HoPiT Research Group Cameroon

Health of Population in Transition (HoPiT) Research group studies the specificities of NCDs in African populations in Transition

[Int. Diabetes Fed. @IntDiabetesFed]

#IDF2025 - Our World Diabetes Congress is just 20 days away! There’s still time to join us in Bangkok to learn from leading diabetes experts, explore our interactive exhibition and network with peers. Discover the full scientific programme and register https://t.co/KTFu19Gike

[Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) @UChiAir]

How can citizen demand meaningfully drive action on #CleanAir?

On April 1, join @tanushree_g, EPIC's Christa Hasenkopf & @AnnaDworakowska for a conversation on how to successfully engage communities to demand clean air and drive policy change.

Register: https://t.co/O0GRprOD4y

[tanushree ganguly @tanushree_g]

How can air quality data power a winning clean air campaign?
In the first webinar of our Data to Demand to Action series, we look at the game-changing work of @alarm_smogowy, and uncover how data-driven advocacy turned demand into real action in Krakow! #CleanAir #DataForChange

[Energy Policy Institute at UChicago @UChiEnergy]

EPIC Air Quality Awardee Spotlight: Cameroon

One of two awards in Cameroon this funding round, the award will support @GroupHopit in the installation of a reference-grade air quality monitor in Yaoundé: https://t.co/rIoBt7YinD

[Energy Policy Institute at UChicago @UChiEnergy]

EPIC’s Clean Air Program is proud to announce six new grantees of the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the second cohort of 26 coming projects to enhance #AirQuality infrastructure across 16 countries. 🧵 1/7

[Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) @UChiAir]

EPIC has awarded 6 orgs to improve #AirQuality monitoring and data access, the 2nd cohort of 26 coming projects from 16 countries.

AQLI data finds citizens from these countries are losing 1.7B combined total life yrs because of the air they breathe: https://t.co/viBJj6CkuP

[Energy Policy Institute at UChicago @UChiEnergy]

EPIC’s Clean Air Program is proud to announce 12 new grantees of the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the first of 26 coming projects to enhance #AirQuality infrastructure across 16 countries. 🧵 1/7

[Int. Diabetes Fed. @IntDiabetesFed]

#WorldDiabetesDay – Display our campaing posters in your community and share them online to raise awareness of the need to put well-being at the heart of #diabetescare and break barriers for a better #DiabetesLife. Download at https://t.co/fgRNep9Qe2

[UrbanBetter.science @UrbanBetter]

We’re so excited to be co-organising this momentous pan-African gathering in Lagos. If you’re around, come along to the #CleanAirForumLagos run on Thursday led by our #Cityzens4CleanAir https://t.co/OnWSqRvWxA

[Deo Okure @OkureDo]

#CleanAirForumLagos is hosting a special scientist-journalist dialogue alongside the #PolicyDialogue. Journalists are not just consumer of data but they should be considered part of the scientific community.

One day to the official opening of the #CleanAirForumLagos

[HoPiT Research Group Cameroon @GroupHopit]

Dr Assah speaking on the CLEAN-Air for Africa Network in prelude to the AQAW 2024 during the 2nd Scientific Days on Environmental Health of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1.
@AirQoProject @GDARnetwork @USEmbYaounde @GroupHopit

[HoPiT Research Group Cameroon @GroupHopit]

Dr Assah speaking on the CLEAN-Air for Africa Network in prelude to the AQAW 2024 during the 2nd Scientific Days on Environmental Health of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1.
@AirQoProject @GDARnetwork @USEmbYaounde @GroupHopit

[Pallavi Pant (she/her) @pallavipnt]

Check out the new @HEISoGA video on how air pollution affects children’s health ➡️ https://t.co/FYEDRzQk2t

The video is in English with subtitles in Hindi, Spanish, French & Swahili.

#CleanAirForAll

[State of Global Air @HEISoGA]

The science is clear: air pollution is a public health crisis around the world, especially for children under the age of five.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the release of our new video - Cleaner air, healthier children.

#AirQuality #CleanAirForAll #ChildrensHealth

[Deo Okure @OkureDo]

The #AirQuality story is almost never complete without the US Missions. Glad to have had a chance to discuss the #CLEANAirForum24, and broader collaborations with @USEmbYaounde and @USinNigeria to advance the collaboration story from @usmissionuganda and @USEmbassyKenya …

[APPRISE Group @GH_PeriopCare]

Our LMIC partners are working hard to implement #5RstoRescue. They meet regularly to discuss different aspects of the project, from providing regular updates to receiving training on early warning scores such as NEWS2. @NIHRglobal

[AirQo @AirQoProject]

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says @antonioguterres the UN Secretary-General, as July is set to be the hottest month on record. “Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning,” he said.
Read here> https://t.co/BYg620K4UA
#AirPollution #AirQuality

[Mikateko @M_Mafuyeka]

Read what we had to say here!!

@PetronellK @heala #betterlabelsnow

[AirQo @AirQoProject]

#AirPollution is everywhere, in cities & in the countryside, visible & invisible. There is growing evidence that even low levels of air pollutants damage the human body, increasing the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses.
Read>https://t.co/Ij0c2RGKre
@CCACoalition

[NGWA EDWIN @edwingwa]

Kicking off Day 1 of Spatial training in Yaounde #GDARspaces Training on data collection of syndemic contructs (unhealthy diets, physical activity,climate hazards) in some neighborhoods in Yaounde.Many thanks to @tcanelfe,@GDARnetwork @NIHRglobal @GroupHopit @MRC_Epid @DrTolullah