Monthly Archives: July 2013

Dr Zafar Ullah makes the top 3 at GBC Health Conference

Dr. Zafar Ullah, CEO of SEED attended the prestigious GBC Health conference in New York as a sponsored, invited speaker from 15 – 17 May 2013.  His presentation ‘Women in the Workplace: Improving Access to Tuberculosis Care for Garments Workers … Read on »

COMDIS-HSD annual meeting focuses on research uptake and capacity building strategies

In April 2013, partners attended our annual meeting where they updated everyone on the progress of all their projects. We also spent time focusing on how to get research into policy and practice, and how to further build the capacity … Read on »

Chief Minister of Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal, visits The Nuffield Centre

Dr. Padam Bahadur Chand, Chief of Policy Planning and International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Nepal, visited The Nuffield Centre on 7th March to give a presentation to the team. Dr Chand’s presentation was ‘Nepal’s Health Sector … Read on »

Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria to adapt COMDIS-HSD’s guides

In March 2013, Professor John Walley visited Nigeria to discuss CVD and diabetes work with the Federal Ministry of Health.  They are keen to adapt COMDIS-HSD’s generic package of CVD-diabetes case management and lifestyle education materials. The meeting was facilitated … Read on »

Capacity building workshop on Randomised Controlled Trials

COMDIS-HSD partners attended a capacity building workshop which focused on running Randomised Control Trials. We spent 3 days looking at the CONSORT guidelines, monitoring fidelity, compliance and adherence, managing trials, and developing a code plan and database.   This was followed … Read on »