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MONA AGEING AND WELLNESS CENTRE
Dr. Tanya Edwards − HIV and the Older adult. Radio Interview. Love FM. December 2022. − Ageing and Health Issues . Mona Baptist Churh H.E.L.P. Ministry. May 9, 2023 − Dementia: Signs and symptoms and management . Radio Interview. NCU FM. June 6, 2023. − COVID-19: Precautions to be taken to avoid contracting the disease . Radio Inter- view. RJR 94 FM. July 24, 2023.
AGILITY
INCOME GENERATION No new grants were obtained over the review period.
Projects MAWC is exploring avenues to fulfil our co-funding obligations under the exist- ing Technical Cooperation Agreement with the IDB. We are engaging potential donors and sharing the vision to generate stakeholder interest and obtain financial commitment. The prospects are promising. Research Projects The Centre is awaiting disbursement of funds from the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Jamaica to support data collection activities for the study on “Breast Cancer Burden and Screening Strategies in Jamaica”. The research grant of $1.5 million dollars was awarded to Dr Kayon Donaldson-Davis in 2019. The project was approved by Mona Campus Research Ethics Committee. The Centre has received a commitment (and is awaiting disbursement of funds) from the Ministry of Health and Wellness to support its Midlife (age 40–59) Study on Health, Work and Retirement Planning in Jamaica. Funding is through the Ministry’s Research for Wellness Fund and Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer is the project’s Principal Investigator. We intend to collect data electronically in the field. This will be a first for MAWC on a large study. Preparatory work for electronic data capture is underway.
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