Dr Tash Fothergill-Misbah
@TashMisbah
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Postdoc @UniofNewcastle | @NIHRglobal & @BritishAcademy_ | PD | ageing in Africa | global health 🌍 regional lead SSA @jnlglobalageing | @WHO BRH consultant
England, United Kingdom
Joined January 2010
🎉 thrilled to have received one of the ODA interdisciplinary grants from @BritishAcademy_ alongside @MaryBitta and @TongueTiedFilms to use co-produced arts to reduce stigma around PD and epilepsy in Kenya - read more here: @UniofNewcastle @AKU_BMI.
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This project will produce a community-based awareness campaign in Kenya, which will be informed by, and co-created with, people with lived experience of neurological disorders.
The British Academy is pleased to announce the successful applicants of the ODA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects programme, funding collaborative opportunities for researchers based in the UK and internationally. Congratulations!
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RT @MichaelOkun: Do you know the 8 action items to make levodopa fully available in Africa? Did you know the problem is a worldwide one? Ca….
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RT @UniofNewcastle: Congratulations to the nominees in the Engaging for Health and Wellbeing category at this year's Engagement and Place A….
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RT @MDCP_Journal: Poor access to medicines for Parkinson's in Kenya has serious health, social and financial implications - PD medicines ne….
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Background The accessibility of Parkinson's disease medicines is limited across sub-Saharan Africa, which can have negative health, social and financial consequences for people with Parkinson's...
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RT @trapcaf_project: The TraPCAf project held its last Virtual Support Group meeting of 2024! 🎄. We look forward to continuing our work wit….
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RT @trapcaf_project: Recently Natasha Fothergill-Misbah of TraPCAf collaborated with @movedisorder to celebrate World Movement Disorders Da….
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20 minutes to spare? Listen to my interview about stigma and movement disorders for World Movement Disorders Day - thanks @movedisorder and @SSNeuroMD for the opportunity . @UniofNewcastle @NIHRglobal @trapcaf_project @BritishAcademy_ @ParkinsonAfrica @PdAvengers.
Dr. Natasha Fothergill-Misbah discusses stigma and how people with movement disorders experience it around the world. #MoveDisorder @tashmisbah @SSNeuroMD
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RT @MichaelOkun: The availability of Parkinson's medicines in Africa and in many countries around the world is unacceptable. Look at the ne….
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Very timely documentary on harmful use of banned pesticides in Kenya, including reference to Paraquat and Parkinson’s @MichaelOkun @basbloem @trapcaf_project @RayDorseyNeuro @PdAvengers @ParkinsonAfrica.
For years, American PR firm v-Fluence has worked with a network of players in the agrochemical industry to ensure that the use of harmful pesticides in various countries, including Kenya continues. Despite mounting evidence of the harm they cause, v-Fluence and its partners have
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Another fab training session on Parkinson’s delivered to HCPs from @KilifiCountyGov in Kenya as part of our efforts to raise PD awareness across communities in @trapcaf_project grant! . @NIHRglobal .@NIHRinvolvement .@UniofNewcastle.
TraPCAf team members Tash, Rich and Brenda delivered a second successful Continuing Medical Education training session on PD for healthcare workers at Malindi Sub-County Hospital. @NIHRglobal @ParkinsonDotOrg @PdAvengers @ParkinsonsEU @ParkinsonAfrica @PolicyNCL
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This will be an excellent session on how to build community awareness of PD through the experience of the wonderful Sogakope team in Ghana! Don’t miss out! @Momodoucham2 @trapcaf_project @ParkinsonAfrica.
We are excited to invite you to a special presentation by Dr. @Momodoucham2 and his team on "Advocacy in Action" during our upcoming Virtual Support Group Meeting on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 12:30 PM WAT. Register here:
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Amazing couple of days delivering this methods training course in Nairobi that @MattBreckons and I developed! Thanks to all attendees for your engagement and @VioletNaanyu @Doxoki for supporting 🙏🏼 @NIHRglobal @trapcaf_project @UniofNewcastle @AKU_BMI.
The TraPCAf team recently delivered the second successful hybrid qualitative methods training course in Nairobi this week with attendees from Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
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Another fascinating talk @professor_sue - excited to see what we learn from @trapcaf_project re -omics! We’re collaborating with teams doing cool things with: .Genomics ✔️.Microbiomics ✔️.Metabolomics ✔️.Proteomics ✔️. @CJStewart7 @stumpw0rk50 @ASAP_Research @movedisorder.
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Currently in awe listening to @sarabandres1 discussing artificial intelligence and genetics in PD 🤯 major fangirling! @movedisorder #MDSCongress @MichaelJFoxOrg @ASAP_Research.
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RT @LSVTGlobal: Final day of MDS 2024. We are enjoying connecting with colleagues from around the world like Natasha Fathergill-Misbah. Sto….
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So cool to meet @purposeful_pd yesterday at #MDSCongress - Gavin is a big advocate for improving the lives of people with Parkinson’s in Africa 🌍 @ParkinsonAfrica @omotolathomas8
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Awesome talk on environment and neurodegeneration at @movedisorder #MDSCongress - from pollutants to infections to climate change exposures as risk factors for Parkinson’s - so much to still learn about these pathways! Excited to see what we find from @trapcaf_project 🌍
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RT @RichelleFlan: I cannot imagine what it would be like to not be able to move but knowing there is a very cheap medication available but….
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RT @ParkinsonAfrica: 📢 Join our next Virtual Support Group Meeting!. 🗓️ Date: 12th September 2024 .🕰️ Time: 12:30pm WAT . Don't miss this….
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RT @trapcaf_project: 📸 We thought our followers would appreciate some beautiful stills from the upcoming PD documentary 'UHURU', Co-Produc….
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RT @MichaelOkun: What is having Parkinson's in Tanzania like? How big of a difference does access to medications make in Africa and beyond?….
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