Meet the team 👥
Our team in Mozambique leads on-site project implementation, as they bring invaluable experience within local health systems, from medical practitioners, policy implementation, social and community-based systems experts.
⬇️ Meet the individual team members in the slides below.
Meet the team 👥
Our team from @umcutrecht.bsky.social works on trial design, health economic evaluation, project coordination and EU focused communication.
⬇️ Meet the individual team members in the slides below.
🔗 More on our approach pen-connect.org
They connect clinical expertise with health systems research to develop and test integrated care models for people living with multiple long-term conditions.
🔗 More on our approach pen-connect.org
🔜 In future posts, we introduce our team members across all partners
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Meet the team 👥
PEN-CONNECT is jointly led by Dr. Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch and Dr. Ana Mocumbi.
Kerstin specialises in implementation research and scaling up chronic disease care across diverse settings.
Ana leads research on noncommunicable diseases in disadvantaged communities.
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How do you implement an evidence-based intervention in a complex health system, and make it work in practice?
Yesterday, our team at @lmu.de hosted a workshop on implementation science frameworks within PEN-CONNECT.
🔗 Read more about the workshop: pen-connect.org/how-do-you-i...
During our field visit to Nhamatanda, we saw how integrated chronic care connects clinical services, community engagement and the “Diabetes” song.
Read the full article on our website: pen-connect.org/field-visit-...
Connecting primary and district care for people with multiple long-term conditions in Mozambique: why and how? ⤵️
Hypertension, diabetes and mental conditions are rising, while health systems are often not organised for long-term care.
🔍 Read more about our approach: tinyurl.com/yadhwbch
🇪🇺 Funded by Horizon Europe in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases.
#diabetes #T1D #sicklecell #heartdisease #childhealth #healthequity
🔗 More about the project and our research approach: pen-connect.org
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London, NCDI Poverty Network, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, UMC Utrecht, Global Health UMC Utrecht, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
📍 The project was recently launched in Maputo, co-hosted by @Universidade Eduardo Mondlane and @NCDI Poverty Network, and welcomed representatives from the EU, the Mozambican Ministry of Health, international research institutions, and local partners.
Over the next five years, we build institutional research capacity and promote cross-country learning between partner institutions in Africa and Europe.
With PEN-CONNECT, we study how to strengthen collaboration between primary care and district hospitals. Our international consortium, coordinated by @UMC Utrecht, includes partners in Mozambique, Germany and the UK.
PEN-CONNECT launches in Maputo
Chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes and mental health problems are rising in many low- and middle-income countries. For people living with more than one long-term condition, care is often fragmented, with limited coordination between clinics and hospitals.