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TEAM MEMBERS
- Dr. Jane Owenga (Local Team Leader)
- Prof. John-Poul Boger (Flemish Team Leader)
- Dr. Elizabeth Omondi (Public Health)
- Dr. George Ayodo (Applied Epidemiology)
- Dr. Daniel Onguru (Public Health)
- Dr. Elijah Museve (Finance)
- Dr. Amos Otedo (Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology)
- Dr. Dickens Omondi (Health System Strengthening & Public Health)
- Prof. Josefien Van Olmen
- Prof. Marc Ramael
- Prof. Marleen Praet (Histo-cytology)
- Prof. Lisbeth Lebelo (Molecular Biology)
- Prof. Ruth Lachaert (Health Economics)
- Prof. Ria Bruijn (Nursing & Midwifery)

OBJECTIVES
Medium-term
2. To establish a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) and a cancer registry for monitoring of targeted communicable and non-communicable diseases;
3. To establish state-of-the-art research and diagnostic molecular laboratories for communicable and non-communicable diseases;
4. To build capacity for early-stage researchers and mid-career professionals for communicable and non-communicable diseases through short courses, post-graduate training and post-doctoral programmes.
Long-Term
2. To build capacity of county governments to have sustainable and resilient health systems that are readily prepared to control disease epidemics and other emerging public health threats.
The Subproject aims at building capacity on cervical cancer, liver cancer, T2D, hypertension research and also establishing a reference laboratory locally. It offers capacity building for medical laboratory technologists and practitioners on biopsy processing and specimen reporting, with support from Flemish partners.
The Subproject will evaluate the prevalence of cervical cancer, liver cancer, T2D, and hypertension in the Lake Victoria Basin through observational studies and cross-sectional data reviews. Mixed method techniques and modelling are used to assess service readiness, economic burdens, and cost-effectiveness of interventions.
The Subproject has developed nursing and midwifery curriculum that, upon accreditation by the Commission for University Education, will admit students through JOOUST.
Two demonstration experiments will be conducted at referral facilities to establish a digitalized registry of four target diseases. The Subproject is collaborating with Subproject 4 to develop software for accurate diagnostics and will further develop educational materials and train community healthcare workers to manage and prevent cervical, liver, T2D, and HPT diseases.





