Chaitali Sinha would be the first to admit it can be difficult to explain exactly what she does for a living as a Senior Program Officer at IDRC. “I’ve always had a strong interest in things that aren’t simple,” she says. “And development is...
The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within health systems is often referred to as electronic health – or simply eHealth. IDRC’s dual focus on strengthening capacity and influencing policy has shaped the variety of eHealth...
This book, besides being informative, is inspirational. The introductory chapters, the description of the research projects, and the closing chapters that analyze the scope and challenges of ecohealth all together present evidence that this is a...
Tobacco use in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing rapidly as a result of strong economic growth and the aggressive marketing tactics of tobacco multinationals. Although the policy interventions are well understood, the political economy of tobacco...
In Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, steep hills and watercourses limit habitable land. About 21,000 people live in dense slum settlements in the Mingoa River watershed, a swampy area of 12 neighbourhoods.
A project funded by IDRC’s Ecohealth...
When it comes to dealing with the ill-effects of tobacco consumption politicians don’t so much see the light as they feel the fire. The question for researchers is: how can we help light the fires that motivate people? We must first bear in mind...
For most of the past century, the spread of mysterious, frightening infectious diseases is something that’s occurred mostly in poorer parts of the planet.No longer. Enter Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which has affected both China and...
2004-04-22BACKGROUNDERIn Africa, malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds. Together with HIV/AIDS and TB, malaria is one of the major public health challenges undermining development in the poorest countries in the world – WHO RBM Infosheet...
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater. This is a good opportunity to reflect on this precious resource too often taken for granted by most of us. What lessons can we draw from the fatal...
When South Africans discarded apartheid in the heady days of 1994, they showed they could face one of the world’s great problems. Now, they’re dealing with another — inequitable water, electricity, and waste disposal services. If this challenge...