The evaluation exercise stimulated responses from 30 partner institutions who have been implementing five Asian Partnership on Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (APEIR) research projects on: wild migratory birds, backyard poultry systems, soci
Despite progress in implementing tobacco control policies, trade liberalization has significantly increased tobacco consumption among women and children in some Asian countries. It has also reduced advertising restrictions.
Research on the links between tobacco farming and health problems among men, women, and children in Bangladesh will examine the health and socio-economic impact of tobacco cultivation.
The African Tobacco Situational Analysis (ATSA) supported by IDRC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation investigated the critical determinants of success for tobacco control in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Unhealthy diets are a major risk factor related to the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries like Pakistan. Fruit and vegetables are important parts of a healthy diet, as are other high-fibre foods.
The Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), University of Beirut (AUB), is a multidisciplinary team of professionals from the health sciences, medicine, chemistry and engineering departments.
Bangladesh is a signatory to the World Health Organization's global health treaty on tobacco control, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The FCTC is the world's first public health treaty.
This project aims to reduce the negative effects of agricultural activity so that agriculture can benefit health and good health can benefit agriculture.
The two earlier phases of this project (003320 and 101277) led to the creation or strengthening of 18 local stakeholder groups and resulted in a new Animal Slaughtering and Meat Inspection Act, modification of the Nepal Food Act, modification of t
In recent years, Lebanon has seen the decline of the traditional diet in favour of a less diverse and less healthy westernized diet.