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News & Updates
February 01 Issue 48
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Happy new month! Welcome to another edition of the CARTA monthly updates. Read on to keep abreast with what is new. | |
5th Vice Chancellors’ and Heads of Research Institutions’ Meeting | |
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CARTA is preparing to host a Vice Chancellors and Heads of Research Institutions' meeting in February. The meetings are convened to share new information regarding the program and to discuss strategic direction to ensure that CARTA meets the program and its partner institutional needs. This is also an opportunity for CARTA to share its work to strengthen postgraduate training, research, and related research ecosystems at its partner institutions.
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Kwaheri (Goodbye), Gloria!
Gloria Chemutai, CARTA Communications Officer is leaving the consortium end of January to pursue other interests. Her creativity, dedication, and passion will be greatly missed.
Topistar Karani, Communications Assistant at the Research Capacity Strengthening Division at APHRC, will help us hold the fort as we recruit for a new Communications Officer.
CARTA thanks Gloria for her service and contributions to the growth of the consortium. We wish her the very best in her next plans.
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Graduations and Completions | |
Marjorie Defends PhD Thesis! | |
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Marjorie Kyomuhendo (Cohort Three Fellow, Makerere University) defended her PhD thesis titled Family planning communication in Uganda: An integration of media reporting, communication campaigns and audience perspectives.'
We congratulate her on this achievement and await her graduation!
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Christine Defends PhD Thesis! | |
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Christine Minoo Mbindyo (Cohort Eight Fellow, University of Nairobi) defended her PhD thesis titled Bovine mastitis: Establishing bacterial diversity, associated risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance profiles of the isolates in Kajiado and Embu counties, Kenya
We congratulate her on this achievement and await her graduation in September 2022!
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Presentations at Conferences | |
Adedini Presents Papers at the IPC and IUSSP | |
Sunday Adedini (Cohort One Graduate, Obafemi Awolowo University) made two oral presentations at the 28th International Population Conference (IPC) organized virtually by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) from December 5-10, 2021.The presentations were titled ‘Using family planning as a strategy for achieving sustainable urbanization: perspectives from urban planners and family planning experts in Nigeria’ and ‘Comparing the timeliness and adequacy of antenatal care uptake between women who married as child brides and adult brides in 20 sub-Saharan African countries.’
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Evidence and Implementation Science: A Chat with Mpho Molete | |
For the #CARTA100 series, (celebrating CARTA's over 100 PhD Graduates) Mpho Molete (Cohort Six Graduate, University of the Witwatersrand) shares about her current research interests, her experience of carrying out research and teaching amidst the pandemic. Read on.
"My current research interests are centered around the field of Implementation Science, as often in a health setting, we adopt programs or interventions because the evidence says it’s good and it works. However, not enough attention goes into ensuring that implementation is carried out well, in a given context and that the process yields favorable outcomes."
Read the full Q & A here.
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IJPH & PHR - Fee Waivers for Authors from Low and Middle-Income Countries | |
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The International Journal of Public Health (IJPH, Impact Factor 3.38) and the Public Health Reviews (PHR, CiteScore 6.80) - owned by the non-profit Swiss School of Public Health - publish all contents Open Access.
The journals also financially support first authors from low- and middle-income countries to publish without fees, as part of the GLOBEQUITY program funded by swiss universities (until 2024)
Find more details on PHR and IJPH.
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Herbal medicine used for the treatment of diarrhea and cough in Kampala city, Uganda | |
Globally, diarrheal and respiratory diseases are among the main causes of mortality and morbidity. In Uganda, cities are facing proliferation of trade in herbal medicines (HM), including those for diarrhea and/or cough. Godwin Anywar (Cohort Six Graduate, Makerere University), in Tropical Medicine & Health, profiled the anti-diarrhea and/or anti-cough HM, and the basic economic aspects of HM trade in Kampala city, to support ethnopharmacological knowledge conservation and strategic planning.
