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Melanie Amna Abas

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Prof of Global Mental Health, Director King's Global Health Institute. Tweeting on depression, Global Health, workforce diversity, HIV. Views are my own

KingsCollege London & Lewisham
Joined December 2010
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@melanieabas
Melanie Amna Abas
4 months
Gates foundation announced today they will fund AI in supporting self care - and will fund research in Africa which is contextualised to realities of systems and costs - @iasociety
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Melanie Amna Abas
4 months
Proud that one of our @KingsIoPPN MScGMH alumni Tarisai Bere Is one of the emerging leaders recognised to be shaping the future of #mentalhealthcare as part of global #HIV care @iconbee_ @waltermangezi
@iasociety
IAS - the International AIDS Society
4 months
🎓 A warm welcome to our brilliant #IAS2025 scholarship recipients! 👥 We’re thrilled to have 248 emerging leaders from 55 countries across the globe joining us in #Kigali and virtually to help shape the future of #HIV science and advocacy.
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Melanie Amna Abas
4 months
Excited to be at the worlds premiere #HIV science conference, with Tarisai Bere presenting a late breaker abstract on #mentalhealth as key to the HIV response thanks to ⁦@DixonChibanda⁩ ⁦@WalterMangezi@DrSteveSafren⁩ ⁦@KingsIoPPN⁩ ⁦
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@melanieabas
Melanie Amna Abas
5 months
Honoured to have the President of the Republic of #Kenya visiting ⁦@KingsCollegeLon⁩ to sign the Kenya UK Health Alliance- so much mutual learning and solidarity over health education, pharmaceuticals and research #globalhealth #universalhealthcoverage
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Melanie Amna Abas
5 months
Prof ‘Funmi Olonisakin welcoming the President of the Republic of Kenya to ⁦@KingsCollegeLon⁩ to sign new Kenya UK Health Alliance- opening door to partnerships in education, pharmaceuticals and research. Proud day for UK global health ⁦@KingsIoPPN
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Melanie Amna Abas
5 months
Nurse-led palliative care for patients with severe tuberculosis improves health outcomes and should be task-shifted into routine tuberculosis care https://t.co/ra7Lgmyko9
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thelancet.com
Additional nurse-led palliative care for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis improved self-reported outcomes spanning physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domains, and increased...
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Melanie Amna Abas
6 months
THRIVE- Zvandiri https://t.co/WliE6JQfZP via @YouTube Take a look at how art is able to express mental health so much better than words for young people
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Melanie Amna Abas
6 months
‘Health is a political issue’ - how will countries make choices about @health spending in this new reality of step down of@global donors ? and will they coordinate or stay in silos ?
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@susancolehaley
Susan Cole-Haley FRSA
6 months
Honoured to have opportunity to deliver the opening plenary of @AIDSImpact Conference, highlighting the inequities affecting women with HIV & actions needed to address it. Thanks to all the women with HIV who shared their insights, particularly from @4Mproject!
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@melanieabas
Melanie Amna Abas
6 months
https://t.co/ABkwUz2GNe Amazing talks at #aidsimpact including hearing from Edwin Bernard about the fight to decriminalise living with HIV
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Melanie Amna Abas
7 months
In New York with Prof Anne Pollock speaking to ⁦@KingsCollegeLon#alumni about global health and ⁦@KingsGlobal⁩ - ⁦@KingsIoPPN⁩ ⁦@KingsSSPP⁩ ⁦@davidmartinelli
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@BJSahakian
Barbara Sahakian
7 months
'Teenagers who go to bed early and sleep longer have sharper brains, study finds' @guardianscience article covering our new study from @Cambridge_Uni and Fudan University
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theguardian.com
Researchers surprised at impact that even small differences in sleep make to adolescents’ cognitive abilities
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@ALC_KCL
African Leadership Centre
7 months
🚨 REMINDER | Applications still open! 🕒 Deadline: 18 May 2025 🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/nOlzi0HkIj #ALCFellowships #Leadership #Africa #FellowshipOpportunity #PeaceSecurityDevelopment
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africanleadershipcentre.org
@ALC_KCL
African Leadership Centre
8 months
🚨 Call for Applications: @ALC_KCL Peace, Security & Development Fellowships 2025/2026 Are you a young African or Global South scholar passionate about transformative leadership? Apply now and be part of the next generation shaping Africa's future. 📅 Deadline:18 May 2025 🔗
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@UNAIDS
UNAIDS Global
7 months
In 2023, 84% of pregnant women living with HIV received antiretroviral treatment—a major increase since 2010. With funding declines, if countries do not fill the gap, we risk losing these gains. We cannot afford a setback now— not when we are so close to the finish line.
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@melanieabas
Melanie Amna Abas
8 months
Panel aired importance of #MentalHealth globally, & reciprocal capacity building between African countries & UK. Audience challenged researchers to acknowledge African perspective on mental health - from idioms of distress to research methods @seyeabimbola @DixonChibanda
@KingsIoPPN
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
8 months
At a @KingsCollegeLon panel discussion, experts explored how international partnerships and African-led community interventions like the @friendshipbench are transforming global mental healthcare. Prof @melanieabas shares the key takeaways 👉 https://t.co/9AFRB1TZbP
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@melanieabas
Melanie Amna Abas
9 months
US aid cuts are an opportunity to reimagine global health
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nature.com
Nature Medicine - The global south should become self-reliant by investing in health.
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@melanieabas
Melanie Amna Abas
9 months
Do join us to hear about and celebrate #African Mental Health Research with @DixonChibanda @friendshipbench @SalisburyMH @RicardoTwumasi @jermainedambi @kingsmedicine @GMentalHealth
@KingsIoPPN
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
9 months
Panel announced❗️ Join us 5pm on Thurs 6 Mar for a panel discussion on the @friendshipbench & #AfricanMentalHealth Research Initiative. REGISTER👉 https://t.co/0i9PIMFvgu Speakers: @DixonChibanda, @melanieabas, @RicardoTwumasi, @SalisburyMH, @jermainedambi. Chair: @northactually
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@UNAIDS
UNAIDS Global
9 months
UNAIDS has received reports from 52 countries experiencing disruptions in their HIV responses due to the U.S. foreign aid pause. The situation is evolving quickly, and we are closely monitoring it. Read our latest report for more details:
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@iasociety
IAS - the International AIDS Society
9 months
"Lifting the funding freeze immediately is imperative to prevent further backsliding of progress towards ending the global HIV epidemic—progress that would not have been possible without #PEPFAR's 27 years of leadership." View new @jiasociety field notes: https://t.co/dVYescFvBS
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