Award winning film-maker Dele Omokhafe Ajakaiye joins The Chronicity and Care in African Contexts Project as our Arts-in-Health partner. He will direct ‘Sick!’ a series of film shorts on chronic illness experiences and care in London. Sick! captures visual stories from the West African Londoners Chronic Care Study. It builds on a new collaborative public […]
Abstract This review focuses on the lived experiences of chronic conditions among African communities in the Global North, focusing on established immigrant communities as well as recent immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking communities. We conducted a systematic and narrative synthesis of qualitative studies published from inception to 2022, following a search from nine databases—MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO,
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Yaa Amankwah, an Assistant Professor, Obstetrician-Gynaecologist and a Researcher has joined the Chronicity and Care in African Contexts Project as an Advisory Group Member. Read her brief biography below. Dr. Yaa Amankwah is an Obstetrician-Gynaecologist in the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Ottawa Hospital. She
The Sahara Total Lifestyle Change Challenge has helped African and Caribbean communities in Greater Manchester achieve their health and lifestyle goals. Inspired by Dr Hibbah Osei-Kwasi’s research, The Sahara TLC Challenge was designed to deliver six months co-produced-culturally-adapted-lifestyle and weight management intervention to African and Caribbean people living in the Greater Manchester area. This was undertaken after a needs assessment showed
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Abraham Nsoh Abene is a multi-disciplinary artist, illustrator, comic and concept artist, with a passion for creating captivating and imaginative works of art. He Pursued a degree in Fine Arts from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. His works span a wide range of styles and he mostly work digitally, from intricate pen
Tilapia da Cartoonist captures children from the Jamestown Children’s Health Club completing a mural on heart health in Jamestown, Accra on Saturday, 28th January 2008. JTCHC members live in households affected by chronic illness. The mural was co-designed by the children and artist Fatric Bewong, and painted by children under the direction of artists Abraham
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We are thrilled to welcome Tilapia Da Cartoonist to the Chronicity and Care in African Contexts Project and the Chronicity Care Africa Network. Born in Ghana in 1984, Tilapia Da Cartoonist is a famous Ghanaian cartoonist whose illustrated political and social cartoons are constantly featured on TV3 and its online portal 3news.com. Tilapia has illustrated
We are thrilled to welcome Fatric Bewong to the Chronicity and Care in African Contexts Project and the Chronicity Care Africa Network.
Professor Ama de-Graft Aikins, the Principal Investigator (PI) for the Chronicity and Care in African Contexts project, was interviewed by Priya Venkatesan for a The Lancet Psychiatry profile in December 2021. The Lancet Psychiatry (TLP) is an authoritative forum for key opinion leaders across medicine, government, and health systems to influence clinical practice, explore global policy,
