Date: 19 February 2025
Times: 8:00 Peru / United States EST, 13:00 United Kingdom, 14:00 Switzerland, 15:00 Mozambique, 16:00 Uganda, 18:30 India, 18:45 Nepal
Registration: https://upch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqfuyqrDIsHNFYNMk4VDP8qgpFns1tHkYg
Livestream webinar here Youtube channel DE COHESION-I
Co-creation and co-design processes are often used to develop interventions to address chronic conditions in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). These types of participatory approaches have been central to the COHESION-I Project, which is why we are promoting an international dialogue through the webinar entitled The Power of Co-creating Interventions for Chronic Conditions in LMICs.
In this interactive webinar, a panel of international speakers will discuss their experiences co-creating and co-designing interventions related to chronic health issues across sectors in African, Asian, and Latin American contexts. What did they do? What worked and did not work? What are the main lessons learned for future projects?
Moderator and Panelists Bios
María Amalia Pesantes, MPH. PhD.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Dickinson College, United States.
Amalia’s research looks at health inequalities among vulnerable populations. She studies the challenges faced by Indigenous people to access culturally appropriate health care and to have their medical traditions recognized and incorporated into state health services. She also conducts research about the experiences and health needs of underserved populations with chronic conditions. Amalia is especially interested in research that can contribute to designing better strategies to improve healthcare access for people with diabetes and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries. She has led health-related participatory research, including co-creation processes, with various types of stakeholders.
Mariella Bazán, MSc.
Co-design Lead, COHESION-I Project, CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru.
Mariella is a social psychologist whose research investigates complex issues such as intercultural health, mental health, and education policy. Her research-action approach emphasizes community participation, co-creation, and co-design of interventions, with a particular focus on populations living in vulnerable conditions, including Indigenous communities, rural communities, and migrants. She possesses extensive experience in capacity building and facilitating multi-stakeholder processes at national, intermediate, and local levels.
Michael Odong, MPH. MA.
Technical Advisor Social & Behavior Change, Global Technical Team at Sightsavers, Uganda.
Michael Odong is a Global Health leader with over 20 years of experience in public health and community engagement. He is known for his ability to develop effective strategies and work with diverse groups. Michael has successfully led projects prioritising collaboration with communities to create solutions that meet their needs. As a Global Technical Advisor at Sightsavers, he focuses on developing social and behaviour change strategies in areas like Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), eye health, education, and climate action. His work emphasizes the importance of involving communities in the design and implementation of health interventions for lasting impact.
Devaki Nambiar, PhD.
Program Director, Healthy Societies strategy, The George Institute for Global Health India.
Devaki is a Health Policy and Systems Researcher (HPSRer) with over two decades of experience working in India and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries on decision-maker demand-driven research, postgraduate teaching in HPSR, as well as technical assistance with an emphasis on community action for health, social exclusion, health equity and health for all. She has led numerous projects on health equity, and social participation for health and is involved in capacity strengthening related to health inequality monitoring globally.
About COHESION-I Project
This event is organized by the COHESION-I Project addressing health systems responsiveness and patient satisfaction in India, Mozambique, Nepal and Peru (website here). The COHESION-I Project is a research collaboration among academic institutions in these four countries and funded by the United Kingdom National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (Award ID: NIHR150261).