The shift from high to low levels of mortality and fertility called the demographic transition occurred over a century ago in the developed world.
This grant will allow the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) to create, host and maintain a web-based resource on national health research in low- and middle-income countries in partnership with institutions in the South.
Research results have no value unless they are made available for due consideration by practitioners and policymakers. Scientific articles are not enough.
Despite that approximately 70% of Pakistan's 160 million inhabitants living in rural villages, nearly 90% of the ICT-related infrastructure is installed in urban areas.
The research problem addressed in this project is significant in Asia, especially since the developing countries represent almost half of the world's population.
The world's urban population is growing faster than its total population, especially in the developing world. The diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs), notably the mobile telephone, seems to be growing apace.
In 2004, the Wellcome Trust and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) agreed to commit GB £10 million each to a joint program, the Kenya-Malawi Health Research Capacity Strengthening Initiative (HRCS Initiative).