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1 month ago | 
bmj.com | Catherine Kyobutungi |Ebere Okereke |Seye Abimbola |African Population
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News & ViewsAfter USAID: what now... After USAID: what now for aid and Africa?
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2 months ago | 
sudouest.fr | Catherine Kyobutungi |African Population
Le président américain Donald Trump a pris une série de décisions qui ont porté un coup dur à la gestion mondiale de la santé. Il a annoncé le retrait des États-Unis de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé et ordonné un gel de 90 jours des fonds alloués par l’Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international (USAID). Et un gel de 90 jours a été imposé sur l’argent distribué par l’USAID, en attendant un examen par le Département d’État américain.
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2 months ago | 
tolerance.ca | Catherine Kyobutungi |African Population
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Oct 24, 2024 | 02323-7/abstract&sz=64)
thelancet.com | African Population
References1. Abimbola, S ∙ Pai, MWill global health survive its decolonisation? Lancet. 2020; 396:1627-16282. Abimbola, S ∙ Asthana, S ∙ Montenegro, C ∙ et al. Addressing power asymmetries in global health: imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemicPLoS Med. 2021; 18, e10036043. Krugman, DWGlobal health and the elite capture of decolonization: on reformism and the possibilities of alternate pathsPLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3, e00021034. Kyobutungi, C ∙ Gitahi, G ∙ Wangari, M-C ∙ et al.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | African Population
In Table 1, we present descriptive statistics detailing the distribution of child-level, maternal-level, and household-level characteristics for each respective period. It was observed that the proportion of male children consistently exceeded that of females throughout the different periods. The majority of children were reported to have received BCG vaccination, and this trend remained consistent across the periods.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com | African Population
This study design comprises a quantitative impact evaluation and a qualitative implementation evaluation. To quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of the parenting intervention on ECD and caregiving outcomes, we will use a cluster-RCT design. Villages will be randomly allocated at a 1:1 ratio to either the parenting intervention arm or a waitlist, standard-of-care control arm. In each village, 10 primary caregivers with a child aged 0–24 months will be enrolled.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
mentalhealthdataprizeafrica.aphrc.org | African Population
Mental Health Data Prize-Africa 2024 RFP Deadline: 31 July 2024 The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in collaboration with Wellcome, is launching the Mental Health Data Prize-Africa to foster transformative change in understanding anxiety, depression, and psychosis across Africa. This initiative seeks to fill critical knowledge gaps by awarding up to ten prizes of £200,000 each, alongside one year of funding. It invites innovators, researchers, and start-ups to...
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
africa-newsroom.com | African Population
NAIROBI, Quénia, 26 de dezembro 2023/APO Group/ -- O Centro Africano de Investigação sobre População e Saúde (APHRC) (https://APHRC.org/), em parceria com a Wellcome, vai apresentar uma nova iniciativa em 2024 que visa superar as lacunas existentes na nossa compreensão da ansiedade, depressão e psicose e melhorar a prática de tomada de decisões com base em provas em África.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Swiss Tropical |African Population |Episcopal Relief
This was a multiple cross-sectional study that utilized secondary data from a community-led parenting empowerment intervention that was implemented in Kenya and Zambia across three survey rounds [22]. The intervention program aimed at improving children’s cognitive, language, motor, social, and emotional development and promoting positive discipline and parenting more generally.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
journals.plos.org | Julia Robinson |Catherine Kyobutungi |African Population
Two years ago, PLOS Global Public Health began publishing articles with a bold vision [1]:The mission of PLOS Global Public Health is to address deeply entrenched inequities in global health and make impactful research visible and accessible to health professionals, policymakers, and local communities.
