London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Multimorbidity research spans a wide range of areas, reflecting the complexity of multiple chronic conditions and their impacts on individuals and health systems. 

The Centre for Global Chronic Conditions (CGCC) two-day hybrid event will be an opportunity to learn about ongoing and planned multimorbidity research across LSHTM and its partner institutions, exploring diverse perspectives on this global challenge across research sites and disciplines. 

Through themed discussions covering epidemiology, patient experience, implementation science and more, we aim to outline future research priorities and identify opportunities for collaboration.

Formally hosted by The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe (THRU ZIM), you are invited to join in-person at any of the following in-person hubs: LSHTM London, MEIRU Malawi, MRC Unit The Gambia, MRC Unit Uganda, and THRU-ZIM Zimbabwe. Whilst we strongly encourage you to join in-person to facilitate discussions, there will be an option to join via Zoom for those unable to do so.

Join via Zoom
Meeting ID: 952 5235 2598
Password: 760296

Programme

Time zones are shown for The Gambia (UTC+0), UK (UTC+1), Zimbabwe and Malawi (UTC+2), and Uganda (UTC+3).

Day 1

Time	Talks	Speakers
08:00 UTC / 09:00 UTC+1 / 10:00 UTC+2 / 11:00 UTC+3	Welcome and scene setting	CGCC Directors, Multimorbidity Interest Group, Kalpana Sabapathy
08:20 UTC / 09:20 UTC+1 / 10:20 UTC+2 / 11:20 UTC+3	Overview of each institution / research group	Ethel Dauya (THRU ZIM), Modou Jobe (MRC Gambia), Moffat Nyirenda (MRC Uganda), Mia Crampin (MEIRU)
Session 1: Epidemiology and clinical science
08:40 UTC / 09:40 UTC+1 / 10:40 UTC+2 / 11:40 UTC+3	Evaluating risk factors for multimorbidity - scoping review of methods and analyses from India and Japan	Poppy Mallinson and Wenbo Song (LSHTM)
09:10 UTC / 10:10 UTC+1 / 11:10 UTC+2 / 12:10 UTC+3	Multimorbidity at the intersection of infectious and non-infectious disease through the life course	Nyasha Dzavakwa (adolescents), Farrie Nzvere (adolescents), and Edith Majonga (adults) (THRU ZIM)
09:40 UTC / 10:40 UTC+1 / 11:40 UTC+2 / 12:40 UTC+3	Break (1 hour)
10:40 UTC / 11:40 UTC+1 / 12:40 UTC+2 / 13:40 UTC+3	The burden of multimorbidity in rural Uganda populations	Isaac Sekitoleko and Anxious Niwaha (MRC Uganda)
11:10 UTC / 12:10 UTC+1 / 13:10 UTC+2 / 14:10 UTC+3	Clinical and molecular epidemiology of TB multimorbidity in West Africa	Toyin Togun (LSHTM/MRC Gambia)
11:40 UTC / 12:40 UTC+1 / 13:40 UTC+2 / 14:40 UTC+3	Musculoskeletal multimorbidity and ageing in older African adults	Kate Ward (MRC Gambia)
12:10 UTC / 13:10 UTC+1 / 14:10 UTC+2 / 15:10 UTC+3	Break (1 hour)
13:10 UTC / 14:10 UTC+1 / 15:10 UTC+2 / 16:10 UTC+3	Multimorbidity and inflammation in Malawi	Owen Nkoka (MEIRU)
13:40 UTC / 14:40 UTC+1 / 15:40 UTC+2 / 16:40 UTC+3	Understanding the burden of multimorbidity in individuals with CVD in Malawi	Alison Price (MEIRU)
14:10 UTC / 15:10 UTC+1 / 16:10 UTC+2 / 17:10 UTC+3	Objectively-measured patterns of movement behaviour among people with multiple long term conditions in urban and rural Malawi	Ben Warner (MEIRU)
14:40 UTC / 15:40 UTC+1 / 16:40 UTC+2 / 17:40 UTC+3	Close

Day 2

Time	Talks	Speakers
Session 2: Qualitative research and lived experience
08:00 UTC / 09:00 UTC+1 / 10:00 UTC+2 / 11:00 UTC+3	Results from EXPERTS II qualitative evidence synthesis	Carl May (LSHTM)
08:30 UTC / 09:30 UTC+1 / 10:30 UTC+2 / 11:30 UTC+3	Lived experience of multimorbidity through the life course in Zimbabwe	Fionah Mundoga (adults) and Mandikudza Tembo (older persons) (THRU ZIM)
09:00 UTC / 10:00 UTC+1 / 11:00 UTC+2 / 12:00 UTC+3	Multiple stakeholder perspective and lived experiences of integrated care	Mathias Akugizibwe (MRC Uganda)
09:30 UTC / 10:30 UTC+1 / 11:30 UTC+2 / 12:30 UTC+3	Experiences of living with long term illnesses in rural and urban Malawi	Nozga Phiri (MEIRU)
10:00 UTC / 11:00 UTC+1 / 12:00 UTC+2 / 13:00 UTC+3	Break (1 hour)
Session 3: Health systems and implementation science
11:00 UTC / 12:00 UTC+1 / 13:00 UTC+2 / 14:00 UTC+3	Integrating mental health care into NCD clinics: findings from the SHARP study	Julita Malava (MEIRU)
11:30 UTC / 12:30 UTC+1 / 13:30 UTC+2 / 14:30 UTC+3	Multimorbidity in the context of community based integrated care	Francis Xavier Kasujja (MRC Uganda)
11:45 UTC / 12:45 UTC+1 / 13:45 UTC+2 / 14:45 UTC+3	Mid-term integrated care outcomes for people with multimorbidity	Ivan Namakoola (MRC Uganda)
12:00 UTC / 13:00 UTC+1 / 14:00 UTC+2 / 15:00 UTC+3	Break (1 hour)
13:00 UTC / 14:00 UTC+1 / 15:00 UTC+2 / 16:00 UTC+3	Integrating NCDs, mental health, and rehabilitation services at primary care level in a humanitarian context in Lebanon	Eimhin Ansbro (LSHTM)
13:20 UTC / 14:20 UTC+1 / 15:20 UTC+2 / 16:20 UTC+3	Intervention co-development to address multimorbidity and functionality in older age	Celia Gregson (THRU ZIM, University Bristol)
13:40 UTC / 14:40 UTC+1 / 15:40 UTC+2 / 16:40 UTC+3	Building learning health systems to address multimorbidity in Zimbabwe	Efison Dhodho and Justin Dixon (THRU ZIM, OPHID)
Session 4: What next for multimorbidity collaboration & funding?
14:00 UTC / 15:00 UTC+1 / 16:00 UTC+2 / 17:00 UTC+3	General discussion	All
15:00 UTC / 16:00 UTC+1 / 17:00 UTC+2 / 18:00 UTC+3	Close