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@desmondtanko

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Joined October 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    10 Oct 2020

    How it started How it's going

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    9 hours ago

    We designed to provide accessible virtual & physical simulators for surgical trainees 🔄 the 🌎 to use self-directed systems to learn essential reconstructive surgeries & eventually scale to include many more critical surgeries.

    The effects of burns, trauma, cancer & congenital conditions can be devastating for patients. team AmoSmile has designed a low-cost model to teach surgeons how to perform local flap surgery. Learn more here:
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    May 11

    Recently in Rwanda🇷🇼, Fellows & worked w/ tech partner to establish a close collaboration w/ & plastic surgery residents to develop & test our open-access, locally-sourced plastic surgery training platform .

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    May 10

    Asking the right questions in must go beyond traditional outcome metrics & take a more nuanced look at *access* to care in a way that considers the counterfactual & confounders. Making sure that we are asking the right questions is essential to meaningful change.

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    May 10

    Great turnout today for Prof with over 100 volunteers & employees who are excited to learn from an inspirational leader within & 🙏 Thank you to the Policy & Advocacy Department for organizing this incredible series!

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  6. May 10

    We can't wait to hear your talk, Mark. Thank you for agreeing to come share your knowledge and experience with fellows and the entire staff, volunteers, partners and friends at

    Looking forward to speaking to the fellows this morning about data-driven surgical scale-up: Why building the evidence base is important, what to study, how to study it, and why it feels like no one's listening
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    May 6

    Registration is now open for the 2022 Bethune Round Table! Register today and take advantage of early bird rates until May 27! Registration and info here:
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    Apr 29

    Calling 237 startups!! I am curating a list of Cameroon startups Twitter accounts. Please reply with the Twitter handle for your startup so that I may add it to the list.

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  9. Apr 28

    Our latest paper on "low-income and middle-income country perceptions of visiting surgical teams from high-income countries" is out in Please check it out and share!

    Surgical teams from high-income countries coming to work in low- and middle-income countries constitutes a large part of history. In this systematic review, we aimed to investigate how LMIC stakeholders perceive these visits.
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    Apr 27

    The UCT () is running a "Towards a Decolonised Science in South Africa" course next term. In preparation, you can listen to our Decolonising Global Health episode with , , & :

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    Apr 25

    Sharing our latest article in about decolonizing and decarbonizing educational trips With & Read here:

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  12. Apr 25

    Here’s a great opportunity to work with an awesome global health leader

    I have an open Research Assistant position! Looking for someone who likes working on an assortment of projects, with an assortment of people, doing an assortment of things. I am committed to investing in individual's professional growth.
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  13. Apr 25

    Poor road design kills! The latest episode of is out with senior fellow discussing road design in Africa. Etta, like many, became passionate about road design after she lost her mother to a road accident years back. check it out

    2022 Fellow @desmondtank0 talked to 2020 Fellow in his latest episode of . Etta shares her thoughts on how better designed roads can reduce road accidents.
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    Apr 23

    A year ago I was in a terrible car accident in Cameroon resulting in a broken femur. This experience left me thinking about how better road design could prevent death and injury. In our latest episode of we discuss road safety design in Africa with

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    ‼️‼️ Our latest episode with is out ‼️‼️ We discuss the impact of poor road design in Africa and how our roads can be designed better to save lives and prevent injury. Listen now on your favorite podcast app. Thank you for joining us.
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  15. Apr 23

    A year ago I was in a terrible car accident in Cameroon resulting in a broken femur. This experience left me thinking about how better road design could prevent death and injury. In our latest episode of we discuss road safety design in Africa with

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    ‼️‼️ Our latest episode with is out ‼️‼️ We discuss the impact of poor road design in Africa and how our roads can be designed better to save lives and prevent injury. Listen now on your favorite podcast app. Thank you for joining us.
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    Apr 20

    1/7 I recently moved to Cape Town🇿🇦 from Limbe🇨🇲 thanks to the funds provided by and the opportunity given by Prof of to join her team as an MSc (in Global Surgery)student. All this was possible because levelled the playground.

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    Apr 18

    An important first step, reading this: And following leading voices, such as

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    Apr 5

    “We must choose either champagne for a few or safe drinking water for all” ~ Thomas Sankara

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  19. Apr 20

    Men — especially from rich countries — still fill the boards of global health groups -- great interview with

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    Apr 19

    Incredible partnership by & to establish 2-year Cleft Surgery Training Scholarships to provide local surgeons throughout the region w/ essential surgical training in comprehensive cleft care. Commitment to education & training is a core priority!

    Cleft Surgery Training Scholarship!!! have Collaborated with to provide a two-year Cleft Surgery Training Scholarship. The Scholarship is open to qualified and registered Plastic Surgery Fellows. Apply today through:
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    Apr 6

    Registration is open for our Hackathon happening 30 April - 1 May. Innovations are geared towards improving T1D care in 11 African countries. Attendance possible in-person/virtually. Register here: CC

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