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Changing gender norms to improve maternal and child health

A gender lens in research design and implementation helps to improve health and empower women.
Published date
Friday, November 13, 2020 - 11:00
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Health Governance

Strengthening maternal and child health in conflict-affected South Sudan

Post-conflict settings present new opportunities to learn about strengthening health systems.
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Friday, August 21, 2020 - 14:00
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Health

Saving Malawi’s most vulnerable newborns with implementation research

Research in rural Malawi shows that when low-cost interventions are carefully implemented they can save premature babies’ lives.
Published date
Friday, August 21, 2020 - 13:30
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Improving the gender dynamics of social enterprises to support volunteer health workers

Research in Uganda and Kenya explores gender-responsive business models to help community health workers provide better services.
Published date
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 10:30
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH POLICY RURAL COMMUNITIES

Getting there: Overcoming barriers to safe motherhood in Ethiopia

Ethiopian-Canadian research team working to increase number of rural women who give birth in healthcare facilities.
Published date
Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 15:30
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GENDER EQUALITY MEDICAL TREATMENT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Small grant is making a big difference for Mexican scientist

A Mexican female scientist is conducting research that may benefit childhood burn victims.
Published date
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 15:30
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Information and Communication GENDER EQUALITY OPEN DATA HEALTH EQUITY

Why data matters to gender equality

The push to generate gender equal data is challenging power structures.
Published date
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 14:30
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NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cleaning up contaminated mines with plants and fungi

Ghanaian and Canadian scientists are engineering plants to remove heavy metals from mine sites.
Published date
Monday, May 6, 2019 - 08:30
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HEALTH DISEASE CONTROL OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES Labour markets OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SOCIAL POLICY FISCAL POLICY GRANTS

Improving occupational health with CAREX in Latin America and the Caribbean

IDRC small grant is helping researchers in Latin America generate data about workplace carcinogen exposure.
Published date
Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 09:30
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HEALTH DISEASE CONTROL MALARIA Health systems GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH COMMUNITY HEALTH HEALTH POLICY

Burkina Faso’s promising strategy to eradicate malaria

Program halved malaria cases in young children in one district of Burkina Faso.
Published date
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 15:00

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