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The latest updates from Cambridge Africa and our initiatives.
Responding to COVID-19 in Somalia: interactive mass media, 1-to-1 messaging and rapid insights from citizen feedback
PIs: Dr Sharath Srinivasan, University of Cambridge, Dr George Gathigi, University of Nairobi and Samuel Kimeu, Africa’s Voices A visual presentation of this work is availble here.
Hanging out and catching up remotely with the C-A Scholars in lock-down..
Written by Amit Bhasin, C-A Programme Manager After a crazy few weeks for everyone, adjusting to working from home and contributing in their own small ways to the COVID-19 pandemic, I…
Missives from MillNETi: Interdisciplinary working to tackle iron deficiency
Picture Credit: Tadesse Fenta (Helen Walle, PhD student at Bahir Dar University, carrying out microbiological analysis of injera) Missives from MillNETi: Interdisciplinary working to tackle iron deficiency Written by Joanna Wolstenholme, MillNETi…
Strengthening participation of poultry farmers in the fight against antimicrobial resistance: A public engagement program
Written by Chioma Achi, 3rd year Cambridge-Africa scholar, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge While interacting with poultry farmers in Nigeria during my PhD fieldwork in 2018, I gathered that…
Our first visit to Uganda, participating in the MUII AGM and recruiting for the CRUK-CI Summer Research Programme
Written by Dr Mike Gill and Dr Davina Gale, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute On the 7th February 2020, myself (Mike Gill) and Davina Gale, both scientists at Cancer Research UK…
Establishing collaborations to strengthen bioinformatics capacity in Ethiopia
Written by Amit Bhasin and Andries Van-Tonder During the week of the 17th - 21st January 2020, I accompanied Dr Andries van Tonder (Bioinformatician, Department of Veterinary Medicine) on a visit…
Strengthening the UCI - Cambridge collaboration
Written by Corinna Alberg, MUII/THRiVE Programmes Coordinator The new decade started well for the exciting developing collaboration between the Uganda Cancer Institute, CRUK Cambridge Institute, CRUK Cancer Centre and Cambridge-Africa.
Richmond Ehwi reflects on his time as a Cambridge-Africa Scholar
Cambridge-Africa scholar Dr Richmond Ehwi on his Cambridge experience and plans for the future.
Reliving the university student life experience in Cambridge
Written by Angelina Kakooza Mwesige, THRiVE-2 Postdoc Fellow Visiting the University of Cambridge over the late autumn/early winter 2019 was an adventurous experience for me because I left the comfort zone…
Uganda Cancer Institute - Cambridge Collaboration
Written by Amit Bhasin, C-A Programme Manager The latter part of 2019 saw some real movement in establishing and consolidating this new and exciting collaboration between the Uganda Cancer Institute UCI…
Reflections from Olamide Oguntoye on his Cambridge-Africa Scholarship
We talked to recent graduate and Cambridge-Africa scholar Dr Olamide Oguntoye about his time in Cambridge.
International Society of Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) conference highlights need for greater engagement with African researchers
Written by Tonny I Okedi, C-A Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge This October, I headed to the island of Okinawa, Japan, for the 7th biennial conference of the…