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NewsDevelopment HealthUsing artificial intelligence to combat breast cancer in BrazilIDRC-supported research that aims to bring more equality to the use of artificial intelligence in health care, such as in the early-detection of breast cancer, has won an award for the best ongoing project at CONIC-SEMESP, Brazil’s largest scientific initiation congress.Date
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Research in ActionGender Social PolicyGender equality: Making a transformative impactGender equality — and how people experience it within households, organizations, and communities — is the product of how different social systems and structures are designed, negotiated, and implemented. Influencing positive change at these levels depends on evidence that moves beyond simply identifying inequalities.
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NewsHealthIDRC to host a panel at the 11th African Conference on Sexual Health and RightsIDRC’s Global Health program will present a panel on supporting research and capacities to address sexual and reproductive health challenges in Africa at the 11th African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights from February 26 to March 2, 2024. It is being held In North Africa for the first time, with Morocco as the host. The theme of this year’s conference is the sexual and reproductive health and family wellbeing in Africa.Date
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NewsHealthResearch informs West Africa’s policies for responding to future pandemicsIn West Africa, as in other parts of the world, COVID-19 brought unprecedented challenges to lives and livelihoods, subjecting various vulnerable groups to diverse collateral effects of pandemic-response measures. This phenomenon gave rise to the need for research that contributes to a better understanding of the effects of COVID-19, and pandemics more generally, on vulnerable populations.Date
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NewsHealthWebinar on strengthening vaccine delivery and uptake in Africa: How can research help?Join a diverse panel of experts who will share their insights and identify solutions to support and accelerate vaccine delivery and uptake in Africa at a webinar on February 21.Date
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Research in ActionHealthStrengthening communities, data and health systems in JordanIDRC has supported the generation of evidence through research to improve equity in Jordan’s health-care system.
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NewsHealthFostering the participation of young researchers at COP28Young researchers from the Global South AI for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Network (AI4PEP) attended the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28).Date
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NewsHealthResearchers in South Africa champion a device for AI-powered air-quality monitoringAn IDRC-supported team in South Africa, part of the Global South AI for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (AI4PEP) Network, has produced a technological innovation that monitors air quality, providing a tool to help address a broad range of public health issues.Date
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NewsDevelopment GenderReimagining the future of global health through a feminist and decolonial lensDuring the week of January 22-27, 2024, scholars, policymakers, implementers and activists will gather under the banner of “Geopolitics, human security and health equity in an era of polycrises” at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.Date
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Research in ActionGender HealthReproductive health and the fight against GBV in Senegal: Sokhna’s campaign for the inclusion of people with disabilitiesGender-based violence is a concern when it affects adolescent girls who live with disabilities.
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NewsDevelopment HealthOpen African Innovation Research Network recognized with a 2023 SSHRC Impact AwardThe Open African Innovation Research Network (Open AIR), founded in 2006, is aiming to improve global regulatory systems to ensure that innovations in health care, but also in data governance, food security and green technologies, are more equitably distributed.
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NewsDevelopment HealthNew initiative to advance equitable and evidence-informed policymaking in Africa in support of the Sustainable Development GoalsIDRC, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH are joining hands in a new partnership in Africa to advance equitable and inclusive evidence-informed policymaking to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.Date
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NewsHealthIDRC grantee Dr. John E. Dick joins the Canadian Medical Hall of FameNext April, Dr. John E. Dick, senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada, will be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.Date
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NewsDevelopment Economics Education Environment Food and Agriculture Gender Governance Health Information and Communication Science and Technology Social PolicyCombining forces for a new phase of AI for development: Africa and beyondAs a leading supporter of AI research and innovation in the Global South, IDRC is excited to announce it is combining forces with funders from around the world on a shared vision for AI for Development in Africa and beyond. This funders’ group includes the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID.Date
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Research in ActionGender HealthFrom action research to sustainable social transformation: Senegalese adolescent girls at the heart of innovation for better reproductive healthMany Senegalese adolescents still struggle to access essential reproductive health information and services.
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Research in ActionHealthHealthy moms, healthy babies: Mobile technology and data systems save lives and improve outcomes for refugees and migrantsMobile health and data solutions are supporting mothers and babies with localized, inclusive and culturally sensitive approaches to better health.
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NewsDevelopment HealthAttend the Ottawa launch of the report of the Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender EqualityJoin IDRC for the Ottawa launch of the Lancet Commission’s report on “Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender Equality.”Date
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NewsDevelopment HealthPartnering for success: IDRC-supported research showcased at the 2023 Canadian Conference on Global HealthThis week IDRC-supported researchers and staff actively participated in the Canadian Conference on Global Health, held from October 16-18, 2023, in Ottawa.Date
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Research in ActionHealthStronger voices, healthier choices: Access, agency and bodily autonomy for sexual and reproductive healthThree IDRC projects support local solutions for empowering refugee women and girls on sexual and reproductive health.
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NewsHealthIDRC at Gairdner Science Week 2023IDRC and our grantees have a long history with the Gairdner Foundation. Both organizations support and celebrate international excellence in fundamental research that impacts human health, exemplified in the Canada Gairdner Awards.Date
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NewsHealthChallenges and opportunities for scaling vaccine manufacturing in Africa, and where research can helpJoin a diverse panel of experts who will share their insights and identify solutions to support and accelerate vaccine research and production in Africa at an online webinar on October 25.Date