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East Africa site visit—Rwanda

February 10, 2022

With Joe Kolars, John Ayanian, Amy Conger, Kristina Rice, Joe Eisenberg, and Akbar Waljee

Kenya

Read more about the Center's site visit in Kenya on From the Director.

Delegation from the Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan, having lunch at Heritage Restaurant run by Akbars mother on-site at Kenya National Museum
February 7 - The Center delegation on its first day together in Kenya having lunch at the Heritage Restaurant in Kenya's National Museum. The museum is run by Akbar Waljee's mother (to Akbar's left). Learn more about Akbar's Kenya connections in Physician Researcher Brings Passion Home with Data Science Project.
Opening meeting for the University of Michigan delegation with AKU president Sulaiman Shahabuddin
February 8 - Opening meeting with AKU president Sulaiman Shahabuddin.
Rachael Maina presents on UZIMA
February 9 - Rachael Maina, research associate with AKU's Brain and Mind Institute, describes the goals of the mental health project within the UZIMA-DS initiative.
Mansoor Saleh, founding director of the AKU Cancer Center, provides a tour of AKU facilities to UM delegation
February 10 - Mansoor Saleh (back row middle), founding director of the AKU Cancer Center, gives a tour of the Clinical Research Unit to the U-M delegation.

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University of Michigan delegation at Mariakani Hospital in Kaloleni, Kenya
Amina Abubakar Aga Khan University Kenya
Community Dialogue_Mariakani Hospital in Kaloleni Kenya

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Uganda

Read more about the Center's site visit in Uganda on From the Director.

Charles Namisi, pediatrician and Dean of the Post Graduate School at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, with Joe Kolars, Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan
Charles Namisi, pediatrician and dean of the Post Graduate School at Saint Francis Hospital Nsambya in Kampala, Uganda, with Joe Kolars, director of the Center for Global Health Equity.
HaEun Lee, Impact Scholar with the Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan, gets a tour of the simulation lab at the Virika School of Nursing and Midwifery in Fort Portal, Uganda.
HaEun Lee, who recently completed her PhD at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, gets a tour of the simulation lab at the Virika School of Nursing and Midwifery in Fort Portal, Uganda.

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HaEun Lee of the Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan, at the Ugandan equator
Charles Namisi, pediatrician and Dean of the Post Graduate School at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, with Joe Kolars, Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan
HaEun Lee with community research leaders Angella Tushabe and Christian Atuhaire in the Mbarara region of Uganda

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Above. The Center delegation learns about diagnostic radiology capabilities on a tour of Aga Khan University's Cancer Center with the center's founding director Mansoor Saleh. Nairobi, Kenya

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