Thanzi la Onse researchers attended a number of events and meetings in March 2022, to celebrate the achievements of the programme over the past 4 years and engage in discussions with national Universities and Ministries of Health in East Africa, to scope out emerging plans to establish further initiatives which can support equitable partnerships and… Read More »
Thanzi la Onse International Project Workshop 2020
The second annual Thanzi la Onse International Project Workshop took place in early July 2020. Originally planned to be held in the UK as a face-to-face event, the workshop was fully re-designed as a four-day virtual workshop in response to COVID-19 social distancing rules and travel restrictions, to enable all activities to be held online…. Read More »
2nd Meeting of the East Central and Southern Africa Health Community – Health Economics Community of Practice
The East Central and Southern Africa Health Community in collaboration with Thanzi la Onse held its second Health Economics Community of Practice Meeting earlier this year. Hosted by the Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness, the two-day workshop brought together member states from Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Eswatini, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mauritius to continue… Read More »
ODI Health Fellows’ Training Day 2019
On 31st July 2019, Thanzi la Onse and CHE welcomed the latest cohort of Health Fellows accepted onto the Overseas Development Institute’s (ODI) Fellowship Scheme to our ‘ODI Health Fellows Training Day: an introduction to health economics’ short course. The prestigious ODI Fellowship Scheme provides an opportunity to work as economists for Ministries of Health… Read More »
Thanzi la Onse International Conference in Malawi
It was a busy start of the year for the Thanzi la Onse (TLO) Programme! In January 2019, we held the TLO International Conference, the first event taking place in Malawi since the Inception event in November 2017. The three-day event reunited key TLO collaborators across the UK and East Africa, as well as policy-makers… Read More »
ODI Health Fellows – ‘Mid-Term Conference’ 2018
Current Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Health Fellows visited the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) in October to participate in a two-day ‘Mid-Term Conference’ supported by the Thanzi la Onse programme. The Fellows – consisting of the 2017 and 2018 cohorts – are all currently working as economists for Ministries of Health across Africa, South… Read More »