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Webinar Recap: Respectful Maternal Care – Are we trending in the right direction?
On Tuesday, December 8th from 3-5pm EAT (Nairobi), the East, Central, and Southern Africa Health Community and the University of California San Francisco co-led the first webinar in a series entitled “Accelerating Evidence to Use in Policy and Programs.” Over 100...Webinar Recap: Accelerating the Use of Evidence in Support of Resilient and Respectful RMNCAH Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
On Tuesday, May 25th from 4-5pm EAT (Nairobi), the East, Central, and Southern Africa Health Community and the University of California San Francisco co-led a webinar entitled: “Respectful Maternal Care: Are we trending in the right direction?” This webinar was the...UCSF releases Op-Ed on Secondary Effects of COVID-19 on Essential Maternal and Newborn Health Services
Obstetrician and global maternal and newborn health expert, Dr. Dilys Walker of University of California at San Francisco and Ph.D. student, Carolyn Smith Hughes, co-authored an op-ed in Devex on the secondary consequences of COVID-19 on maternal and neonatal health...Addressing the Nutrition and WASH Needs of Urban Populations in East Africa
This post first appeared in the University Research Co., LLC blog. View the original post here. By 2030, 60% of the world is projected to live in cities and urban areas. Rapidly expanding urban populations have led to overcrowded living conditions, stressed...Highlights from an Implementation Science Approach to Advancing Nutrition/WASH Among the Urban Poor in East Africa
How implementation research can advance urban nutrition and WASH: Case of Tanzania On July 14, 2020, Emily Peca (HEARD Project), Ester Elisaria (Ikafara Health Inst.), Churchill Shakim (TAMASHA), Grey Saga (USAID/Tanzania), and Cudje Bennett (USAID) gave a...Engaging Deans & Directors in Global Health Institutions in Implementation Science at the 10th Annual Consortium of Universities in Global Health (CUGH) Conference, Chicago, March 2019
Engaging Deans & Directors in Global Health Institutions in Implementation Science at the 10th Annual Consortium of Universities in Global Health (CUGH) Conference in Chicago, IL March 2019 In March, the HEARD Project organized a roundtable discussion on...How Do We Make Implementation Science Partnerships More Sustainable?
How Do We Make Implementation Science Partnerships More Sustainable? The American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), together with USAID-funded Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project, hosted a high-level roundtable during the...International Conference on Urban Health 2018: Catalyzing Collaboration and Advancing Implementation Science Agenda Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
International Conference on Urban Health 2018: Catalyzing Collaboration and Advancing Implementation Science Agenda Development in Sub-Saharan Africa January 31, 2019 After nearly a decade, the International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) returned to Sub-Saharan...Spotlight: Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi
Spotlight: Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi January 31, 2019 Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi is the Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC). She was formerly the Director of Research and has served APHRC in several leadership roles over the... results