Congratulations to our GDAR network member, Dr Gabriel Okello, for winning the Cambridge Award for Research Impact and Engagement in the ECR category! These awards, formerly the Vice-Chancellor's Award, are held annually to recognise exceptional achievement, innovation, and creativity in developing research engagement and impact plans with significant economic, social, and cultural potential. Gabriel won … Continue reading Winner of the Cambridge Award for Research Impact and Engagement
KEMRI GDAR’s first steps for 2025
The KEMRI GDAR team held their first meeting of the year to plan for key outputs, stakeholder consultations, and student dissertations. Three of the team members, including Charles Lwanga, Gladys Odhiambo and Lillian Sewe (new member) are pursuing Masters degrees in Public Health, and will be graduating later this year. Ms Sewe has a degree … Continue reading KEMRI GDAR’s first steps for 2025
GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day four – Future-casting
In November we convened our Annual Network Meeting in Johannesburg, hosted by the SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA) at the University of the Witwatersrand. This was our 7th annual meeting as a network. We brought together our research partners from Brazil, Cameroon, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United … Continue reading GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day four – Future-casting
GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day three – Network health
In November we convened our Annual Network Meeting in Johannesburg, hosted by the SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA) at the University of the Witwatersrand. This was our 7th annual meeting as a network. We brought together our research partners from Brazil, Cameroon, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United … Continue reading GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day three – Network health
GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day two – Community, engagement, and involvement
In November we convened our Annual Network Meeting in Johannesburg, hosted by the SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA) at the University of the Witwatersrand. This was our 7th annual meeting as a network. We brought together our research partners from Brazil, Cameroon, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United … Continue reading GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day two – Community, engagement, and involvement
GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day one – sense-making
In November we convened our Annual Network Meeting in Johannesburg, hosted by the SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA) at the University of the Witwatersrand. This was our 7th annual meeting as a network, bringing together our research partners from Brazil, Cameroon, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United Kingdom … Continue reading GDAR Annual Network Meeting 2024: Day one – sense-making
Second Kisumu stakeholder consultation
Brian Otieno writes about the second stakeholder consultation in Kisumu. This blog post was originally published in The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Bulletin (Issue 113, p. 7). On September 25, 2024, experts from different fields gathered in Kisumu for an important workshop focused on climate change and health. Organized as part of the ongoing … Continue reading Second Kisumu stakeholder consultation
Urban Public Space Initiatives and Health in Africa
Our parallel research team at ALPhA, in collaboration with GDAR members, have published a mixed-methods systematic review on Urban Public Space Initiatives (PSIs) and Health in Africa. The objective of this study was to synthesise evidence on the typology, location, features, and outcomes of these initiatives as well as the guiding principles that underlie their … Continue reading Urban Public Space Initiatives and Health in Africa
Advocates for change: South African teen citizen scientists in action
Children as young as 13 years old can be citizen scientists, advocating and making significant impacts to promote safe, active, and healthy spaces within and beyond the school, home, and neighbourhood environments. Our GDAR researchers at the University of Cape Town, South Africa assessed the role of adolescents’ advocacy in addressing the barriers influencing healthy … Continue reading Advocates for change: South African teen citizen scientists in action
Why balancing virtual audit tools with local knowledge can benefit global health research
As countries such as South Africa become more urbanised it has become critically important to understand how the increasingly populous areas impact physical activity. However, it can be challenging to gather an accurate, contextual understanding of the environment, which is beneficial to both researchers and residents. Our recent publication in the Journal of Urban Health, … Continue reading Why balancing virtual audit tools with local knowledge can benefit global health research