In several Latin American countries, a selective approach to the delivery of primary health care in the past few decades has skewed access to a limited number of services to specific vulnerable populations. The result: fragmented health systems with...

Through 46 research projects supported since 2006, the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) program has investigated what it means for African countries and communities to adapt to climate change. However, these research results are not always...

Health care systems in many African countries are undergoing decentralization, institutional reform and cost recovery. These reforms aim to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of health services. However, high levels of ill health —...

Potatoes have played an integral role in Andean agriculture for thousands of years.   Since 1998, IDRC has supported research in Ecuador on the health impacts of pesticide use on potato farmers and their families. Researchers worked with farmers...

Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, is the home of almost 2 million people. Many of the poorest live in unplanned and under-serviced slums. An IDRC-supported project used an ecohealth approach to development in 12 neighbourhoods struggling with...