CRONICAS success story in Nature
The story of success of Centro en Enfermedades Crónicas - CRONICAS, our partner in Peru, was highlighted in a recent publication of Nature (see here). An excerpt of the publication: "Now nine years old, CRONICAS has evolved into one of Latin America’s...
leer másConversations with stakeholders from Nepal
During a site visit to Nepal in 2017, representatives from the Ministry of Health, Organizations and academia met COHESION Project partners and funders to discuss research findings from Mozambique, Nepal and Peru; potential interventions and implications for health...
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COHESION publication: Nutrients
The paper entitled "Food Perceptions and Dietary Changes for Chronic Condition Management in Rural Peru: Insights for Health Promotion" was published in Nutrients special issue "Nutrition and Chronic Conditions" (see here) on 23 October 2018. Abstract: Peru is...
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Lessons from COHESION for the recent UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable diseases
At the end of September this year in New York, the United Nations (UN) held a High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable diseases (NCD). This followed from the first such meeting held in 2011. In 2011 this meeting was a landmark as it was the first time a health issue was...
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Poster accepted at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association
The 117th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association with the theme "Change in the Anthropological Imagination", has accepted the poster entitled "Disruption, changes, and adaptation: Experiences with chronic conditions in Mozambique, Nepal and Peru"....
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COHESION at EPICAH- Research Meeting at the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia
Silvana Perez Leon, research assistant of the COHESION Project, participated at the conference EPICAH (Encuentro Por la Investigacion Cayetano Heredia) that took place in Lima, Peru between the 14th and 16th of September. Silvana participated on the Panel on Chronic...
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COHESION at the International Social Marketing Conference
Nathaly Aya Pastrana, PhD student of the COHESION Project, attended the International Social Marketing Conference that took place in Singapore 15-17 July 2018, with the theme “Broadening Cultural Horizons in Social Marketing”. She was a panelist in the Special Session...
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COHESION at the European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection
Dr. Albertino Damasceno, project co-applicant from Mozambique, contributed to the 28th scientific meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”, that took place in Barcelona, Spain on June 8-11, 2018. Dr....
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COHESION Project Meeting in Mozambique
From 27 May to 2 June 2018, team members of the COHESION Project met in Mozambique to fine tune the development of the interventions, work on joint outputs and plan for the second phase of the project. During these days, cross-country and country-specific discussions...
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Final round of co-creation meetings in Mozambique
The Mozambique COHESION team held four co-creation meetings, two in each site with both community and health care personnel. The meetings in Nlhamankulo were held with health practitioners and community members on the 12th and 14th of April and in Moamba on 26th of...
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