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Research & knowledge sharing initiative on #SocialProtection & Health including #TB, led by @karolinskainst @LSHTM @WHO with global partners
Stockholm, Sweden
Joined August 2018
Thank you everyone for the fantastic discussions and forging the path forward for the SPARKS collaborations! Work on social protection and health will continue with new and old partnerships! Safe travels everyone, huge thank you to all participants online and off!
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And then an experience from Benin - on a pilot study of comprehensive care to patients with TB
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Talemwa Nalugwa presenting on Ugandan experience and potential for a hub
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SPARKS hubs presentation - two universities in Brazil - Brasilia University and Federal University of Bahia - academic nucleus of Public Health in Brazil. Mauro Sanches and Joilda Nery
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And it's a wrap (for today)! Information overload perhaps, but much food for thought and meeting old and new friends - tomorrow, returning with our future plans. For now, party on 🥳
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And after some needed coffee (despite the interesting programme) we continue with @_KritikaDixit and her study on Characterizing and assessing the socioeconomic impact, barriers, and facilitators of accessing TB diagnosis and care in Nepal before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Near the end of an extremely informative day - @StopTB 's @BeatriceKirubi sharing their experience and work towards combing #socialprotection and #tuberculosis
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Corinne Merle from WHO TDR presenting activities on social protection and tuberculosis
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Ernesto Jaramillo from WHO - how to further the social protection agenda for health
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Followed by a talk by @WFP - @juangogogo and @UN_michael_j - epidemiologically smart social protection
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Linking with broader health systems and social health protection initiatives
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Roundtable: Recent policy developments, policy needs, building relationships - @rasanathan , Nicole Valentine, Delia Boccia, Knut Lönnroth, @BeatriceKirubi - WHO, Stop TB. Looks like a fantastic upcoming session!
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And last, but not least in the series of presentations, Carlton Evans and Sumona Datta @Dr_DattaBase on Community Randomized Evaluation of a Socioeconomic Intervention to Prevent TB (CRESIPT) Project in Peru
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Survey showed that despite over half being vulnerable, people were generally not enrolled into social protection programmes.
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And then - social protection referral pilot in Uganda by Priya Shete and Talemwa Nalugwa and team
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We need to build relationships and dialogue with policymakers - but we need to make these sustainable over time to ensure the policy impact of SPARKS research.
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