Research that has enabled hospitals in Thailand to improve the management of children’s pain provides a valuable model for other countries grappling with this issue

RICHARD LORD

Researchers are documenting how the landscape has changed for women in Tunisia, where a Web-savvy generation is turning to cyber-activism to be heard

ANTOINE WALTER

Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe — a narghile or hookah — is at least as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. So said the WHO in an advisory that resulted largely from the pioneering work of IDRC-supported researchers

FLICKR | GILLES 1313

Researchers supported by IDRC focus on the root causes of inequities and how health systems can better meet the needs of women and children

PANOS | ABBIE TRAYLER-SMITH

In a public talk at IDRC’s head office, the pioneer of drip irrigation argued passionately for more teamwork across scientific disciplines and national borders to confront global environmental problems

G.TECKLES | TECKLES PHOTOGRAPHY INC