Technical Working Group on Multi-Sectoral Action for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Policy in sub-Saharan Africa Posted on 22/10/2018 (22/10/2018) by Siki kigongo WHAT WE DO WHAT WE DO // PROJECTS Technical Working Group on Multi-Sectoral Action for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Policy in sub-Saharan Africa Project Period July 2015 - December 2018 Project Partners Aga Khan University Project Funders SIMILAR PROJECTS PROJECT VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2012 - 2014 WHO – Technical Assistance for Accountability for Health Framework in Africa Through the World Health Organization (WHO), APHRC is providing technical assistance to selected countries to implement and assess progress in achieving recommendations for improving Women’s and Children’s health. PROJECT VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2016 - 2017 Voices for Action V4A Voices for Action is a community engagement on vulnerability and solutions to food and nutrition insecurity among women and children in the Maasai Community, Kajiado, Kenya. PROJECT VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2018 - 2019 Understanding non-communicable diseases (NCD) and the role of infection in Africa: building a partnership to generate big data – ANDLA project Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are overtaking infectious disease as the leading cause of adult mortality in Africa. VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2012 - 2014 Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Kenya (TNBC) Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of breast carcinoma with a poor prognosis. VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2015 - 2018 Technical Working Group on Multi-Sectoral Action for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Policy in sub-Saharan Africa Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). PROJECT ONGOING PROJECT 2020 - 2021 Surveillance and Epidemiologic Evaluation of COVID-19 in Kenya (SEECK) The burden of COVID-19 at population level is not known and prevention interventions are not fully supported by evidence. This project seeks to answer the question of: what proportion of the general population has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 before? The study is being conducted in the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) area (Korogocho and Viwandani informal settlements) on the outskirts of Nairobi City. Similar studies are being implemented in Kisumu and Kilifi by other research teams within the wider consortium. ONGOING PROJECT 2021 - 2023 PATIENT-LED SUPPORT GROUPS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES IN KOROGOCHO AND VIWANDANDI INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, NAIROBI, KENYA: MIXED METHODS STUDY OF AN INNOVATIVE MODEL (MRC PaLs) PROJECT VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2012 - 2016 Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Project (PAMANECH) VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2012 - 2015 MIYCN – Urban Project This is a study conducted in two slums in Nairobi; Korogocho and Viwandani. It involves personalized, home-based counselling of pregnant women and mothers of infants on maternal nutrition and optimal infant and young child feeding practices by Community Health Workers (CHWs). VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2012 - 2014 Indoor and outdoor air pollution and their health impacts, in poor urban settings in nairobi Air pollution (both outdoor and indoor) is a critical public health challenge especially in the developing world where legislation on emissions control is either weak or non-existent. VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT Indicator Development for Surveillance of Urban Emergencies (IDSUE) VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2010 - 2014 INDEPTH Vaccination Project (IVP) – Infectious and NCD ONGOING PROJECT 2017 - 2021 Improving Healthcare Delivery in Informal Settlements Rapid urbanization in major cities in Africa, has contributed to a surge in informal settlements, also commonly referred to as slums. ONGOING PROJECT 2017 - 2019 Food Choices Project: Dietary transitions in African Cities Driven in part by the increasing migration of individuals to cities in many African countries, a change in dietary habits has been observed, with increasing consumption of unhealthy foods that are high in calories and low in nutrients. PROJECT VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT - 2017 Bringing African Voices Together VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2012 - 2017 AWI-Gen/H3A – Genomic and Environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans The AWI-Gen project aims to understand the interplay between genetic, epigenetic and environmental risk factors for obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) in sub-Saharan Africa. PROJECT VIEW COMPLETED PROJECT 2018 - 2018 Assessing the Gaps in Healthcare and Determining the Feasibility for the Setup of a Social Enterprise – Viwandani Lown Community Health Center, Kenya The Assessing the Gaps in Healthcare and Determining the Feasibility for the Setup of a Social Enterprise PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Executive Director, APHRC Catherine Kyobutungi Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi is the Executive Director of the African… View Profile