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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.
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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.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 14:30
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GENDER EQUALITY CIVIL REGISTRATION VITAL STATISTICS

Making women visible with civil registration and vital statistics systems

An international meeting brought gender to the forefront of efforts to register and count life events.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 12:30
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WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT

From disaster, a new digital economy for Haiti

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Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 12:00
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH WOMEN'S HEALTH BIRTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES Gender

Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa teams share early findings in Dakar

As the seven-year Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) program reached its halfway mark, 80 African and Canadian experts gathered in Dakar, Senegal, from April 24-27, 2017 to discuss the program’s emerging findings and to hone their research and policy engagement skills.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 - 11:00
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Gender

Expert Talks: Understanding civil registration and vital statistics systems

What are civil registration and vital statistics systems and why do they matter?
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 16:30
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNITY SERVICE MATERNAL MORTALITY Gender

Fourth Global Health Systems Research Symposium features innovative research on improving maternal and child health in Africa

It is women and children across developing countries who suffer most from the shocks and stresses to health systems. In South Sudan — a country ravaged by conflicts — limited infrastructure, lack of health information, and severe shortages of health personnel contribute to high levels of maternal and child mortality. Outbreaks of infectious disease and epidemics have similar consequences — the impact of Ebola on maternal and child health in West Africa is one example.
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Friday, December 23, 2016 - 13:00
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HEALTH Health systems IMMUNIZATION Gender

Abuja workshop calls for evidence-based policies to improve maternal and child health in Nigeria

Innovative interventions to improve maternal and child health in Nigeria were the focus of a workshop in Abuja on September 21, 2016. Nigeria has the second highest absolute number of maternal deaths and perinatal deaths in the world, contributing to approximately 15% of all maternal deaths worldwide.
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Monday, October 17, 2016 - 11:00
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Gender

Major funding announcement is made as Minister Bibeau and Parliamentary Secretary Gould visit IDRC projects in sub-Saharan Africa

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced major funding for an IDRC grantee during her August visit to West Africa.
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Economic and social development CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION Livestock Ecohealth Gender

Supporting sustainable economic growth in ASEAN

Through strategic investments, IDRC is helping local actors play a more effective role in solving regional challenges while also contributing to the Plan of Action to implement the Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Canada Enhanced Partnership 2016-2020.
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Friday, September 2, 2016 - 13:00

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