Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
UDSMA-Ghana Conference: IFMSA
" Under the theme PROFESSIONALISM AND RESEARCH; THE KEY TO ADVANCEMENT IN THE HEALTH SECTOR... The University for Development Studies Medical Students Association (UDSMSA) a member of the Federation of Ghana Medical Student Associations’ (FGMSA) under the…
NEJM | Government's Role in Protecting Health and Safety
Thanks for sharing this interesting article Sandeep. We have had similar 'health and safety', or rather 'health vs safety' discussions about salt in the past with our Food Standards Agency: namely that the UK government had an agency to protect against…
Call for Volunteers: HLA population analysis in Kenya and Ghana
The Bone Marrow Registry in Nigeria, with help from the National Marrow Donor Program, is organizing a pilot HLA population frequency analysis in sub-regions of Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. This is a feasibility study for a subsequent HLA population analysis…
Problems of Creating Bone Marrow Donor Registries in Emerging Economies
Dear all, I want to share with you an article recently published in The BMJ by a colleague, Dr. Sushrut Jangi at Harvard Medical School. http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f2976 It's a fantastic case study for anyone seeking to enhance healthcare…
Major Awards | Seun Adebiyi & Gaurav Singal |
Hearty congrats to 2 members of this community -- Seun Adebiyi and Gaurav Singal -- for 2 major achievements over the past couple of weeks: --> Seun Adebiyi has just received the Gift of Life Award from the HRH Princess Dina of Jordan. She profiles the…
Quick Question: Advise for a person wishing to donate a medical library?
Dear Dr Musse, Please I will need this book for my organization. I wish all our friends the best in life.
Active transport
I think in a communities where 80% is rural and no transport at all yet prevalence of Diabetes and hypertension is high these people walk around 3 hours each day so their is so many other factors to consider i guess
Coursera: Health For All upcoming course
Great courses on Coursera indeed! Thanks!
13 Year Old Sudanese Refugee admitted to Uganda Cancer Institute
Hi All - This is an appeal letter (see attachment and below) the UNCDA received today for a Sudanese refugee referred to the Uganda Cancer Institute for treatment of lymphoblastic lymphoma. I thought it may be of interest given that this is a typical but…
Thank you from NCDFREE
Dear NCDFREE family (because as supporters, that's what you've become!), First of all, thank you to you all for your wonderful support on the NCDFREE campaign. What a success and we are all very excited – including our NCD change-makers from around the…