SPARKS Network

Research & knowledge sharing initiative on #SocialProtection & Health including #TB, led by @karolinskainst @LSHTM @WHO with global partners

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@anchalthapamgr It was fantastic to hear more about work in Nepal, thank you for sharing!

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Thank you everyone for the fantastic discussions and forging the path forward for the SPARKS collaborations! Work on social protection and health will continue with new and old partnerships! Safe travels everyone, huge thank you to all participants online and off!

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And then an experience from Benin - on a pilot study of comprehensive care to patients with TB

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Talemwa Nalugwa presenting on Ugandan experience and potential for a hub

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Wanga Zembe-Mkabile and Lieve Vanleeuw from @MRCza on SPARKS potential in South Africa

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@BiratNepal presentation as a SPARKS hub - @anchalthapamgr presenting on behalf of the team

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@FIT_eV - Rachel Forse, Andrew Codlin, Thanh Nguyen - SPARKS hub in Viet Nam

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SPARKS hubs presentation - two universities in Brazil - Brasilia University and Federal University of Bahia - academic nucleus of Public Health in Brazil. Mauro Sanches and Joilda Nery

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Day 2 of the @network_sparks meeting!

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And it's a wrap (for today)! Information overload perhaps, but much food for thought and meeting old and new friends - tomorrow, returning with our future plans. For now, party on 🥳

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Go @_KritikaDixit @BholaRai30 @BiratNepal. What a team!

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Near the end of an extremely informative day - @StopTB 's @BeatriceKirubi sharing their experience and work towards combing #socialprotection and #tuberculosis

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Corinne Merle from WHO TDR presenting activities on social protection and tuberculosis

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Ernesto Jaramillo from WHO - how to further the social protection agenda for health

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We cannot link to a single disease - we live in a syndemic world @UN_michael_j

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Followed by a talk by @WFP - @juangogogo and @UN_michael_j - epidemiologically smart social protection

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Linking with broader health systems and social health protection initiatives

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Commentary on points of collaboration by @P4HNetwork

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Roundtable: Recent policy developments, policy needs, building relationships - @rasanathan , Nicole Valentine, Delia Boccia, Knut Lönnroth, @BeatriceKirubi - WHO, Stop TB. Looks like a fantastic upcoming session!

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And last, but not least in the series of presentations, Carlton Evans and Sumona Datta @Dr_DattaBase on Community Randomized Evaluation of a Socioeconomic
Intervention to Prevent TB (CRESIPT) Project in Peru