Here's a really good example of collaboration between teams in Kenya and Tanzania looking at how to best measure blood pressure in people with and without HIV.
#ujirani_mwema 👏 @Shindeh@RobNPeck@KapigaSaidi
Congratulations to Dr. Benson Issarow who graduated from @LSHTM with a Masters in Epidemiology! Dr. Issarow is a Fogarty Fellow and the study coordinator for @Mwanza_CVD.
Kidney disease is a common but often overlooked health condition in East Africa. This is particularly true for people with HIV. https://t.co/MccloBUOe2
@WCMDeptofMed@Mwanza_CVD@KidneyMed#CKD
🌠A big congratulations to Dr. Cody Cichowitz, this year's chief fellow, for being selected as the overall Fellow of the Year by @UCSF internal medicine residents! 🏆 @UCSFHospitals@UCSFDOM#UCSFCardiology
"The Daraja intervention makes a valuable addition to the compendium of options that can sustainably and equitably meet people “where they are at” at a time when they may be in greatest need.” @Issarowjr@GodfreyAKisigo@Dr_Sean_Murphy@CdcTanzania@usembassytz
Many thanks to Professor @rivetamico for her encouraging commentary on our Daraja social worker intervention as "High Value at Minimal Cost."
@mituorg@WCMDeptofMed@wcmglobalhealth @NIMHgov
https://t.co/crfOdcQ10m
Great team effort! Such an honor and pleasure to conduct this trial with our partners @mituorg and the Ministry of Health with support from @NIMHgov. 🇹🇿🇺🇲
At @CROI_Official, Dr. Rob Peck’s (@RobNPeck) team presented findings published in @JAMA_current on the Daraja trial, which found a low-cost social worker improved HIV care outcomes in hospitalized people w/HIV in Tanzania. https://t.co/PDxBias7yo @wcmglobalhealth@WeillCornell
Congratulations Bazil and Brenda!!! Safari ilkuwa ni ndefu lakini pamoja tumefika kwa neema Yake. "Kilio chaweza kuwapo hata usiku, lakini asubuhi huja furaha."
@Mwanza_CVD
On November 11th, the Weill Bugando School of Medicine celebrated its 20th anniversary. Since its founding, the school has graduated over 2000 MD and 11 PhD students, and among those graduating this fall was Dr. Bazil Kavishe, MD PhD (pictured).
https://t.co/UsPkdL81Av
Too many young adults in East Africa die from stroke each day. Understanding this problem is the first step toward prevention. Congratulations to @SarahMatuja for this critical contribution.
I appreciate the organizing commette of The Regional NCDs Scientific Conference for granting me the Best Abstract Award in the Sub - theme of Disparities Risk Factors and Determinants of Health for NCDs. I acknowledge my supervisor @RobNPeck for the support.
"Hypertension and diabetes are to 2023 what HIV was to 2003—a global health crisis causing countless premature deaths..."
Check out the excellent commentary on the implications of this study by @GodfreyAKisigo and @RobNPeck
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Congratulations Brenda Kitilya for your successful PhD defense! 🙌🏼💪🏼🎉 Physical activity is essential for health and particularly for CVD prevention in people living with HIV. @nazieli_1@Mwanza_CVD @cuhas_bugando @wcmglobalhealth
Understanding traditional healer utilisation for hypertension care using the Andersen model: A qualitative study in Mwanza, Tanzania https://t.co/32e3K6Qyn4 @dr_radhikalu@GodfreyAKisigo#Mwanza_CVD
In this labor of love, Dr. Khan Pham brilliantly summarized the literature on how helminth treatment might increase CVD risk. Very important for public health given mass drug administration campaigns in endemic countries. @Mwanza_CVD https://t.co/dTTTO5pt3L