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New PhDs awarded October - January

Published on January 20, 2026

We congratulate Opeyemi, Sofia, Kéfilath, Salvator and Tabitha with their PhD!

You can read their abstracts here:

PhD defence Opeyemi Rebecca Akinajo: Beyond Effectiveness: Implementation Factors Influencing Uptake of IV Iron for Anaemia in Pregnancy in Nigeria
PhD defence Sofia Vielma: Behavioural Ecology and Spatial Dynamics of Anopheles coluzzii Swarms
PhD defence Kéfilath Bello: Primary Health Care improvement in Benin: From an exploration of primary care physician practices towards a policy framework
PhD defence Salvator Minani: A quantitative and qualitative risk assessment of pig-related parasitic zoonoses in Burundi
PhD defence Elizabeth Tabitha Abbew: The upcoming challenge of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease and tuberculosis/non-tuberculous mycobacteria co-infection in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa

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