GEOHealth Hub

Research & training center focused on environmental and occupational health in eastern Africa. @USCGlobalHealth + @AddisAbabaUnive

[GEOHealth Hub @GEOHealthHub]

We're tracking #airpollution to fill sub-Saharan Africa's data gap. Curious to learn more about our collaborative @USCGlobalHealth & @AddisAbabaUniveheck hub? Check us out in @nature! https://t.co/CBkCWhwaeW. Supported by @NIEHS & @Fogarty_NIH #GlobalHealth #SSAfrica

[Zhi Yang, PhD @zhiiiyang]

Thank you to ALL @KimSiegmund1 @pmarjora @kiros_berhane @Doctor_BT and other faculty for making my PhD experience more enjoyable. If you'd like to apply to our PhD program in biostatistics and know about PhD life as an international student, please feel free to DM me for details!

[USC Master of Public Health Online @USCOnlineMPH]

Amazing #USCHomecoming weekend with some of our favorite people!✌️
#tuesdayvibes #USCmph #publichealth

[USC Master of Public Health Online @USCOnlineMPH]

Mark your calendars for our Hot Topics In Public Health Webinar to be hosted this Thursday, October 24 at 12pm PDT. Topic: “Locations of Licensed and Unlicensed Cannabis Retailers in California: A Threat to Health Equity?" Sign up here: https://t.co/3x48UOno4Y

[Lung Institute, Makerere University @Lung_Institute]

Engineer Bainomugisha, from @MakerereU #computerscience presents on design and deployment of low cost technology for #airquality monitors in #Kampala. Great work being done to monitor quality of Kampala air

@KCCAUG @GEOHealthHub
#LungScienceSymposium
#Scienceforhealthylungs

[Dr Andriannah Mutheu @AndriannahM]

#Airquality for better #Health in #Africa workshop with government participants from #Botswana #Benin #Ethiopia and cities #Nairobi and #CapeTown #Addis #Gaborone #Kampala bringing together #Science and #policy @SK_UNEP and an amazing number of presenters!

[Population and Public Health Sciences at USC @uscpphs]

Co-investigators @kiros_berhane (@USC) and @Jon_Samet (@ColoradoSPH) are working with researchers in eastern #Africa in investigate #airpollution as part of the Eastern Africa @GEOHealthHub, supported by @Fogarty_NIH @NIEHS @CDCgov @IDRC_CRDI. Learn more in this Q&A!

[GEOHealth Hub @GEOHealthHub]

Our co-PI @kiros_berhane in @cenmag: “All #SubSaharan African countries suffer from lack of continuous #airquality monitoring and also lack of well-maintained and easily accessible data on #healthindicators..."
https://t.co/e59rzIBpuG

[Samuel Etajak @SEtajak]

@GEOHealthHub @GeoHealth_News @ColoradoSPH @Fogarty_NIH The Eastern GEOHEALTH Hub Uganda Team Etajak Samuel &Agnes Nyambigambo made presentations on Air quality monitoring and Health.

[Samuel Etajak @SEtajak]

@GEOHealthHub @Fogarty_NIH @NIH @ColoradoSPH @MakSPH GEOHealth Hub Team Ug- having a discussion with Dr. Gwen Collman Director NIEHS and Dr. Esther Buregyeya shortly after panel discussion on Air quality monitoring And Health: Exp. from GEOHEALTH HUB_Ug

[GEOHealth Hub @GEOHealthHub]

In this @Fogarty_NIH Q&A with our co-investigator, @ColoradoSPH's @Jon_Samet, learn more about our work investigating #airpollution in #Ethiopia #Kenya #Rwanda and #Uganda!

[Fogarty at NIH @Fogarty_NIH]

Dr. Jonathan Samet of @ColoradoSPH, a longtime Fogarty & #NIH grantee, discusses the results of his Fogarty-supported tobacco research, building capacity for air quality research in East Africa and reducing air pollution globally. #GlobalHealth https://t.co/50WEM3GFVe

[University of Nairobi @uonbi]

@uonbi in partnership with GEOHealth Hub will undertake air quality monitoring and its impacts on the health of residents in Nairobi.The research will focus on the air quality in 10 schools, 6 hospitals and @UoNSchoolofLaw https://t.co/pOySlwxZ37

[ColoradoSPH @ColoradoSPH]

Dean Samet took his #airquality expertise to Kenya to help the Eastern African GEOHealth Hub with their first #airpollution impact studies in Nairobi. GEOhealth is a collaboration between @USCGlobalHealth and others. https://t.co/6P5R7Xm91S

#Globalhealth #PublicHealth

[ColoradoSPH @ColoradoSPH]

Dean Samet is the Co-Principal Investigator for the @Fogarty_NIHgrant, supporting the US component of the East African GEOHealth Hub. This week, he is in Uganda with collaborators from #Rwanda and #Uganda, including Uganda's Vice President Edward Ssekandi.

[Michelle DeFreese @MDeFreese]

The #EasternAfrica GEOHealth hub is installing air-quality monitors in the capital cities of #Uganda, #Kenya, and #Rwanda to address gaps in air pollution and public health research in the region. https://t.co/GmHetbr4yZ via @nature

[Samuel Etajak @SEtajak]

@KCCAED # Air pollution is a silent Killer, I am happy KCCA together with stakeholders such as Makerere University School of Public Health through Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub are working together in addressing air pollution in Kampala,

[The Sauce @TheSauceKe]

University of Nairobi’s latest research could reveal the effects of Nairobi’s air pollution levels https://t.co/9D6J2YW7XO

[Dr Andriannah Mutheu @AndriannahM]

@GEOHealthHub Prof Stephen Anyango presents from @uonbi on issues on inadequate data to support #Policy to #beatairpollution #AfricaAQCities linking #Health and #AirPollution

[Dr Andriannah Mutheu @AndriannahM]

@GEOHealthHub Prof Wafula presents the project on #HealthAssessment by measuring #AirQuality and #Health data from @county_nairobi in also in #Uganda #Ethiopia #Rwanda

[Dr Andriannah Mutheu @AndriannahM]

We are talking #Sensor technology for #airquality to improve #AfricaAq in #Addis with @UNEnvironment and @UNHABITAT together with our partners in Ministry of Environment Forestry and #ClimateChange various key stakeholders @GEOHealthHub @SEIresearch hands on experience is shared!