
GEOHealth Hub
@geohealthhub
Research & training center focused on environmental and occupational health in eastern Africa. @USCGlobalHealth + @AddisAbabaUnive
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http://geohealthhub.org 06-09-2013 22:30:20
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GEOHealth Hub Prof Wafula presents the project on #HealthAssessment by measuring #AirQuality and #Health data from Nairobi City County in also in #Uganda #Ethiopia #Rwanda


We are talking #Sensor technology for #airquality to improve #AfricaAq in #Addis with @UNEnvironment and UN-Habitat together with our partners in Ministry of Environment Forestry and #ClimateChange various key stakeholders GEOHealth Hub SEI Research hands on experience is shared!


University of Nairobi in partnership with GEOHealth Hub will undertake air quality monitoring and its impacts on the health of residents in Nairobi.The research will focus on the air quality in 10 schools, 6 hospitals and School of Law University of Nairobi uonbi.ac.ke/content/uon-re…


Dean Samet took his #airquality expertise to Kenya to help the Eastern African GEOHealth Hub with their first #airpollution impact studies in Nairobi. GEOhealth is a collaboration between USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and others. bit.ly/2SAK5Yi #Globalhealth #PublicHealth


In this Fogarty at NIH Q&A with our co-investigator, ColoradoSPH's Jon Samet, MD, MS, learn more about our work investigating #airpollution in #Ethiopia #Kenya #Rwanda and #Uganda!

Co-investigators Kiros Berhane (USC) and Jon Samet, MD, MS (ColoradoSPH) are working with researchers in eastern #Africa in investigate #airpollution as part of the Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub, supported by Fogarty at NIH @NIEHS CDC IDRC | CRDI. Learn more in this Q&A!

Our co-PI Kiros Berhane in C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News): “All #SubSaharan African countries suffer from lack of continuous #airquality monitoring and also lack of well-maintained and easily accessible data on #healthindicators..." cen.acs.org/environment/po…

Engineer Bainomugisha, from @MakerereU #computerscience presents on design and deployment of low cost technology for #airquality monitors in #Kampala. Great work being done to monitor quality of Kampala air Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) GEOHealth Hub #LungScienceSymposium #Scienceforhealthylungs



Thank you to ALL Kim Siegmund Paul Marjoram Kiros Berhane Jess Barrington-Trimis and other faculty for making my PhD experience more enjoyable. If you'd like to apply to our PhD program in biostatistics and know about PhD life as an international student, please feel free to DM me for details!





GEOHealth Hub Prof Stephen Anyango presents from University of Nairobi on issues on inadequate data to support #Policy to #beatairpollution #AfricaAQCities linking #Health and #AirPollution
