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Mechanistic (top row) and empirical (bottom row) simulations compared recent, or "baseline," maize production in South Africa (1979-99) to projected future production under climate change (2046-65). (princeton.edu)
Funding GS and NN gratefully acknowledge support from the National Research Foundation (grant numbers 95627 and 105923) and the Medical Research Council of South Africa (grant number 416006 and 416071). (bmj.com)
The SAAO is a national facility of the NRF and the national centre for optical and infrared astronomy in South Africa. (nrf.ac.za)
In South Africa today, less than 20% of adults (over the age of 15) smoke. (who.int)
He also supported the Free South Africa Fund, which supported black South Africans' efforts for freedom while challenging Stanford to rethink its ties with South African companies. (stanford.edu)
Harriet is also a qualified field guide with the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa having worked in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. (birmingham.ac.uk)

The CAP Financial Innovation Challenge is a global challenge, with a focus on solutions to be deployed in East Africa. (undp.org)
Through the CAP Financial Innovation Challenge, UNDP will support the development of seven solutions at the design stage, so that novel financial aggregation structures and models can be developed and lead to financially closed transactions in East Africa in the near future. (undp.org)
In response to the call, UNDP received many applications from around the globe, with diverse innovations, and targeting different energy sub-sectors and countries in East Africa. (undp.org)
While the call for applications was open to applicants from any country, supported solutions are to be developed in view of being deployed in one or multiple developing countries in East Africa, with a special focus on the CAP's two pilot countries, Rwanda and Uganda. (undp.org)
After working with cervical cancer prevention experts in Tanzania, East Africa, I wanted to develop and evaluate a method using a smartphone that could improve the training and increase scale-up of the cervical cancer screening method currently used in most low-income countries," says Dr. Yeates. (queensu.ca)
Aim: This study aimed to ascertain the presence and characteristics of trans women in seven cities in Tanzania, East Africa.Setting: Tanzania, East Africa. (bvsalud.org)

Newton Fund and GCRF are drawing to a close. (newton-gcrf.org)
Five years ago, the University of Liverpool spearheaded HORN, funded by the UK Research and Innovation's Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) , to establish a network of individuals and organisations across the Horn of Africa (including the countries of Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia/Somaliland) capable of conducting high-quality research on the link between people's health and wealth and that of livestock and the environment. (ilri.org)
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded a Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Challenge Cluster Grant to Dr Toyin Togun, Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, for Post-TB Lung Health in Children in Africa. (lshtm.ac.uk)
The grant, which is part of the UKRI GCRF Collective Programme, will be hosted at the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at LSHTM. (lshtm.ac.uk)
Douglas Parker receives funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), FCDO and the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF). (theconversation.com)
The consortium has been awarded £3.4 million from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Research Councils UK Collective Fund to reduce tobacco-related harm in Africa and Asia. (who.int)
Funded by the UK's Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), BUDMC are helping Sierra Leone's districts to handle both Covid-19 and the challenges of the rainy season in 2020. (bournemouth.ac.uk)

The HEP SSA programme has now reopened for universities to apply for 2018 for a two-year grant funding totalling up to £140,000 (US$185,000). (universityworldnews.com)
In 2018, we opened an artificial intelligence research center in Accra. (blog.google)

In 2021 he won the African Union Kwame Nakroma Awards for Academic Excellence. (wikipedia.org)
Funding will end in 2021 due to legal limitations on the duration of foreign funding from the United States. (egonzehnder.com)
In addition, an international practical training programme on paediatric spirometry for African healthcare workers, and another international participatory workshop for TB survivors, policy makers and advocacy organisations, will be organized and hosted at the MRCG at LSHTM in 2021. (lshtm.ac.uk)
The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) 2021/2022 has been initiated by Wageningen University & Research to give talented and motivated students from Africa the opportunity to study at the university in Wageningen. (collegereporters.com)
3. You have applied for one the master's programmes of Wageningen University & Research before February 1st, 2021. (collegereporters.com)
How To Apply For Wageningen University & Research 2021/2022 Africa Scholarship Programme. (collegereporters.com)
All African students who have been unconditionally admitted to an MSc programme at Wageningen University will be assessed with regard to the Africa Scholarship Programme in the first half of March 2021. (collegereporters.com)
Brunel University International African Poetry Prize 2021 For. (collegereporters.com)

In 2023, while comprehensive data is not yet available, the Global Fund has continued to achieve strong programmatic performance across most countries and across all three diseases. (aidspan.org)
On May 22, 2023, ICARDA hosted a partner field day at its Terbol Research Station in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, showcasing its groundbreaking and transformative dryland agri-innovations. (icarda.org)
METHODS: We searched PubMed, Global Health, and Web of Science online databases for articles published between January 2000 and April 2023 that provided species-specific sporozoite rates for different malaria vectors in east and southern Africa. (bvsalud.org)

