposable pads with old fabrics… Our menstrual health is at risk.” https://t.co/zMLFLsVPLF

[Linda Shaker Berbari @landoudSB]

Happy to share our recently published paper based on the work with @UNICEF on predictors of #ComplementaryFeeding in the #MENA region with Vilma Tyler @GhattasHala @Ch_Akik @Z_Jamaluddine #IYCF https://t.co/2qPY2B3hua

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Looking to pursue a graduate degree in #PublicHealth?
Check out more testimonials from FHS alumni & students and read what they have to say about the amazing CEPH_accredited #GraduatePublicHealthProgram! at #FHS, @AUB_Lebanon. Visit us: https://t.co/hHQoBItWXn

[Chaza Akik @Ch_Akik]

@VZwein Sadly...

[L'Orient Today @lorienttoday]

“Everyone is talking about food and other expenses,” one woman said. “But we need to be talking about sanitary products. They’re essential too.”

@EmCLew reports on the mounting challenges facing women and girls regarding periods and menstrual hygiene:

https://t.co/2hmK2WkzM6