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Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Fellow to present at the 2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting and Festival
On April 30th and the 5th day of the 2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting and Festival, Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Fellow Dr. Byomkesh Talukder will be presenting his work on the "Water鈥揊ood鈥揈nergy Nexus Effects on Farmers Health of the Southw...
New peer-reviewed publication in Global Policy: 鈥楥limate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New Decade: A Catalytic Framework鈥.
Dahdaleh Institute Faculty Member Idil Boran teamed up with a broad network of 26 leading experts to evaluate the Global Climate Action Agenda (GCAA) and discuss options to improve it to strengthen sub鈥惵& non鈥恠tate engagement in a new decade. The t...
Safe Water Optimization Tool featured as Bold Innovations Helping People in Conflict
The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) has been featured by the Humanitarian Grand Challenge as a creative solution which helping conflict-affected people around the world. On World Creativity and Innovation Day, the SWOT was featured alongside many o...
New Publication - Normalising the Exceptional: The Use of Temporary Protection in Transit Countries to Externalise Borders and Responsibilities
A new research article has been published by Dahdaleh Institute's Research Fellow Rhonda Ferguson and Community Scholar Linn-Biorklund Belliveau. In the paper, Rhonda and Linn take a closer look at temporary protection in transit countries, and the imp...
2021 Student Opportunities Open for Applications
Eight Research Assistant positions at the Dahdaleh Institute are open for applications. 91亚色 students have the unique opportunity to contribute to research which takes on real-world challenges, gain professional experience in a supportive en...
New Publication: Melting of Himalayan Glaciers and Planetary Health
Check out the newly published article by our Planetary Health Fellow Dr. Byomkesh Talukder and Director of the Dahdaleh Institute Dr. James Orbinski. Abstract Climate change has accelerated the melting of Himalayan glaciers, with profound impacts on th...
New Publication: COVID-19's implications on agri-food systems and human health in Bangladesh
Led by Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Fellow, Dr. Byomkesh Talukder, this paper describes and analyses the impacts of COVID-19 on agri-food systems in Bangladesh with particular attention to human health issues and related SDGs. The authors...
New Study on drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB)-HIV care among patients in South Africa
Researchers led by Dr. Amrita Daftary, Faculty Member at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, recently published a study which describes experiences of DRTB-HIV care among patients in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. The study aims t...
Releasing Soon - The Changing Face of Iceland, film by Mark Terry
The Changing Face of Iceland聽represents the third installment in Mark Terry鈥檚 trilogy of polar documentaries focusing on the impacts climate change on the island nation of Iceland. Touching the Arctic Circle at its north end, changes to Iceland鈥檚 glaci...
Why is Uptake of Digital Contact Tracings Apps Low? The Digital Global Health and Humanitarianism Lab has Evidence-based Answers and Recommendations
Digital Contact Tracing (D-CT) apps - digital interventions that allow governments and epidemiologists to track and trace the spread of COVID-19 - represent a promising and also controversial pandemic response tool. Yet, little research has been done r...