Launched in July 2022 with funding from the Global Environment Facility, the UNDP Climate Aggregation Platform (CAP) Financial Innovation Challenge aims to foster the development of innovative financial aggregation structures and models that can help increase the availability and reduce the cost of financing for low-carbon energy in developing countries. (undp.org)
Mari, F., 2022, Markanvändning för en klimatpositiv framtid: En rapport om utmaningar och möjligheter i Skåne. (lu.se)
Human Rights Capacity Development Programme 2019-2022 (see enclosed Programme summary below), is launching a call (hereinafter "Call") for research grants proposals. (lu.se)
Research projects must be carried out during the period 10 May - 3 October 2022 and result in a paper and short policy brief for presentation and publication. (lu.se)
The closing date for submitting a research grant proposal is 3 May 2022. (lu.se)

Recently, I started a Fellowship that integrates the sheep and goat gene expression atlas projects with research on small ruminants from African countries, including Ethiopia and Cameroon, working within the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health. (ed.ac.uk)
I am a Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a longstanding member of the KITE research centre. (ncl.ac.uk)
My research interests centre on the relationship between organisational change, technologies and identity, and the function of language and materiality in constituting those phenomena. (ncl.ac.uk)
He is affiliated with the UK National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS. (theconversation.com)
Dr. Kwesi Aning, Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana gives his insights. (africanews.com)
Led by Stirling's Professor Linda Bauld, the multidisciplinary three-year project involves six UK universities linked to the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, as well as Cancer Research UK and eight partner institutions in seven countries. (who.int)
The ETCP is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (through the African Capacity Building Foundation), Cancer Research UK, the International Development Research Centre, WHO, the South African Medical Research Council and now also Research Councils UK. (who.int)
Although research on the lifecourse takes place across the University the main hub includes the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRCLEU), alongside the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (Nutrition) and the Institute of Developmental Sciences. (southampton.ac.uk)
Bournemouth University's Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC) is supporting a number of countries in their response to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
The Centre works with governments across the Caribbean, as well as in the Middle East and Africa. (bournemouth.ac.uk)

Dr. Quemada has a Ph.D. in molecular biology and more than 20 years of experience in training and capacity building with regulators in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. (fnih.org)
But the nature of the task is changing with the accelerating shift of economic activity from Europe and North America to markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. (elpatiohotel.com)
This applies both in the Global North and for the growing academic communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. (lu.se)
The scope is broad in both time and space, covering roughly the last 150 years and stretching over Africa, Asia and Latin America. (lu.se)
Research is devoted to drawing lessons from transformation processes foremost in Pacific Asia, but also from development experiences in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. (lu.se)

