With Joe Kolars, John Ayanian, Amy Conger, Kristina Rice, Joe Eisenberg, and Akbar Waljee
Above. The Center delegation learns about diagnostic radiology capabilities on a tour of Aga Khan University's Cancer Center with the center's founding director Mansoor Saleh. Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya
Read more about the Center's site visit in Kenya on From the Director.
February 7
The Center delegation on its first day together in Kenya having lunch at the Heritage Restaurant in Kenya's National Museum. The museum is run by Akbar Waljee's mother (to Akbar's left). Learn more about Akbar's Kenya connections in Physician Researcher Brings Passion Home with Data Science Project.
February 8
Opening meeting with AKU president Sulaiman Shahabuddin.
February 9
Rachael Maina, research associate with AKU's Brain and Mind Institute, describes the goals of the mental health project within the UZIMA-DS initiative.
February 10
Mansoor Saleh (back row middle), founding director of the AKU Cancer Center, gives a tour of the Clinical Research Unit to the U-M delegation.
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AKU’s Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health hosted the U-M delegation at Mariakani Hospital in Kaloleni to observe community dialogue and surveillance data dissemination for AKU's PRECISE Network, a broadly-based group of research scientists and health advocates working to investigate placental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa.
Amina Abubakar, professor of Psychiatry at Aga Khan University, sharing insights on women's and child health
Community health dialogue and data sharing meeting near Mariakani Hospital in Kaloleni, Kenya
Uganda
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Charles Namisi, pediatrician and dean of the Post Graduate School at Saint Francis Hospital Nsambya in Kampala, Uganda, with Joe Kolars, director of the Center for Global Health Equity.
Charles Namisi, pediatrician and Dean of the Post Graduate School at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, with Joe Kolars, Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan
HaEun Lee, who recently completed her PhD at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, gets a tour of the simulation lab at the Virika School of Nursing and Midwifery in Fort Portal, Uganda.
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HaEun Lee, Impact Scholar with the Center, at the equator in Uganda.
Charles Namisi, pediatrician and Dean of the Post Graduate School at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, with Joe Kolars, Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan
HaEun Lee with community research leaders Angella Tushabe and Christian Atuhaire in the Mbarara region of Uganda