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Centre Launch in Islamabad

Centre for IMPACT Launch Meeting

Our new centre will officially launch at an event in Islamabad on 1 November 2022

The University of York and the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi will jointly lead the establishment of this new research centre to improve mental and physical health in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Centre, which will focus on tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including depression and anxiety, heart conditions and diabetes, is one of a number of NCD research centres globally funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Department of Health and Social Care, UK.

The NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Improving Mental and Physical Health Together will include collaboration with:

  • Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan
  • Khyber Medical University, Pakistan 
  • International NGO HealthNet-TPO in Afghanistan

Non-communicable diseases are rapidly increasing and are now responsible for 64% of deaths and disabilities globally. In Pakistan and Afghanistan, they account for almost a million deaths every year.

 

📢We've been busy uploading lots of the training videos produced by our linked research programmes
#Centre4IMPACT #C4IMPACT2022
#DiaDeM @DiaDeM_NIHR @DiaDeM_BD @Diadem_Pakistan
▶️Watch our training content📽️on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC57uNeDPbbNWQjAAlHN3BJQ

1 million Twitter impressions as a result of the Centre launch last week #C4IMPACT2022
✨Many thanks to all - great tweeting. Special thanks to our prolific, influential & highest impression tweeters! @faizaaslam_RMU @Kamsid66 @helenelsey @ZainabASamad @bilalgilani & @zfrmrza

▶️Find out more about our new @NIHRglobal #Centre4IMPACT - Focus on #NCDs and improving #MentalHealth & #PhysicalHealth together in #Afghanistan #Pakistan
Dr Zalmai Shinwari @HealthNet_TPO explains more
Watch the #C4IMPACT2022 launch video📽️at
https://youtu.be/B1QPYXkohkI

Attending the 5th Webinar of the IMPACT @IMPACT_NIHR on "Interventions to control smokeless tobacco use among women in South Asia" by Dr. Radha Shukla @ShuklaRadha (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Alberta).

#Saynototobacco #controltobacco #C4IMPACT2022

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