Maria van der Merwe

Views expressed are my own. Public health and nutrition researcher and consultant. Registered dietitian, registered nutritionist.

[Sophie Witter @sophie_witter]

Realising radical potential - read the latest paper from @VAPARorg with our lessons on participatory action research for primary care https://t.co/8xTj0eDrdc

[Helen Schneider @schneider_helen]

City planners, street vendors & spaza shops could help keep SA fed. Here’s how – Bhekisisa https://t.co/DGysZh7MbC

[Mark Pilgrim @MarkPilgrimZA]

After 64 days, 7 procedures and losing almost 15kg, today… I go home!

Still have a tube coming out my side & will have a home nurse looking after me as I slowly build my strength, but nothing beats the healing power of being home with loved ones,the fresh air and garden. 😀🙏🏻

[Helen Schneider @schneider_helen]

Reimagining health systems as systems for health | The BMJ https://t.co/gEe2B4qBiP

[Lucia D'Ambruoso 💚 @luciadambruoso]

Tackling #healthinequalities requires change in both communites + systems. We report on mutual empowerment thru safe spaces to develop/align community voice w/health systems capacity to respond @VAPARorg @AgincourtHDSS @MariavdMerwe @The_MRC @sophie_witter https://t.co/syHdbbJCof

[Lucia D'Ambruoso 💚 @luciadambruoso]

Amplifying Community Health Worker Voices #CHW @VAPARorg @AgincourtHDSS @MRCeVal @AbdnCHDS @aberdeenuni @chwcentral @chw_impact

https://t.co/z3j6rktYFZ

[VAPAR @VAPARorg]

Important point. We had formal exchange in 2022 between South Africa and Scotland with useful co-learning and alliance building on community power in health systems #moreincommon 🇿🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[ReBUILD for Resilience @ReBUILDRPC]

Considering setting up a learning site?
Watch our panel of learning site veterans discuss the challenges & lessons learned from sites in Nepal, South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Ghana & Guatemala.
@MariavdMerwe @jmnzinga @KEMRI_Wellcome @CEGSSGuatemala
https://t.co/1SzJMOqdaY

[ReBUILD for Resilience @ReBUILDRPC]

It’s the end of #hsr2022 for the ⁦@ReBUILDRPC⁩ team. It has been a blast! Check our website for posters and recordings and musings over the coming weeks. Thank you for watching! ⁦@HERDIntl⁩ ⁦@MariavdMerwe⁩ ⁦@WurieHaja⁩ ⁦@sophie_witter⁩ ⁦

[HEALA @heala_SA]

Same tricks, new year @NestleESAR when will you stop valuing profits over children’s health? Your #childhoodmoments Masterclass tomorrow violates the R991. Like your stokvel event last year, this one should also be canceled!
#NotTodayNestle #SayNoToNido

[Lucia D'Ambruoso 💚 @luciadambruoso]

"Voice needs teeth to have bite"! Expanding community-led multisectoral action-learning to address alcohol and drug abuse in rural South Africa https://t.co/KUQVJOugD8 @MariavdMerwe @sophie_witter @DennyMabetha @jayhove6 @RhianTwine @AgincourtHDSS @AbdnCHDS @aberdeenuni_smd

[Lucia D'Ambruoso 💚 @luciadambruoso]

In tribute to @PeterByass we present a new #verbalautopsy model connecting circumstances of deaths with outcomes for decision-making https://t.co/20iL87v5E3
@MariavdMerwe
@kobusherbst
@fottrell
@Price_Jess
@MpuHealth1
@AgincourtHDSS
@EilidhCowan1
@drjackoids
@GlobalHealthAct

[Maria van der Merwe @MariavdMerwe]

https://t.co/PqB3xDbFGT

[Helen Schneider @schneider_helen]

Highly recommend the new flagship report ⁦of @AllianceHPSR⁩ on Learning health systems. https://t.co/qLExXn7pN0

[Health Systems Global @H_S_Global]

📣 ‘Voice Needs Teeth to Have Bite!’ 📣
Strengthening social accountability in #healthsystems through participation & cooperative learning.

Watch the webinar at: https://t.co/W8F9adL10U @CEGSSGuatemala @VAPARorg @H_S_Global

[VAPAR @VAPARorg]

‘Voice Needs Teeth to Have Bite!’ Strengthening social accountability in health systems through participation & cooperative learning
@CEGSSGuatemala
@VAPARorg
@H_S_Global

Watch the webinar at: https://t.co/NTeaeMCNL8

[VAPAR @VAPARorg]

FORTHCOMING WEBINAR 2nd June
‘Voice Needs Teeth to Have Bite!’ Strengthening social accountability in health systems through participation & cooperative learning
@CEGSSGuatemala
@VAPARorg
@H_S_Global

Questions to the panel? Send to [email protected] by 1500 BST 1st Jun

[Maria van der Merwe @MariavdMerwe]

'Collective reflections on the first cycle of a collaborative learning platform to strengthen rural primary healthcare in Mpumalanga, South Africa' https://t.co/JWTAyuP6bI
@VAPARorg
@luciadambruoso
@AgincourtHDSS
@RhianTwine
@DennyMabetha
@jayhove6
@sophie_witter

[IJHPM @IJHPM]

Big #Tobacco, #Alcohol, and #Food and NCDs in LMICs: An Inconvenient Truth and Call to Action; Comment on “Addressing NCDs: Challenges From Industry Market Promotion and Interferences”

https://t.co/NAXGyoiOJ9

#PolicyInfluence #NCDs #LMICs #SocialEpidemiology #IJHPM

@PDelobelle

[Lucia D'Ambruoso 💚 @luciadambruoso]

Supporting #CHWs to connect with communities in rural 🇿🇦 during COVID-19
https://t.co/WLkH9bGVEs

@chwcentral
@AgincourtHDSS
@sophie_witter
@MariavdMerwe
@RhianTwine
@DennyMabetha
@jayhove6
@AbdnCHDS