International Engagement Awards Projects funded ... - Wellcome Trust

doctors, a psychologist and/or HIV counsellors.E tmutevedzi@africacentre.ac.zaRose OronjeAfrican Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Kenya'Stimulating public discourse on health inequalities in Kenya's informal settlements: using researchto address urban health challenges'£30 000The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international, non-profitorganisation conducting research on population, health and education in sub-Saharan Africa. APHRChas a strategic agenda to expand and intensify its engagement with policy makers, programmeimplementers, the media, community members and the general public to promote the use of itsresearch in addressing health and population challenges in Africa.This project will focus on using research to stimulate public discourse at both community andnational levels on health inequities in Kenya through a variety of activities, including open publicforums, TV debates and call-in radio shows.E info@aphrc.orgE roronje@aphrc.orgSisira SiribaddanaInstitute for Research and Development, Sri Lanka'Multiples and twins engage in research through culture'£30 000This project proposes a competition to produce a diversity of cultural activities (art, drama, prose,short movies, etc.) culminating in an exhibition under the theme of twins/multiples and healthresearch. This cultural pageant and the competition will be strategically used to introducetwins/multiples and their families to the Sri Lankan Twin Registry (SLTR) and Multiple BirthFoundation (MBF). The project will continue to support these groups through regular events such asregional meetings. It will explore the priorities and concerns of participants in health research, andreal and perceived barriers and factors influencing participation. Participants will be encouraged toestablish a dialogue on the contribution by twins on health research, and how to utilise thatknowledge for service development.E nipuna@stmail.lkRichard WalkerInstitute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, UK'Facilitating a three-way engagement between study communities, policy makers and researchersin stroke research in Hai and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.£30 000This project aims to raise awareness and stimulate dialogue about stroke research and its impact onhealth in the Hai and Dar-es-salam districts of Tanzania. This project is based on research in Hai andDar-es-Salaam which includes the Tanzanian Stroke Incidence Project (TSIP), and social research onthe perceptions and treatment of stroke. Stroke is a significant problem and major cause of mortalityin sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) yet many people don't seek medical care following a stroke.By means of interactive interviews with stroke patients and participatory focus group discussionswith family members of stroke patients, villagers, social leaders, religious leaders and othermembers of the general public, the project team will examine understandings of the researchprocess in general, and the specific research carried out in relation to stroke. They will also providefeedback on stroke research results, assess the response and discuss implications of the research. Afacilitated dialogue between the communities and policy makers in the Ministry of Health will also