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COMDIS-HSD partners active players at 12th International Conference on Urban Health

COMDIS-HSD partners joined urban health experts from across the world at the 12th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in May. Playing an active role across the 4-day event, our Nepal partners, HERD and Bangladesh partners, … Read on »

COMDIS-HSD reflections on ResUpMeetUp symposium and training

COMDIS-HSD was well represented at the recent ResUpMeetUp symposium and training, with attendees from Nepal (HERD), China (Global Health Research and Development) and Uganda (Malaria Consortium). Sudeep Uprety (HERD) presented a paper on strengthening the media’s response to urban health … Read on »

Read the 2014 review of COMDIS-HSD work

2014 was a busy year for COMDIS-HSD partners with work spanning our involvement in World TB Day, and examining the rational use of antibiotics in Zambia, through to our capacity building efforts and uptake of our CVD Care Package. We … Read on »

Persistent headaches? Blurred or double vision? Regular nosebleeds? Get your blood pressure checked!

This was one of the messages shared in Swaziland recently by Good Shepherd Hospital staff during their Family Health Promotion Day. They day included diabetes and hypertension screening and staff developed a selection of bags and bottles with the following health … Read on »

Influencing TB policy and practice in Bangladesh using a Public-Private Mix approach

In a high TB burden country such as Bangladesh, National TB Control Programmes (NTPs) often adopt the Stop TB Strategy. These are delivered primarily through government-run health facilities, but these programmes often have little contact with private medical practitioners (PMPs). … Read on »

Writing for policy makers? Why not use the 7 rules of plain English

How do you begin to present your research findings outside of the academic community? This presentation is for researchers who are faced with a blank sheet of paper whenever they try to write about their findings to anyone outside of their … Read on »

Improved tools for assessing respiratory rate would strengthen rational use of antibiotics

Dr Kirstie Graham attended the Health Services Research conference in London and shared the results of Malaria Consortium’s study into the rational use of antibiotics by community health workers (CHWs) and caregivers in Zambia. Findings show that: CHWs are capable of assessing … Read on »

The importance of providing counselling and financial support to patients receiving treatment for MDR-TB

  A recent paper by COMDIS-HSD researchers outlines how patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) face extreme social, financial and employment hardship, with most patients having to move house, leave their job, and face stigmatisation. The paper concludes that given … Read on »

Hear our research findings presented at the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health

COMDIS-HSD was well represented at the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Paris, with papers presented by Prof Xiaolin Wei (GHRD, China) and Dr Sushil Baral (HERD, Nepal). You can hear the following presentations and view their slides here: … Read on »

Prof Xiaolin Wei to review family physician training for National Development and Reform Commission in China

China’s National Development and Reform Commission has launched a series of family physician training programmes in 10 different cities, covering both the east and west provinces of China. Prof. Xiaolin Wei, Head of Global Health Research and Development, is an … Read on »