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Failure to return pillbox is a predictor of being lost to follow-up among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania | |
Pill count is used to assess drug adherence in people living with HIV (PLHIV). Carrying a pillbox is associated with fear of concealment and stigma and might indicate poor adherence and predict someone who will be lost to follow-up (LTFU). Aneth Kalinjuma (Cohort Ten Fellow, Ifakara Health Institute) in HIV Med, therefore, assessed the association between pillbox return and being LTFU in rural Tanzania.
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Synthesis and characterization of ionomer-type cements from alkaline-activated kaolinite | |
In the era of a global phase down of usage of dental amalgam following the Minamata Convention on Mercury in 2013, there has been an emphasis on research on tooth-coloured alternatives such as resin composites and glass ionomer cements. Moreover, advances in adhesive dentistry have resulted in a paradigm shift from traditional management of dental caries to promotion of preventive and minimal intervention dentistry. Olivia Osiro (Cohort Six Graduate, University of Nairobi), in Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X , set out to synthesize ionomer-type cements from alkaline-activated kaolinite and describe their setting characteristics, compressive strength, and fluoride ion releasing properties.
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Alcohol consumption and oesophageal squamous cell cancer risk in east Africa: findings from the large multicentre ESCCAPE case-control study in Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi | |
The contribution of alcohol to the large burden of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in east Africa remains uncertain and difficult to assess owing to complex consumption patterns of traditional and commercial drinks. Diana Menya (Cohort Two Graduate, Moi University) aimed to assess whether alcohol drinking, overall and at specific intake levels, contributes to ESCC risk in east Africa.
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Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance
WEE-DiFine is a research initiative that seeks to generate a comprehensive body of evidence that addresses the impact of digital financial services (DFS) on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and the causal mechanisms between the two by funding rigorous research across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Deadline: March 03, 2022
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JPIAMR: Disrupting Drug Resistance Using Innovative Design
Pre-announcement: In 2022, JPIAMR will launch an international call for projects under the umbrella of the JPIAMR and within the framework of the ERA-NET JPIAMR-ACTION. In line with the JPIAMR Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, this call will focus on tackling the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Deadline: March 08, 2022
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Arturo Falaschi Postdoctoral Fellowships
ICGEB offers competitive Postdoctoral Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists wishing to pursue postdoctoral research in a world-class scientific environment.
Closing Dates for Applications: March 31 and September 30
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British Ecological Society: Ecologists in Africa Grants 2022
This grant provides support for ecologists in Africa to carry out innovative ecological research. Benefits include funding of up to £8,000 for research expenses and the opportunity to apply for an additional £2,000 travel grant.
Deadline: March 18, 2022
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Call for Applications ISNAD-Africa Mentoring for Research Programme 2022
ISNAD-Africa’s Mentoring for Research Programme (MRP) establishes technical and thematic mentoring relationships between students in African Universities, and, experienced researchers and professionals from more than 50 countries across the globe. Students selected for the programme are those who are undergoing postgraduate (master’s and doctoral) degree programmes in any discipline and are conducting research on sustainable energy, environment and climate change among other green growth topics for their thesis.
Deadline: February 05, 2022
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Find more opportunities on our website here.
Disclaimer: The opportunities we share are mostly from external funders. Linking to an external site does not constitute an endorsement by CARTA.
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African Voices: Meet Nomfundo Moroe
CARTA graduate Nomfundo Moroe (Cohort Six, University of the Witwatersrand) is featured in Carnegie Corporation’s Higher Education & Research in Africa newsletter. It highlights the experiences and achievements of select African researchers who have benefited from training and fellowship programs supported through Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Higher Education and Research in Africa portfolio.
Read it here
OAU, CARTA, Train Doctoral Students on Research Methodology
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, in partnership with CARTA, conducted training for 17 doctoral students in research methodology under the aegis of the Intervention towards strengthening research training (ItSTRETO) Fellowship as featured in this article.
Read it here
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Research4Life Resources
Research4Life has partnered with Research Square Company to provide free access to AJE Digital Editing tool to researchers in Group A countries.
AJE Digital Editing tool uses Artificial Intelligence to reduce language disadvantages of researchers who have English as a second language by correcting grammar and phrasing, and helping researchers communicate their work effectively.
Researchers in 69 countries have free access to this tool! You can find the tool on their content portal here.
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