The seven solutions below were competitively selected as the winners of UNDP's CAP Financial Innovation Challenge. (undp.org)
and (4) optimizing nursing and midwifery practice, innovation and research. (who.int)
The International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) is a new UK Government fund supporting research and innovation on the major themes of our time: Planet, Health, Tech, Talent. (newton-gcrf.org)
Quartz Africa Innovators seeks to defy the notion that "innovation" is all about technology or new gadgets and are challenging social norms and shaping expectations for the future of the continent. (constantcontact.com)
I am also a member of the Creative Fuse North East project team comprising researchers spanning the five north-east universities, researching and delivering business innovation activities to regional creative and cultural enterprises funded by the AHRC and Arts Council England. (ncl.ac.uk)
South Africa's innovation revolution must assist in solving our society's deep and pressing socio-economic challenges. (nrf.ac.za)
Global competitiveness, shrinking resource availability, and the requirements of a skilled labour force mean that, increasingly, an awareness and understanding of why science and research are critical to our lives is essential for developing an innovation culture. (nrf.ac.za)
The NRF provides leading-edge research infrastructure platforms that ensure that the national research enterprise has the requisite infrastructure to undertake globally competitive discovery science, train the next generation of researchers, support engagement with science by and with the public and promote innovation that positively impacts society, the environment, the economy. (nrf.ac.za)
Increasingly we are seeing innovation begin in Africa, and then spread throughout the world. (blog.google)
We have so much opportunity ahead as Africans shape the next wave of innovation. (blog.google)
On April 19, 2017, Naohiro Kitano, director of the JICA Research Institute (JICA-RI), spoke at the third annual Global Development Forum hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C. Kitano emphasized the importance of capacity development in promoting technology and innovation. (go.jp)
JICA-RI and the CSIS have been conducting a two-year joint research project on transformative innovation contributing to development since 2015. (go.jp)
Professor Sibanda also reinforced CGIAR's strong commitment to building Africa's resilience to future shocks by bolstering agricultural research and innovation systems at the national, sub-regional, and continental levels. (icarda.org)
A new report by CGIAR shows that significant gaps in research funding exist, and without adequate investment, development in agri-innovation will be hindered. (icarda.org)
We believe research and innovation are central to global efforts to transform our food, land, and water systems and provide the technologies farmers need today. (icarda.org)
The European Commission has adopted a vision for a new European Research Area (ERA) to improve Europe's research and innovation landscape, accelerate the EU's transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership, support its recovery from the societal and economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, and strengthen its resilience against future crises. (universityworldnews.com)
The commission said the strategic objectives and actions would prioritise investments and reforms in research and innovation, improve access to excellence for researchers across the EU and enable research results to reach the market and the real economy. (universityworldnews.com)
Mariya Gabriel, the European commissioner for innovation, research, culture, education and youth, said: "We live in times when scientific activities require faster and effective collaborations. (universityworldnews.com)
Vestager said the EU is already leading innovation through its research and scientific excellence. (universityworldnews.com)
Prioritise investments and reforms in research and innovation towards the green and digital transition, to support Europe's recovery and increase competitiveness. (universityworldnews.com)
But the vision also spells out that member states should set a target of 3% of GDP to be invested in EU research and innovation and for a target of 5% national public funding to joint research and development programmes and European partnerships by 2030. (universityworldnews.com)
The commission also proposes that member states lagging behind the EU average research and innovation investment direct their efforts to increase their investments by 50% in the next five years. (universityworldnews.com)

Prior to joining the FNIH in 2019, Dr. Santos was at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he served as a Deputy Director in the Global Health division accountable for strategy and operations across the Discovery & Translational Sciences, HIV, and TB programs. (fnih.org)
The African Development Bank growth forecasts for 2019 and 2020 are 4 and 4.1% respectively. (africanews.com)
Whites became increasingly better-off than Indians/Asians, followed by coloureds and then black Africans (Statistics SA 2019 ). (springer.com)
The Health Foundation's £1.5m Social and Economic Value of Health in a Place Research Programme 2019 invites researchers to submit ideas for research that will generate new knowledge on the ways in which the physical and mental health of a population shapes their social and economic outcomes. (edgehill.ac.uk)

In 2017, he won Khalifa Award for Distinguished Arab Professor in Scientific Research. (wikipedia.org)
In Freetown, which in 2017 experienced a devastating flash flood triggering mudslides and the loss of more than 1,000 lives, there is a pressing need to incorporate the effects of these local changes in storm patterns alongside the effects of global warming. (theconversation.com)
I see so many examples across Africa today, whether it's startups like Tambua Health that are using machine learning to help doctors diagnose and treat diseases, or entrepreneurs like Tunji, whom I had the chance to meet when I was in Lagos in 2017. (blog.google)
In 2017, we committed to help 10 million Africans get the digital skills they need to grow their careers and businesses. (blog.google)
The aim of the 2017 Global Development Forum was to discuss the role and objective of ODA against the backdrop of youth unemployment and other complex problems in many parts of the world. (go.jp)

Our research shows that deforestation in west Africa has made storms more frequent and thus increased the risk of disastrous flash flooding in the region's coastal cities. (theconversation.com)
Much of west Africa was deforested throughout the 20th century, a process driven by agriculture, international trade in goods like cocoa, and the displacement of people by conflict. (theconversation.com)

