Addressing the IMPACT of Rheumatic Heart Disease Lessons from the past and guidance for the futureRheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) currently affects over 40 million people around the world, most of whom live in low and middle income countries. Additional research is urgently needed to develop and scale strategies to combat this disease.In this 4-part webinar […]

Dr Susan Atuhairwe successfully defends PhD thesis RACHEAL NINSIIMA On March 27 2023, Dr Susan Atuhairwe, a THRiVE-2 PhD fellow successfully presented and defended her thesis on ‘Safety, effectiveness and acceptability of Misoprostol for treatment of incomplete mid trimester abortion in Uganda.’ She was supervised by Profs Kristina Gemzell Danielsson from Karolinska Institutet; Josephat Byamugisha […]

This is a two-week, practical research methods course suitable for health researchers, social scientists and students undertaking professional training (MSc, MMed, MPH, and PhD). Facilitators for this course are highly experienced researchers from the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) Mwanza Centre, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU), the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences […]

Dear Reader,We at THRiVE secretariat greatly appreciate you taking time to read this magazine which commemorates the close-out of DELTAS-1 funding support to our consortium. The magazine captures some of the actors and most memorable moments in our journey to build research capacity in the region. We greatly appreciate all the support and guidance rendered […]

The University of Nairobi, Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA) the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Pwani University and KEMRI-Kilifi with funding from Cambridge-Africa’s Alborada Research Fund is offering an online ‘R’ statistics workshop for postgraduate students. The CoursePlaces are available for post-gradate students from Sub-Saharan African universitieswith ready data for analysis […]

RACHEAL NINSIIMA In the past, THRiVE’s annual conferences have served as an important forum for research scientists to discuss and exchange original research on infectious, zoonotic and non-communicable diseases. This year’s conference held between August 29 and September 1 at Serena Beach Resort in Mombasa recorded some firsts. For the first time, THRiVE held a […]