Workshop on Climate Change, Migration and Mortality (CLIMIMO)

About 30 researchers are expected to participate in a five-day data analysis and scientific writing workshop organised by INDEPTH Network with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, (USA).

 The workshop scheduled for May 14th to 18th in Accra on the theme:  Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Migration and Mortality Using HDSS Data is being held against the background of health challenges posed by the world’s changing climate in the 21st century. The workshop will therefore provide an opportunity for participants, mainly researchers and scientists from selected INDEPTH member centres to analyse empirical data and come up with findings that could guide policies for addressing the health effects of climate change.  Read more

INDEPTH Executive Director advocates greater support for health research by LMICs

The launch of the Global Report on Infectious Diseases of Poverty by WHO/TDR took place in Brussels on April 17^th at the European Commission's Conference on Innovation in Healthcare Without Borders. It was followed by lively discussion during which the Executive Director of INDEPTH Network, Osman Sankoh made a passionate call on low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to be seen to more directly support national health research. This, he said, would ensure that these countries 'have greater ownership of the research' and therefore be more committed to implementing recommendations from that research. Read more

INDEPTH Network's 2011 Annual Report - Highlights

 All INDEPTH Network stakeholders, the global health community and indeed the general public will have the opportunity in the 2011 INDEPTH Annual Report to read about the activities of the Network and its performance in the year.

INDEPTH Network's 2011 Annual Report containing up-to-date information, pictures and graphic presentations of several cross-site research projects based on health and demographic surveilance systems (HDSSs) carried out in the past year will soon be released and made available through wide dissemination. Read more

Indoor Air Polution Intervention Studies:

Towards multi-site intervention trials to study the risk decrease in communicable and non-communicable diseases in children and their mothers in Africa and Asia.

For decades, low-income countries have seen their burdens of disease dominated by HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoeal disease and pneumonia.  In the last five years these countries have made enormous progress in addressing and reducing the burden of malaria, diarrhoeal disease, and even HIV/AIDS.  However the burden of respiratory disease has remained unchanged and is moving into first place with chronic non-communicable diseases taking an increasing share of the burden. Read more

On April 7,  the world commemorates one of the most important days on the calendar of the United Nations - World Health Day. For the many populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for whom good health continues to be an elusive luxury, the day and its theme -- "Good Health adds Life to Years" -- should be of particular importance. Read more