Our second KCL-Oxford symposium on Ethics of Innovative Technologies for Health in LMICs is taking place on Monday 27 March at King's College London. In our first symposium, which took place in Oxford in November 2016, we discussed ethical challenges arising from innovative technological health interventions both from a theoretical and from a practical perspective…
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KCL-Oxford Symposium on ‘Ethics of Innovative Technologies for Improving Health in Low-Income Countries’
Sridhar Venkatapuram (King’s College London), Niall Winters and Anne Geniets have been awarded a Wellcome Trust small grant to host the first KCL-Oxford Symposium on ‘Ethics of Innovative Technologies for Improving Health in Low-Income Countries’ at the University of Oxford. The Symposium, which will be held at the Oxford Martin School on 24th November 2016,…
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m_CHW featured as impact case study on the ESRC website
The m_CHW project has recently been featured as an impact case study on the ESRC website. Some of the impacts mentioned in the article are: - The research led to the development of the REFER app – a mobile resource for reference material, guidance and support for child development diagnostics and referrals. - Community health…
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Seminar Talk by Professor Nora Groce and Dr Maria Kett, 31 May 2016, ‘How can research contribute to building capacity on disability in LMICs?’
In this fourth talk of our seminar series on ‘Building Capacity on disability in low- and middle-income countries’, Professor Nora Groce and Dr Maria Kett, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL, will ask the question: How can research contribute to building capacity on disability in the developing world? Professor Groce and Dr Kett…
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The curse of poverty – a personal reflection on interviewing caregivers of disabled children in two settlements in Kenya
As our team is wrapping up another fieldwork phase here in Kenya, having successfully completed assessments and 32 in-depth interviews in two low-resource settings with caregivers of disabled children (mostly mothers) over the last couple of weeks, it’s time to reflect on some of the things we have learned from the caregivers about their experiences…
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What is “appropriate technology” for eLearning in Africa?
"What does it really mean to use technology for education and learning in Africa", asks Niall Winters in his recent contribution to the eLearning Africa Report 2015. "For many", he writes, "it is an opportunity to provide students with the skills they need to take part in the knowledge economy of the 21st century, a chance…
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mCHW Symposium “Mobiles, Development & Global Health Training: A way forward”
On 29th and 30th September, the mCHW team invited 20 representatives and stakeholders, both from academia and from NGOs to a symposium at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, to discuss ways forward in the field of mobiles, development and global health training. The two days were structured in four group sessions. In the first session,…
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Our mCHW & Fell project findings presented at ‘Crossing Boundaries 2 – Health Research Relevant to LMIC Across Oxford’s Disciplines and Divisions’
On 8 December, Niall Winters presented findings from the ESRC-DFID-funded mCHW project at the Crossing Boundaries 2 Health Research Relevant to LMIC Conference at Said Business School. At the same event, Anne Geniets gave a flash talk and presented findings of her collaborative work with Laurenz Langer and Niall Winters on…
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mCHW Symposium “Mobiles, Development & Global Health Training: A way forward”
On 29th and 30th September, the mCHW team invited 20 representatives and stakeholders, both from academia and from NGOs to a symposium at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, to discuss ways forward in the field of mobiles, development and global health training. The two days were structured in four group sessions. In the first session,…
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John Fell Pump-Priming Award: New Project for our research team to address child abuse in the context of disability in Kenya
This new project, jointly led by Niall Winters and Anne Geniets, emerges from the mCHW project. The ESRC-DFID funded mCHW project set out to train community health workers (who are volunteers selected by their communities to assist their community in health matters) and their supervisors (nurses and public health officers) to assess the development of…
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