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IDRC at the World Congress on Public Health
The 11th World Congress on Public Health is taking place 21-25 August 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an estimated 10 000 people expected to attend. IDRC, through its Governance, Equity and Health and Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health (Ecohealth) programs, is sponsoring eight panels that will include the participation of approximately 40 researchers from 17 countries from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-101022-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Leading Canadian Academic/Researcher, Dr Howard Alper, Joins IDRC
Dr Howard Alper, currently Professor of Chemistry and Vice-President, Research, at the University of Ottawa, will be joining Canada's International Development Research Centre as Visiting Executive on 1 September 2006. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-99864-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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IDRC Welcomes New Senior Staff
IDRC welcomes a new Director at its Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, and a new Program Leader for its Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health program. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-101018-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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| Features | HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity: Double Jeopardy
In 1989, while working at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Stuart Gillespie spent six months examining the connection between HIV/AIDS and food security. It quickly became clear to him that the epidemic's long-term impacts could have a devastating effect on hunger throughout the developing world. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-100661-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Youth Take Aim Against AIDS
An IDRC-supported project in Peru employs youthful creativity and advanced communication technology in the battle against HIV/AIDS. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-101042-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Fighting AIDS with Evidence
IDRC-supported research teams are working with public health authorities in South Africa's Free State province to design a rollout of antiretroviral therapies that will strengthen the public health system.
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Chong Sheau Ching: Advocating for Change
If there's anyone who knows the role education can play in aiding international development, it's Chong Sheau Ching. She is passionate about its part in empowering people – especially women – through knowledge, because learning changed her life. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-99753-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Third World Urban Forum Hits a Responsive Chord
If sheer numbers are any measure of success, then the third session of the World Urban Forum (WUF3) was a runaway hit. Held in Vancouver, Canada, 19-23 June, UN-Habitat's biennial event attracted some 10 000 participants from more than 100 countries. IDRC's Kevin Conway attended the event. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-101294-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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| Research and resources | IDRC's Support for AIDS Research
Recognizing the importance of HIV/AIDS as a development issue, IDRC was one of the first international donor agencies to allocate resources to research on the prevalence and means of transmission of HIV, as well as to community intervention through prevention and knowledge about its transmission.
Learn more about IDRC's work with HIV/AIDS since 1987.
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HIV/AIDS — A Slideshow
A general look at HIV/AIDS, the impact it is having on household, national, and international levels, and some of the prevention and treatment efforts that are making a difference. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-100243-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Global Links Newsletter
The Ecohealth program initiative at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is pleased to introduce its five-language, bi-annual Health Environment: Global Links newsletter. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-100968-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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