May 2021

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Virtual Meeting on WHO’s Dementia Research Blueprint

This event was held on 19-20 May 2021. WHO is developing a Dementia Research Blueprint for Action with the aim to accelerate global dementia research and innovation and to make research more productive and efficient, with a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusiveness in all stages from generation to implementation. The blueprint will ultimately enable…

Karen Saunders-Video Training

SWBF Therapy Lead presents practical treatment advice for Long Covid sufferers

Karen was recently invited to present a brief summary of practical advice for sufferers of Long Covid at the first-ever International Conference on Long Covid in Bangladesh on May 7th, 2021 at the Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon, Dhaka. The conference was chaired by the SWBF Global Ambassador, Dr. Mohamed Sakel, FRCP, and focused on identifying…

Oxford Invitation

SWBF Ambassador invited speaker in Oxford University debate

SWBF Global Ambassador, Dr. Mohamed Sakel was invited panel member in the prestigious debate organised by Oxford University. University of Kent & NIHR (UK) collaborated in this year’s event. The panel discussed on decolonising educational curriculum, pernicious impact of medical racism and how to eradicate prejudices from society. During the COVID disaster, various prejudices have…

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SWBF Therapy Lead has won PhD scholarship Award in UK

Neurotherapy Advisor lead, Karen, has recently been successful at competing to win an NIHR PhD Scholarship funding award. Karen has now started work on a PhD research proposal focused on the Co-production of a combined physical and mental health intervention to help survivors of brain injury living at home in the community. Her work forms…

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Dementia Care and Hearing Support – A Research Project

Dementia Care and Hearing Support – A Research Project On March 6, 2019, a seminar cum launching research project SENSE-Cog Asia UK jointly organised by SWBF, Renaissance Hospitals and Research Ltd, Hearing Care Centre Ltd was organised at BIISS Seminar Hall, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Major General (Dr.) Md Fashiur Rahman, Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services…

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Long Haul COVID, A New Pandemic

Global Ambassador of SWBF, Professor Dr Mohamed Sakel(FRCP, UK) provided the keynote lecture on this upcoming new medical condition called LONG Covid in an International conference in Dhaka on 7th May 2021 at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni MP was the chief guest in this awareness raising programme which was attended online by about…