Previously Dr. Santos was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group, where he led projects on malaria, HIV, contraceptive technology, global health regulatory systems, and public radio and contributed to strategies in the energy and environment, health care, industrial goods, consumer, and retail sectors. (fnih.org)
and the West African Paediatric TB Network (WApTBNet) - a sub-network of the EDCTP-funded West African Network for TB, AIDS and Malaria (EDCTP-WANETAM) consortium. (lshtm.ac.uk)
Big data - Demography/Big Data - The University of Southampton is internationally known for work on spatial demography, population and disease movements in low income settings and spatial epidemiology, malaria and the role of global travel networks on the spread of vector-borne diseases. (southampton.ac.uk)
As is customary, the Board meeting began its 50th session with the report by the Executive Director, who reviewed the Secretariat's activities over the past six months and reflected on the main challenges faced in fighting HIV, TB and malaria and strengthening health systems. (aidspan.org)
and six of these countries have been certified as malaria-free by WHO.1 This progress has prompted renewed discussion regarding the ultimate goal of global malaria eradication. (who.int)
The global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030, adopted by the Health Assembly in May 2015,2 explicitly sets out the vision of a world free of malaria, which is equivalent to malaria eradication. (who.int)
From 1955 to 1969, the Global Malaria Eradication Programme recorded many notable successes, achieving elimination in a number of countries,1 and marked transmission reductions in many others. (who.int)
The next two decades saw a marked increase in malaria incidence worldwide - a result of the abandonment of Global Malaria Eradication Programme and reduced investment in malaria control. (who.int)
Following the economic crisis of the early 1970s, funding for malaria was cut further. (who.int)
The Roll Back Malaria Programme, for example, emphasizes the use of insecticide treated bednets in Africa and targets a 30-fold increase in treated bednet use by 2007. (who.int)
BACKGROUND: Malaria transmission in Africa is facilitated by multiple species of Anopheles mosquitoes. (bvsalud.org)
This review aimed to assess changes in the contribution of different vector species to malaria transmission in east and southern Africa over 20 years of widespread insecticide-based vector control. (bvsalud.org)
Rural houses in sub-Saharan Africa are typically hot and allow malaria mosquitoes inside. (bvsalud.org)
Friends Africa (Friends of the Global Fund Africa) is a Pan-African organization which works to mobilize strategic political and financial support for the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria through ed. (bvsalud.org)
The Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ), is designed as a private support group for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which was established in January 2002 with a mandate t. (bvsalud.org)

Enslavement has occurred throughout history, but the forced transport of 20 million native Africans to North America from the 1600s to the 1800s represents one of the most shameful coerced migrations in human history. (cdc.gov)

For example, participants noted the highly successful H3 Africa initiative that empowers African researchers in the field of genomics is funded by the NIH. (egonzehnder.com)
He also directs the GeneConvene Global Collaboration, an initiative advancing informed decision making about the development of genetic biocontrol technology for public health. (fnih.org)
The initiative comprised several components, including institutional research capability assessments and action plans, support of scientists through training, seed funding for research projects, and the creation of a regional network. (ilri.org)
Next was the Open Access Conference in Maputo in May 2005 which gave rise to the search for terrestrial optical fibre commissioned by Southern Africa Regional Universities Association (SARUA), an initiative popularly known as the 'SARUA Fibre Study' and the involvement of teams in emerging NRENs that were setting up of national Internet Exchange Points (IXPs). (ubuntunet.net)
The overall objective of this research grant initiative is to contribute to more informed and inclusive human rights reform programmes in Zimbabwe, so that legislation, policies, practices and decision-making increasingly reflect international standards and principles, as provided for in the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution. (lu.se)

Research in One Health can enhance human and animal health and livestock production in the Horn of Africa, improving food systems, nutrition, resilience, disease control and the environment. (ilri.org)
Professor Lee Miles continues, "We are seeking to really helping them to build resilience around handling combined scenarios that pose real challenges for the districts of Sierra Leone, and the capital of Freetown in particular. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
CGIAR's System Board Chair, Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, represented CGIAR at the African Development Bank's 'Feed Africa - Food Sovereignty and Resilience' side event to update key stakeholders on CGIAR's efforts to support zero hunger in Africa by 2030. (icarda.org)

The focus on regenerative agriculture reflects the importance of natural resource management and local eco-systems," says Dr Ehui, a national of Cote d'Ivoire who worked for 15 years at CGIAR, managing multi-agricultural research development programs in Africa and Asia, and whose most recent post was World Bank Regional Director for Sustainable Development for West and Central Africa. (globalissues.org)

TENDAI research was mentioned in the context of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals which aim to bring an end to the global AIDS epidemic by 2030. (kcl.ac.uk)
CGIAR is rising to the challenge of achieving zero hunger in Africa by 2030. (icarda.org)

Investment in research on voluntary medical male circumcision fell by 37 percent to just US$6 million in 2020, according to the 16th HIV Prevention Research and Development. (malecircumcision.org)
As the African Development Bank recently noted , Russia's invasion of Ukraine resulted in fertiliser prices rising two to three times over 2020 levels, creating serious supply gaps across the continent and driving food inflation. (globalissues.org)
The Global Alliance to Eliminate LF will meet in Fiji next week where the future prospects and challenges for eliminating LF by the year 2020 will be discussed. (news-medical.net)
However, by 2020, the world was down to just 27 cases, all of them in Africa. (medscape.com)

