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Heiko Becher.[6][10] In 2006 Kyobutungi joined the African Population and Health Research Center as a postdoctoral fellow, and was eventually selected as the Head of the Challenges and Systems research program.[8][11] After graduating Kyobutungi began to teach at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology.[8]Research and career[edit]In October 2017, Kyobutungi was made the Director of Research at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC).[12][13] In this capacity she evaluated maternal health and well being challenges in African cities.[11][14] Kyobutungi looked to strengthen governance in local health services, as well as providing training, infrastructure and equipment.[15] Whilst African researchers in these local health centers can generate large amounts of useful health data, they often do no have the capacities to analyse it.[16] Kyobutungi has described unused African research data as being like a hippo, “at the moment we can only see and access a very small amount \u2013 like the ears of a hippo in water \u2013 but we know there is a huge potential lying just below the surface”.[16]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4She was made of Executive Director of the APHRC in 2017.[17] Here her work has considered the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, prevalence of diabetes in poor urban communities and ways to prevent cardiovascular diseases in Nairobi slums.[12][18] She was the inaugural Chair of the Kenya Epidemiological Association. Kyobutungi has made efforts to improve girls’ access to education, including the development of community resources and trained mentors.[19]  In 2019 Kyobutungi was announced as the Joep Lange Chair, a position in which she investigates non-communicable diseases in African countries.[7] Non-communicable diseases are rising in African countries, and current healthcare systems are not equipped to treat populations affected by them.[7] The focus of foreign money and training to date has been on HIV\/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, which means that simple medical tests such as measuring blood pressure often get overlooked.[7] Kyobutungi supported health workers to visit local communities with blood pressure cuffs to monitor for Hypertension.[20] She found that to encourage patient and doctor participation she had to include an economic incentive, offering 100 schillings for every screened patient who visits the clinic.[20] Alongside establishing a research program investigating the management of chronic diseases and ways to strengthen healthcare systems, Kyobutungi is exploring the role of digital technology in connecting patients with their healthcare systems.[7] She has studied the influence of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on tobacco legislation in Sub-Saharan Africa.[21]Kyobutungi serves on the council of the United States International University Africa.[22] She also serves as director of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), an organisation which looks to rebuild and strengthen the capacity of African universities.[23][24] She was elected to the African Academy of Sciences in 2018.[8][25]Since 2019, Kyobutungi has been a member of the Lancet\u2013SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality, chaired by Tarja Halonen.[26]Other activities[edit]References[edit]^ Kyobutungi, Catherine (2008). Ethnic German immigrants from the former Soviet Union mortality from external causes and cancers. Lang. ISBN\u00a0978-3-631-56563-6. OL\u00a025091965M.^ “APHRC Homepage”. APHRC. Retrieved 2020-04-07.^ “APHRC’S NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR \u2013 Dr Catherine Kyobutungi”. indepth-network.org. Retrieved 2020-04-07.^ Institute, Joep Lange. “Catherine Kyobutungi appointed as Joep Lange Chair”. Joep Lange Institute. Retrieved 2020-04-07.^ “Kyobutungi Catherine”. aasciences.africa. Retrieved 2020-04-07.^ a b Kyobutungi, Catherine. “Mortality from cancers and external causes of death among Aussiedler in Germany 1990- 2002 \u2013 an epidemiological cohort study” (PDF). University of Heidelberg. Retrieved 11 October 2019.^ a b c d e f “Catherine Kyobutungi appointed as Joep Lange Chair”. Joep Lange Institute. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ a b c d “Kyobutungi Catherine”. aasciences.ac.ke. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ “Webinar Report: Building connections and developing research in Sub-Saharan Africa”. eLife. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ “Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi”. indepth-network.org. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ a b “APHRC’s Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Speaks to National Public Radio”. Audioboom. Sep 15, 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ a b “Catherine Kyobutungi, PhD”. aphrc.org. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ “APHRC’S New Executive Director \u2013 Dr Catherine Kyobutungi”. indepth-network.org. Indepth Network. Retrieved 2019-12-23.^ “Well-being in African cities”. urbanage.lsecities.net. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ Kyobutungi, Catherine. “Maternal health in the context of poor urban settlements: Nairobi case study” (PDF). Wilson Center. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ a b “Workshop on how to expand research data sharing”. WHO. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ Berman, Philippa (2017-10-28). “Catherine Kyobutungi: leading African health research capacity”. The Lancet. 390 (10106): 1942. doi:10.1016\/S0140-6736(17)32672-7. ISSN\u00a00140-6736. PMID\u00a029115223. S2CID\u00a0205988436.^ Catherine Kyobutungi – Monitoring the Health Needs of Urban Slums, retrieved 2019-10-02^ “Spotlight: Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi”. January 31, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ a b Gregory Warner (September 14, 2014). “Africans Are Introduced To The Blood Pressure Cuff”. NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ Wisdom, Jennifer P.; Juma, Pamela; Mwagomba, Beatrice; Ndinda, Catherine; Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse; Assah, Felix; Nkhata, Misheck; Mohamed, Shukri F.; Oladimeji, Oladepo; Oladunni, Opeyemi; Oluwasanu, Mojisola (2018-08-15). “Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa”. BMC Public Health. 18 (1): 954. doi:10.1186\/s12889-018-5827-5. ISSN\u00a01471-2458. PMC\u00a06117626. PMID\u00a030168395.^ Website, USIU-Africa. “Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi – University Council Member”. USIU-Africa Website. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ “Secretariat”. Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africa. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ “CARTA hosts DFID Deputy Director Research and Evidence Division\u00a0\u00bb Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africadate=2017-11-10”. Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africa. Archived from the original on 2019-10-02.^ “Yale, African Academy of Sciences host symposium on university research”. YaleNews. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2019-10-02.^ Commissioners Lancet\u2013SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality.^ Board Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH).       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