Sharing ideas and insights from members of the @IDS_UK Health & Nutrition Cluster and our partners around the world. #research #evidence #health #nutrition
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IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
A new @FrontiersIn #PublicHealth research topic is inviting articles that critically examine and advance inquiry on public-private partnership (#PPP) models for primary health care (#PHC) in the #GlobalSouth.
frontiersin.org/research-top…
#UHC #UHCDay #HealthForAll
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
On 4 Sept 2025 the #DRC Ministry of Health declared an #Ebola virus disease #EVD outbreak.
SSHAP compiled resources to highlight key socio-cultural considerations for disease control during 2018-2020 outbreaks in #Équateur #NorthKivu #SouthKivu #Ituri.
➡️socialscienceinaction.org/em…
ALT Caption: On 11 August 2018, Sylvie Waridi, a psycho-social worker partnered with UNICEF, holds the hands of twin brothers, 8, just released from the Ebola Treatment Unit in Beni, North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sylvie was one of 150 psychosocial workers trained by UNICEF to support people affected by the Ebola virus. Sylvie was responsible for providing psychological assistance to the children being cared for in the Beni Ebola treatment centre. Phot credit: UNICEF/UN0229877/Naftalin
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
Learning from international experience can inform the implementation of the #NHS10YearPlan.
ids.ac.uk/news/international…
🎣Power relationships between government & aquaculture farmers influence livelihoods, socio-economic & health risks, & environmental sustainability.
On 15 July explore how these dynamics shape aquaculture livelihoods in #Vietnam.
✍️ids.ac.uk/events/power-relat…
#WorldOceanDay
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
The rollback in #gender rights & challenges to global #health threaten to reverse decades of progress.
A new Lancet Commission report provides a roadmap to navigate & inform action.
Join us in-person or online on 14 May for the report's launch at IDS.
👉ids.ac.uk/events/the-lancet-…
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
On 30 January 2025, @MinofHealthUG confirmed a case of Sudan #Ebola Virus Disease in #Kampala. A process of contact tracing & isolation is underway.
Social science insights from previous Ebola outbreaks can inform the response.
socialscienceinaction.org/em…
@WHOUganda @WHOAFRO
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
Join IDS policy fellows Alicia Demirjian and Nobuaki Matsunaga at
@GRIPS_English Forum - 'AMR: The Slow Pandemic and Global Call to Action' with Mr Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Former Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare in Japan 👇
ac.pulse.ly/6exchaadzs
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
📣Today!
IDS Seminar: Was there a famine in #Gaza in 2024?
With Stephen Devereux, IDS Research Fellow. Chair: @PhilipProudfoot
Today at 13:00 (UK time). In-person and online. All welcome.
Register your place at: 👉ac.pulse.ly/m58pdmsxyf
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
🔥 please join us for a @FoodEquityCtr webinar on Nov 20th for the launch of a new book by @huambachano_m on #Indigenous ancestral #FoodWays!
👇 Registration link in Mariaelena's post below
@CSM4CFS @hlpe_cfs @IPESfood @IDS_UK @via_campesina
I am looking forward to my upcoming book talk 📕and can't wait to share my insights with all of you! Please join us👇🏾#Recoveringourancestralfoodways ids.ac.uk/?p=105434 via @IDS_UK @justjody23
✨Recovering our ancestral foodways✨ids.ac.uk/?p=105434 via @IDS_UK
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
Rising prices of food and electricity affect the way residents buy and prepare food. This is Azima's story
Learn more about the LOGIC project by IDS & partners @iihsin @colombourbanlab @urbanafricaacc @UCT_news @UnivofGh 👇
foodinfrastructurejustice.pu…
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
⏰Happening today!
🤝Join us at 13:00 UTC.
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ALT SSHAP webinar today at 13:00 UTC. Mobilising social science for humanitarian action.
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
⌛️1 day to go until we explore the contribution of social, cultural, and political #knowledge in humanitarian response and preparedness.
🤝Make sure you join us.
▶️socialscienceinaction.org/bl…
ALT SSHAP webinar on 7 November 2024 at 13:00 UTC. Mobilising social science for humanitarian action: insights and lessons.
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
🚨April 2024: #SierraLeone declared kush a public health emergency.
#kush, a highly addictive synthetic drug, has serious health & social consequences.
The response has been mostly punitive.
What can be done to reduce harm?
📖Read our new brief: socialscienceinaction.org/re…
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
🆕in our SSHAP Fellows briefing series.
📖Addressing the #humanitarian needs of forced rural-to-city migrants in north-west #Nigeria: focus on #mentalhealth vulnerability.
🔗socialscienceinaction.org/re…
ALT New SSHAP Fellow’s brief: Addressing the humanitarian needs of forced rural-to-city migrants in north-west Nigeria with a focus on mental health vulnerability.
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
🥁Just over a week until our 7 Nov webinar on harnessing #social & #political #knowledge in #health & #humanitarian crises.
Can we think differently about #emergencies?
How can we build & sustain capacity & #trust for #crisis response?
Register:👉tinyurl.com/4nh9u3v7
ALT Mobilising social science for humanitarian action: insights and lessons. A SSHAP webinar. 7 November 2024. 13:00 to 14:30 UTC.
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
📝NEW BRIEF
A recent Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has raised concerns about intercommunal spread. The brief summarises key considerations on the national response, governance structures, and regional impacts, drawing on existing evidence and insights.
tinyurl.com/ysc7v7wh
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
📝NEW BRIEF
#Sudan faces catastrophic famine amid civil war. In July 2024, famine was declared in Zamzam camp, impacting 500K-800K people. With 25.6M in crisis, this is Sudan's worst #foodsecurity emergency.
Read full brief here: tinyurl.com/28adxsym
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
📢The Living Off-Grid Food and Infrastructure Collaboration (LOGIC) microsite is now live!
Here is Raveen’s story from Colombo:
IDS Health & Nutrition retweeted
📝NEW BRIEF
What have been the consequences of #Uganda's food & cash assistance prioritisation strategy for #refugee #foodsecurity & the country’s self-reliance model? This brief identifies the impacts of the strategy & entry points for improving security
tinyurl.com/ya79mpa9
⬇️Happening tomorrow at 08:30 CET!
🥁Only 2 days to go until our #CFS52 side event.
🔗Join us in-person or online to forge a common agenda for #urban and #food #justice.
Register: fao.zoom.us/meeting/register…
ALT Bringing together urban and food justice. Side event at #CFS52 on 23 October 2024.