The project seeks to develop a research network to create new, sustainable conversations, interactions and collaborations between UK and East African academics, artists, visual arts organisations, museum professionals and other stakeholders, including audiences for art. (ncl.ac.uk)
Dr Ehui, who also becomes regional director of Continental Africa for CGIAR , a global network of food security research organisations, says Africa's food security is worsening. (globalissues.org)
National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are organisations that oversee the development and provision of communication networks and supporting digital technologies and e-Infrastructure services at a national level. (brunel.ac.uk)
This supports mutual collaboration between HEIs in Argentina and counterpart organisations in the UK in order to develop joint projects to tackle societal challenges with direct relevance to Argentina's social welfare and economic policy. (edgehill.ac.uk)
To this end, it will also deliver, by the end of 2024, in partnership with member states and research organisations, a toolbox of support for researchers' careers. (universityworldnews.com)
The research group in development economics has an extensive network of cooperation with other universities and international organisations. (lu.se)
Academic faculty members and researchers from Zimbabwean universities, independent research centres, independent commissions and civil society organisations are eligible to apply both individually and jointly. (lu.se)
and People on the Move) are encouraged, 1 as are joint applications of teams comprising academic faculty members and researchers from Zimbabwean universities together with researchers from independent research centres, independent commissions and/or civil society organisations, so as to enable research combining theory and practice. (lu.se)

In this context, this research has advanced the emergence of African NRENs and African e-Infrastructures and in turn has affected many research and education end users across Africa. (brunel.ac.uk)
The development of the Global South is taking place in a rapidly changing global context of emerging markets and new growth poles, making the understanding of opportunities and consequences of globalisation imperative. (lu.se)

It will better align research ambitions to tackle global challenges in atmospheric change, water pollution, transport and sustainable development. (leeds.ac.uk)
During the visit, Sir Alan Langlands informed the delegation about the University s recent successes in securing significant research funding to tackle global challenges including economic sustainability and improving weather forecasting in Africa. (leeds.ac.uk)
The aim of HEP SSA is to enable the higher education system to produce engineers with the skills and knowledge required to meet the needs of industry, tackle local challenges and address the engineering skills shortage in Sub-Saharan Africa. (universityworldnews.com)
HORN aimed to promote collaboration among regional scientists to tackle these common challenges. (ilri.org)
ST DAVIDS, WALES, Aug 02 (IPS) - "My key message is really simple," says Dr Simeon Ehui, the newly-appointed director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, which works with partners across sub-Saharan Africa to tackle hunger, poverty and natural resource degradation. (globalissues.org)
The aim of the new project is to produce research that will inform tobacco taxation, tackle the black-market trade in tobacco and target tobacco companies' efforts to undermine governments' attempts to reduce smoking in their countries. (who.int)
The group aims to bring together people from across campus and beyond to tackle a set of transdisciplinary collaborative projects that address food security challenges requiring both research and action, at scales from local to global. (cornell.edu)

Dr Cabore highlighted the importance of the inclusion of Executive Board members and the African Group Coordinator in PSC meetings and recognized Executive Board members from Comoros and Togo who were participating in the meeting, as well as the former and current coordinator of the African Group of health experts in Geneva, from Eswatini and Ethiopia respectively. (who.int)
For instance, a HORN-funded project on anthrax united scientists from Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somaliland and Somalia to map the disease. (ilri.org)

Bezner Kerr's long-term research in Malawi and Tanzania tests the impacts of agroecological approaches on livelihoods, nutrition and sustainable land management for rural communities. (cornell.edu)

A new partnership agreement has been signed with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), aimed at strengthening future research collaborations with the University of Leeds. (leeds.ac.uk)
A number of initiatives in Africa for training scientists in grant applications, including AREF, have proven successful, as have cross-national collaborations and mentorships in supporting African scientists in their grant applications as well as providing perceived legitimacy for the grantor. (egonzehnder.com)
We need to strengthen the European Research Area - an area embracing all of Europe, because knowledge has no territorial boundaries, because scientific knowledge grows with collaborations, because knowledge is trusted if there is open scrutiny of its quality. (universityworldnews.com)

To help protect and manage tropical wildlife, Klamath Bird Observatory Research Associate Dr. Jared Wolfe has partnered with academia, governments, and nonprofits in Central Africa and Central America to successfully develop and fund several capacity building grants focused on conserving important habitats at risk of being lost. (klamathbird.org)

