Nelson Sewankambo
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Nelson Sewankambo
@sewankam
Professor Emeritus of Medicine Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Commitment to advancement of science and health professional education in Africa.
Katılım Şubat 2013
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Take the #ClimateAction call ☎️ & join #TheHumanRace to safeguard our health & the world!
#WorldHumanitarianDay
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It's #WorldHumanitarianDay
The health argument for climate action is clear. The same unsustainable choices that destroy our planet are affecting our health. Safeguarding human health from #ClimateChange impacts 🌪️☀️🌊🔥 is more urgent than ever.
#TheHumanRace

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A workshop on community and public engagement (C/PE) for THRIVE co-applicants and members of the THRiVE C/PE committee
THRiVE Consortium@THRiVEDELTAS
A Researcher using Ethnographic research methods, which methods should they use for #PublicEngagement that don’t influence the core research? @martinmbonye @MISR_Mak @LillianMutengu @MakerereCHUSS @AbrahamMamela @sewankam
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@masigaD shares the @icipe model of using community resource persons to boost #CommunityEngagement in #Research @LillianMutengu @MakerereU @sewankam @wellcometrust @AAS_AESA @AbrahamMamela


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When editors defend value over volume, what do (some) publishers do? They fire them. You will see more of this. We are all under pressure. bit.ly/2wNbuxh
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Im supporting @FightMND ! Help me fight for a cure to #MND Let's #FightMND @everydayhero #everythingcounts support-fightmnd.everydayhero.com/au/yvonne-sewa…
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@THRiVE_EA THRiVE PhD fellow alerts parliamentarians in Uganda regarding numerous adolescent pregnancies in the country.
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Public, Policy & Community engagement is key to all researchers. THRiVE pays special attention to this component therefore each fellow has adopted a school as one way to interest the young generation into science and research
#THRiVEAGM2018
thrive.or.ug/conference/
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Congratulations to Professor Peter Piot, Director of LSHTM, who received his Honorary Knighthood this week! 🎉
Prof Piot was awarded an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the @foreignoffice Honorary Awards. twitter.com/CMO_England/st…
Prof. Dame Sally Davies@UKAMREnvoy
Fantastic evening last night celebrating honorary knighthood for Professor Peter Piot. Very much deserved. @Jeremy_Hunt.
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Visualizing the PhD Journey, no light at the end of the tunnel! not sure which direction to take, taking longer than expected #SupervisorTrainingWorkshop Thanks to @icipe capacity building team for grooming future research leaders @AAS_AESA @sewankam



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Research & Academic institutions need #SupervisorTrainingWorkshop to orient supervisors into supervision. @MakerereU @BuyinzaMukadasi @ProfNawangwe @icipe @UVRIug @sewankam @Africa_Oxford
@Afroscientist @masigaD @AAS_AESA

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"What an old man sees sitting, a young man cannot see while standing" Day 3 of #SupervisorTrainingWorkshop starts with @masigaD highlighting the visionary role of a supervisor. @icipe


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Co-supervision and supervisory teams: may have challenges BUT exposes a candidate to a diverse range of intellectual perspective #SupervisorTrainingWorkshop
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GRADUATE SUPERVISION, How do you negotiate expectations: Donor/scholarship provider VS research institution VS academic awarding institution. #SupervisorTrainingWorkshop @AAS_AESA @MakerereU @icipe @Africa_Oxford @wilfredmbacham @sewankam @BuyinzaMukadasi
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THRIVE Supervisor training workshop kicks off this afternoon at @icipe facilitated by @masigaD & @DavidMills from @Africa_Oxford

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From ROLES TO RESPONSIBILITIES.... what are your responsibilities as a supervisor/supervisee? A research plan is a good guide. Day two of the #SupervisorTrainingWorkshop @icipe @MakerereU @BuyinzaMukadasi

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@THRiVEDELTAS is addressing this by running a five day Epidemiology workshop to Junior Health Researchers in East Africa twitter.com/WHO/status/930…
World Health Organization (WHO)@WHO
“In health, getting data wrong costs lives. We need data that allows us to be targeted”—@AminaJMohammed UN Deputy Secretary General, on #GlobalHealth in Agenda 2030 #GlobalGoals
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