22 July 2014
This report presents the findings from the baseline survey of the quantitative impact evaluation of the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) Programme interventions in Northern Nigeria. The household survey data collection was conducted in June 2013 and a final round of data collection is scheduled for June 2016. Both baseline and endline [...]
Categories: Nutrition0 Comments
21 July 2014
On 12 June 2014, Professor Mark Tomlinson from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, gave a seminar to DFID health advisors on maternal mental health in the context of community based home visiting. The seminar highlighted that in low and middle income countries women and girls carry a significant care burden. They are twice as likely as [...]
Categories: Access to medicines, Equity, Health, Health Systems, Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health0 Comments
21 July 2014
What is the global health bioethics network? The Global Health Bioethics Network is a collaboration between the five Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programmes (MOPs) in Kenya, Thailand-Laos, South Africa, Vietnam, and Malawi and the Ethox Centre at the University of Oxford. Funded through a Wellcome Trust Strategic Award, the Network aims to: promote and support [...]
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16 July 2014
The UK provides financial support to the SUNMAP programme to support the management, coordination and delivery of malaria control services in six Nigerian States. It subsequently expanded to a further four States covering a total population of around 60 million. The support is through the provision of long and short term technical assistance for systems [...]
Categories: Communicable Diseases, Health0 Comments
16 July 2014
This short Lessons Learned paper was requested as part of the Project completion Review process of DFID’s Support to the Education Strategic Plan 2006-2013. The education sector looks very different in 2013 from how it did in 2006. The major changes are: over 3 million more children enrolled in basic education (a 70% increase) over [...]
Categories: Assignment Reports, Education, Policy, Finance and Governance0 Comments
15 July 2014
HEART is a consortium of leading organisations in international development, health, nutrition and education. The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a key partner. LSTM is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, organisations and institutions and by responding to the health [...]
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14 July 2014
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a leading global organisation for research, teaching and communication on international development, and is based on the University of Sussex campus surrounded by the beautiful countryside of the Sussex South Downs. The Institute is currently refreshing its vision, structures and strategy to meet the challenges of a rapidly-changing [...]
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14 July 2014
On 10 June 2014, Andreas Schleicher, a Special Advisor on Education Policy to The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Secretary-General and Deputy Director for Education, gave a seminar to DFID education advisors in London. The presentation he gave explored how economic development can contribute to eradicating poverty. He argued that education is key [...]
Categories: Education, HEART Talks0 Comments
11 July 2014
Sex, education and children. An explosive mix, one almost guaranteed to catch the attention of conservative commentators the world over. But it’s an area that doesn’t get the air time in deserves in development organisations. Instead of shying away from the topic we need to do more talking if we want to create a more [...]
Categories: Education, Education and Health0 Comments
11 July 2014
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS) invites applications for a Research Assistant to work as part of the Health and Education Advice and Resource Team (HEART). This project provides Department for International Development (a Department of the UK Government) advisers with fast, high-quality and value-for-money call-down and core knowledge services for health, nutrition and education. [...]
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