It is widely accepted that engineering is a driver of economic development for any country and HEP SSA supports universities within Sub-Saharan Africa, not only to develop their own teaching capacity but to help train local African engineers to address challenges experienced in their own communities," Scott told University World News . (universityworldnews.com)
For many, this is a fundamental challenge to overcome in attracting talented researchers to the continent and building research capacity. (egonzehnder.com)
Knowledge sharing and capacity development are essential for advancing scientific knowledge, particularly in research that directly impacts livelihoods. (ilri.org)
HORN tackled the challenge systematically, focusing on capacity building for both individuals and institutions in research. (ilri.org)
At the outset, HORN collaborated closely with individual institutions to conduct comprehensive capacity assessments, identifying existing strengths and weaknesses in research capabilities. (ilri.org)
Although enhanced viral genomic sequencing capacity can improve outbreak detection and response, acquiring this tool remains challenging for many public health laboratories because of the high startup costs of traditional bench-top sequencing ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
With this programme, Wageningen University and Research wants to support capacity building in Africa by attracting excellent students for a 2-years master's programme. (collegereporters.com)
More recently, Professor Lee Miles, Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management, is leading a BUDMC team working with the Department of Disaster Management in the Office of National Security (ONS) and Freetown City Council (FCC) in the AFRICAB (Driving African Capacity Building in Disaster Management) project. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
The international community represents a wide variety of research topics including e.g. demography, trade including the slave trade, agricultural growth, state capacity, living standards and inequality. (lu.se)

Climate change, soil pollution, land use changes, and biodiversity loss are causing major challenges to agriculture, with negative impacts on food production, land and water resources, livelihoods and communities' quality of life. (lu.se)
We explore changes and impacts on livelihoods, ecosystems, land use, agricultural practices, gender, and culture, with a long-standing focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. (lu.se)

The clock is ticking," Ehui tells IPS in an interview from Washington DC on his last day at the World Bank, urging Africa's leaders to recognise the "absolute, paramount" importance of increasing funding for agriculture. (globalissues.org)
He also rejects criticism from some quarters of the "failure" of Africa's Green Revolution as embraced by Bill Gates, saying India's one-crop model of the "green revolution" and a lack of care for the environment had not been applicable to Africa and its own complex systems. (globalissues.org)
Africa's leading research facility for accelerator based science. (nrf.ac.za)
While passionate about contributing to Africa's development, he could not ignore the challenges: the sheer size and complexity of the project, the high financial stakes, and the region's on-going unstable political environment. (hbs.edu)
One aspect of the new dynamic processes is the increasing interest in Africa's history and thus, African Economic History is a research field that has grown significantly in the last decade. (lu.se)

A two-page fact sheet about the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in 14 priority countries reports that the percentage of African men choosing medical male. (malecircumcision.org)
While findings from a recent study by a team of researchers at Duke University reflect significant progress in global health in recent years, innovations in health that have not yet been developed are critical to overcome entrenched obstacles in access to and quality of healthcare that will allow countries to reach the SDGs. (constantcontact.com)
The countries of the Horn of Africa are diverse yet face shared infectious diseases in humans and animals. (ilri.org)
Participants include paediatricians, general physicians and nurses selected from several African countries. (lshtm.ac.uk)
Good news for African countries. (africanews.com)
This funding will allow us to work with countries that are now at the forefront of efforts to combat the world's biggest preventable causes of death. (who.int)
If successful, TENDAI could make a critical difference to the health, quality of life, and survival of people managing the challenges of HIV treatment in Zimbabwe, and potentially other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. (kcl.ac.uk)
For example, this, and the Science Gateway approach, have now been adopted in the WACREN NREN Services Roadmap over 11 African countries (REF2). (brunel.ac.uk)
Kitano explained how Japan's development experience has been shared with China, ASEAN countries and Africa, in addition to Japan's efforts to address the SDGs, and the current status and challenges of China's economic cooperation. (go.jp)
The NIHR and the Wellcome Trust are joining forces in a new NIHR-Wellcome Global Health Research partnership, which will increase opportunities for researchers working in low and middle income countries to address health challenges in low resourced settings. (edgehill.ac.uk)
As part of the WHO led global effort to eliminate LF, Egypt was among the first countries to implement a national program. (news-medical.net)
The Global Alliance to Eliminate LF was formed with the support of the pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Merck to help countries with LF respond. (news-medical.net)
Several countries in Africa and Asia that are poised to initiate elimination programs or scale-up activities cannot do so because of lack of funding. (news-medical.net)
Recent years have seen a pivot in the global appraisal of the value of resilient food, land, and water systems within climate action, yet funding for agri-research, especially in low-income countries, is declining. (icarda.org)
Is an international foundation with the vision to improve child health and nutrition of all children in low and middle income countries through research that informs health policy and practice. (bvsalud.org)
Discussions on development challenges for the Global South often lack sufficient understanding of the diverging history of different regions and countries. (lu.se)
Research in Development Economics at the department is primarily focused on experiences of, and prospects for, economic development in developing countries outside the Global North from a long-term perspective. (lu.se)
A fervent call from developing countries - state and non-state actors - to recognize the fund as historical reparation, not merely aid or loan. (lu.se)

