Non-communicable diseases in Africa
ARUA Conference and Networking Meeting 2023
Between Monday 27th Friday and 31st March 2023, the University of Glasgow hosted participants at the ERASMUS+/ARUA Centre of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases Conference. Representatives were drawn from the African Research Universities Alliance, the University of Nairobi, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the Technical University of Kenya, Pwani University, the University of Ibadan, the University of Lagos, the Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, the African Population and Health Research Centre, the University of the West Indies, and the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research. The 5-day conference provided an opportunity for discussing common interests in non-communicable diseases, multimorbidity, and infection. The University of Glasgow also organised a series of meetings, seminars and workshops bringing together scientists and administrative staff from the diverse institutions promoting professional interactions between them.
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Dr. Bukachi, ARUA CoE-NCDs Director, making his opening remarks
The University of Nairobi Team following the conference proceedings
ARUA CoE-NCDs Partners from University of the Witwatersrand represented by Prof. Maria Papathanasopoulos and Dr. June Fabian
University of Nairobi, University of Lagos and KEMRI representatives attending the conference
University of Glasgow, University of Ibadan, University of the Witwatersrand and University of Nairobi representatives
Pwani University and ARUA CoE-NCDs members
