Melanie Amna Abas
@melanieabas
Prof of Global Mental Health, Director King's Global Health Institute. Tweeting on depression, Global Health, workforce diversity, HIV. Views are my own
Proud that one of our @KingsIoPPN MScGMH alumni Tarisai Bere Is one of the emerging leaders recognised to be shaping the future of #mentalhealthcare as part of global #HIV care @iconbee_ @waltermangezi
🎓 A warm welcome to our brilliant #IAS2025 scholarship recipients! 👥 We’re thrilled to have 248 emerging leaders from 55 countries across the globe joining us in #Kigali and virtually to help shape the future of #HIV science and advocacy.
🚨 REMINDER | Applications still open! 🕒 Deadline: 18 May 2025 🔗 Apply now: africanleadershipcentre.org #ALCFellowships #Leadership #Africa #FellowshipOpportunity #PeaceSecurityDevelopment
🚨 Call for Applications: @ALC_KCL Peace, Security & Development Fellowships 2025/2026 Are you a young African or Global South scholar passionate about transformative leadership? Apply now and be part of the next generation shaping Africa's future. 📅 Deadline:18 May 2025 🔗…
Gates foundation announced today they will fund AI in supporting self care - and will fund research in Africa which is contextualised to realities of systems and costs - @iasociety
Excited to be at the worlds premiere #HIV science conference, with Tarisai Bere presenting a late breaker abstract on #mentalhealth as key to the HIV response thanks to @DixonChibanda @WalterMangezi @DrSteveSafren @KingsIoPPN
Honoured to have the President of the Republic of #Kenya visiting @KingsCollegeLon to sign the Kenya UK Health Alliance- so much mutual learning and solidarity over health education, pharmaceuticals and research #globalhealth #universalhealthcoverage
Prof ‘Funmi Olonisakin welcoming the President of the Republic of Kenya to @KingsCollegeLon to sign new Kenya UK Health Alliance- opening door to partnerships in education, pharmaceuticals and research. Proud day for UK global health @KingsIoPPN
Nurse-led palliative care for patients with severe tuberculosis improves health outcomes and should be task-shifted into routine tuberculosis care thelancet.com/journals/langl…
THRIVE- Zvandiri youtu.be/UA0jmUJP5zs?si… via @YouTube Take a look at how art is able to express mental health so much better than words for young people
‘Health is a political issue’ - how will countries make choices about @health spending in this new reality of step down of@global donors ? and will they coordinate or stay in silos ?
Honoured to have opportunity to deliver the opening plenary of @AIDSImpact Conference, highlighting the inequities affecting women with HIV & actions needed to address it. Thanks to all the women with HIV who shared their insights, particularly from @4Mproject!
hivliving.net/team/stefina-w… Amazing talks at #aidsimpact including hearing from Edwin Bernard about the fight to decriminalise living with HIV
In New York with Prof Anne Pollock speaking to @KingsCollegeLon #alumni about global health and @KingsGlobal - @KingsIoPPN @KingsSSPP @davidmartinelli
'Teenagers who go to bed early and sleep longer have sharper brains, study finds' @guardianscience article covering our new study from @Cambridge_Uni and Fudan University theguardian.com/science/2025/a…
Rethinking aid: A call for genuine transformation in the development paradigm . development-today.com/archive/2025/d…
In 2023, 84% of pregnant women living with HIV received antiretroviral treatment—a major increase since 2010. With funding declines, if countries do not fill the gap, we risk losing these gains. We cannot afford a setback now— not when we are so close to the finish line.
Panel aired importance of #MentalHealth globally, & reciprocal capacity building between African countries & UK. Audience challenged researchers to acknowledge African perspective on mental health - from idioms of distress to research methods @seyeabimbola @DixonChibanda
At a @KingsCollegeLon panel discussion, experts explored how international partnerships and African-led community interventions like the @friendshipbench are transforming global mental healthcare. Prof @melanieabas shares the key takeaways 👉kcl.ac.uk/zimbabwe-to-th…
US aid cuts are an opportunity to reimagine global health nature.com/articles/d4159…
Do join us to hear about and celebrate #African Mental Health Research with @DixonChibanda @friendshipbench @SalisburyMH @RicardoTwumasi @jermainedambi @kingsmedicine @GMentalHealth
Panel announced❗️ Join us 5pm on Thurs 6 Mar for a panel discussion on the @friendshipbench & #AfricanMentalHealth Research Initiative. REGISTER👉kcl.ac.uk/events/from-zi… Speakers: @DixonChibanda, @melanieabas, @RicardoTwumasi, @SalisburyMH, @jermainedambi. Chair: @northactually
UNAIDS has received reports from 52 countries experiencing disruptions in their HIV responses due to the U.S. foreign aid pause. The situation is evolving quickly, and we are closely monitoring it. Read our latest report for more details: unaids.org/en/resources/p…
"Lifting the funding freeze immediately is imperative to prevent further backsliding of progress towards ending the global HIV epidemic—progress that would not have been possible without #PEPFAR's 27 years of leadership." View new @jiasociety field notes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…