To support coordination among stakeholders that enables the development and dissemination of scientifically rigorous information, consensus best practices guidance and standards, and administrative, regulatory and technical advice and training that will advance responsible research, development and, if warranted, implementation of genetic biocontrol technologies to eliminate vector borne diseases and improve public health. (fnih.org)
We strongly commend the African Development Bank for its commitment at Dakar 2 and the current AfDB Annual Meetings in Egypt to bring key stakeholders to the table to make progress. (icarda.org)
Titled 'Climate-related Human Mobility into and within Cities in Asia and the Pacific,' the session attracted a diverse audience of stakeholders eager to engage in discussions about the pressing challenges of climate-related displacement in urban settings. (lu.se)

My vision is thriving agricultural food systems in Africa," says Dr Ehui, and, specifically for IITA and CGIAR, this means fostering the conditions to sustain centres of research excellence where scientists will be excited to work, with transparency of management and gender equality. (globalissues.org)

He also explained how the university s breadth and scale had proven beneficial in carrying out successful interdisciplinary research and explained how in the past year Leeds had secured multi-million pound grant funding from government, major charities, the private sector and the European Union. (leeds.ac.uk)
Novel approaches like these help interdisciplinary research efforts take root," said David Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. (cornell.edu)

With the bad reputation attached to the tobacco industry in Africa, from corporate espionage and social patronage to racketeering and other illegal activities, Van Walbeek believes that sound research on different aspects of the economics of tobacco control in the region will help governments in Africa to implement better strategies. (who.int)
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) receives funding from various national governments, private foundations, universities, non-governmental organizations, as well as through the CGIAR Fund Council, and through the CGIAR Research Programs Policies, institutions, and markets and Agriculture for nutrition and health. (nber.org)
At a time of such profound challenges, we must ask ourselves: What is the role and value of a foundation like ours relative to governments, the private sector, and civil society around the world? (gatesfoundation.org)
Governments are making strides, but slow-onset challenges need more focus, particularly related to data collection and risk modelling. (lu.se)
The expert panel, featuring representatives from Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) and the Sri Lankan Climate Change Secretariat, Ministry of Environment, delved into illuminating discussions on the crucial roles played by civil societies and national governments in empowering city administrations to effectively address the intricate challenges of urban displacement. (lu.se)

The institutions that are selected for the programme not only receive funding and support from the academy and its extended networks, but the students and staff gain experience through partnerships with local industry to create real changes within their communities. (universityworldnews.com)
With these activities, we hope to begin advocacy towards increasing the awareness of post-TB lung health specifically in children among health care workers, TB-affected communities and TB policy makers across sub-Sahara Africa. (lshtm.ac.uk)
I am delighted and proud that Emily Baker and Emily Hillenbrand have both received this award, which will support community-engaged research focused on long-term food security solutions that build equitable and sustainable communities in several regions of Africa," said Bezner Kerr, professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (cornell.edu)
Her research will be conducted in partnership with Soils, Food, and Healthy Communities (SFHC) in Malawi, a farmer-led non-profit organization that addresses the challenges of soil infertility, climate change, food insecurity, and gender inequality. (cornell.edu)
This research aims to build on SFHC's holistic and participatory farmer-to-farmer research approaches, with a closer look at the processes of how communities address gender issues, and how this could contribute to better food security outcomes. (cornell.edu)
A theme in GHCoP research is to engage these young people in shaping the health and well-being of their communities and in decisions that affect them, with a view to improving their health and well-being and the health of their future families but also their economic futures. (southampton.ac.uk)
This led to several African NRENs expanding their services and further application development, and several scientific communities adopting their own science gateways (sophisticated web-based frontends to e-Infrastructures) and services. (brunel.ac.uk)
The Alliance brings together national Ministries of Health and more than 40 diverse public and private partners including the World Health Organization, private sector companies, international development agencies and foundations, non-governmental organizations, research institutions, and local communities. (news-medical.net)

