📢 The 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research is calling for abstract submissions! Organized sessions (Deadline: Jan 30, 2024) Individual sessions (Deadline: Mar 20, 2024) Capacity strengthening sessions (Deadline: Apr 1, 2024) buff.ly/476NMfa #HSR2024

Very interesting work week with colleagues from Burkina Faso, Niger and Ghana as part of the Adowa1 and Adowa2 AdoWA (Adolescent Health West Africa) projects funded by Medical Research Council et @irdc_crdi Huge thanks to the Ghana team for the perfect organization!

Our paper on #implementationgaps in the #Ghana Adolescent Health Service and Strategy (2016-2020) takes a deep dive into contextual issues that led to implementation challenges in the delivery of #ASRH & #AMH. Read at frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… Emelia Afi Agblevor, Ph.D Tolib Mirzoev Irene Agyepong

Kindly read our paper on #implementationgaps published in Frontiers - Public Health. This paper should be of interest to anyone working or conducting research in Adolescent Health. In fact, we should all be interested. Adolescents (10–19) form a significant 22% of our population in Ghana

Adolescent Mental Health and Sexual & Reproductive Health are deeply connected. The AdoWA Project discusses the gaps in West Africa. wahooas.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #ASRH #MentalWellbeing #AdoWA London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @GhCoPS Lasdel Labo Irene Agyepong Tolib Mirzoev Dr. Ama Fenny jacob novignon Emelia Afi Agblevor, Ph.D

Calling in-school adolescents aged 15–19 in four Greater Accra districts! Record a video or voice message on how to improve adolescent health & well-being for a chance to win great prizes. #ASRH #AdoWA Irene Agyepong @afiIam B•E•N🌿 Lauren J. Wallace Kofi Amoah

Calling out-of-school adolescents aged 15–19 in four Greater Accra districts! Record a video or voice message on how to improve adolescent health & well-being for a chance to win great prizes. #ASRH #AdoWA Irene Agyepong @afiIam B•E•N🌿 Lauren J. Wallace Kofi Amoah

#policiessystemsadolescenthealth stakeholders from West African countries gather at the ECOWAS summit in Abuja to discuss adolescent health with health system actors, civil society organizations, adolescents, and researchers to improve adolescent health outcomes in the region.

A section of participants from the ECOWAS participating countries at the 25th Meeting of the ECOWAS Assembly of Health Ministers. #adolescenthealth #healthsystemstrengthening #globalhealth #HSR #PHC #adolescentmentalhealth #asrh

Representing from Ghana is the School Health Education Programme Coordinator from LaNkwatanang Madina Municipality.

Such a delight to have worked on this #scoping review AdoWA (Adolescent Health West Africa) on #Interventions for #Adolescent #mental, #sexual and #reproductive health in #ECOWAS led by Irene Agyepong doi.org/10.1016/j.puhi…

Our paper on interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa led by Irene Agyepong is out. #AdolescentHealth #ASRH #AdolescentMentalHealth #WestAfrica

📢 Join us at #HSR2024 in Nagasaki, Japan, from Nov 18-22, to explore critical Adolescent Health issues in West Africa. 📍 Dejima Messe Conference Center 👉 Check out the details & session times below! #AMSRH #AdolescentHealth #MentalHealth #ReproductiveHealth

Join us for NIHR Centre for NCD control in West Africa sessions at #HSR2024 on: digital health, capacity strengthening, co-production and engaging with traditional sector. Great to work with @GhCoPS Lasdel Labo UCAO - UUB Ashesi University!!!

ARHR and our partners, @GhCoPS and Dodowa Health Research Center, are thrilled to participate in Health Systems Global’s #HSR2024 in #Japan. We’re excited to share insights from our #ADoWA Project, showcasing its impact and advancing knowledge translation. #HealthSystemsStrengthening #UHC

Great #capacity strengthening session earlier today with excellent talks by Dr Lucy Yevoo @GhCoPS and Dr Le Minh Thi from Hanoi Uni of Public Health &very engaged participants!!! #HSR2024

Sandwiched 🥪 btwn great minds🥰@ the #IDRC Cohort Writing Workshop on gender-transformative approaches in Africa for adolescent & maternal health. The meeting aimed to advance scholarship & finalize articles for a journal supplement dedicated to the theme. AdoWA (Adolescent Health West Africa) Project

📢 Free MDC accredited online CPD! National Stakeholder Consultation: Ghana Validation & Co-Design of Interventions 📅 13th Feb 2025 |⏰9:00 AM GMT | 📍 Zoom Discussing NCD management in Ghana Register: rb.gy/8a3193 NIHR Centre for NCD control in West Africa London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Lasdel Labo Ashesi University UCAO - UUB