HIV Prevention Research & Development Investments, 2000-2016: Resource Tracking for HIV Prevention Research & Development. (malecircumcision.org)
HEP SSA now has a bigger emphasis on collaborative formal partnerships between African academia and African industry to ensure more sustainable and united engineering development within the continent, he said. (universityworldnews.com)
As solutions are developed, innovators will continue to face challenges such as a decline in funding and investment in research and development. (constantcontact.com)
Leading health technology company Philips --- in collaboration with the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachusetts General Hospital Global Health --- has announced the development of an innovative resuscitation device designed to help reduce neonatal mortality by empowering health workers with this life-saving skill. (constantcontact.com)
By combining our expertise in respiratory care and resuscitation with the strengths of global health innovators like the AIR team at CAMTech, we aim to drive and scale innovative solutions that bridge societal divides in healthcare to reach underserved populations, and thereby addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3. (constantcontact.com)
Building on the thinking conducted and shared by Professor Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah , we broadly categorized the barriers to entry or development of stronger scientific links to Africa as "hard" or "soft. (egonzehnder.com)
His research experience focused on the development of transgenic insect technologies and their applications to fundamental and applied problems in medical and agricultural entomology. (fnih.org)
Emina Redzepovic, Campaign Coordinator for The Case for Global Solidarity, is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Claire O'Shea, Head of Partnership, who commissioned YouGov and the Development Engagement Lab to research levels of engagement in Wales with global solidarity. (podbean.com)
Christopher Taylor'w work was funded by the UK National Environment Research Council (NERC), with additional support provided by the UK Department for International Development and NERC under the Future Climate for Africa programme. (theconversation.com)
Asked whether he is concerned that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plays an overly dominant role in providing over half of IITA's funding of "research and delivery" projects, Dr Ehui begins by expressing his appreciation of the foundation's support, particularly in the development of Aflasafe to combat dangerous aflatoxin in maise, groundnuts and other crops. (globalissues.org)
The project is housed at the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). (who.int)
Kelly Merchan is a communications specialist in the Department of Global Development. (cornell.edu)
In 2009, Taylor led the FP7 ERINA4Africa project (2009-2011) that established for the first time the impact of e-Infrastructures in Africa in terms of the Millennium Development Goals (now the Sustainable Development Goals) by creating several innovative African-based e-Infrastructure and e-Science demonstrators. (brunel.ac.uk)
In addition to its direct impact measured in millions of lives lost, the pandemic has slowed, halted, and even reversed hard-won gains in global health and development. (gatesfoundation.org)
Between them, Strive Masiyiwa, Minouche Shafik, and Tom Tierney bring an incredible track record of impact across global business, philanthropy, and development, and we couldn't be more excited to have them join the board. (gatesfoundation.org)
I arrived in Seattle 15 years ago this month to lead policy and advocacy for a new division at the foundation focused on global development, which was launched after Warren Buffett's unprecedented financial commitment to the foundation. (gatesfoundation.org)
and the erroneous assumption that all the requisite knowledge for eradication was available, which caused less emphasis to be placed on research and on the development of new tools and approaches. (who.int)
However, support from the international private sector, including multilateral development financiers like the African Development Bank (AfDB), is helping to catalyze concerted efforts, including effective action on climate-smart food, land, and water systems transformation. (icarda.org)
They would also promote skills and career development opportunities for researchers as well as gender equality and better access to publicly funded peer-reviewed science. (universityworldnews.com)
The European Union (EU) is the largest provider of development aid in the world, considering the funds given by its institutions and Member States. (lu.se)
This revamped focus on partnerships for development reflects the interest of the EU in strengthening its position as a global development actor. (lu.se)
The study of economic development in the Global South from a long-term perspective is of increasing importance in the current era of globalisation, integration and convergence. (lu.se)
This leads to a poor understanding both of the development trajectories of success stories and of remaining development challenges. (lu.se)
The research group aims to be narrowing the gap between historical research on the Global South and the current development debate. (lu.se)
We put a strong emphasis on institutional theory and on the interplay between economic change and socio-political forces in all areas of development research. (lu.se)
Reflecting on these patterns, respondents expressed strong interest in partnerships focusing on faculty development and research collaboration. (bvsalud.org)
LUCSUS research contributes towards strategies for sustainable agriculture, food security and sustainable development. (lu.se)
Nowadays, his research interest is within the confines of development geography and development studies, but he also deals with issues of foreign aid, international relations, particularly China's role as a global actor, and political ecology. (lu.se)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. (lu.se)

The International Monetary Fund confirms that the ten fastest-growing economies during the years ahead will all be in emerging markets. (elpatiohotel.com)
In sub-Saharan Africa, households spend up to 40% of their budget on food, compared to 17% in developed economies. (globalissues.org)
The results from this identified that e-Infrastructures had major potential for Africa, that the emerging African NRENs had a significant role to play in terms of emerging African economies. (brunel.ac.uk)
Pacific Asia is home to the few existing cases outside the Global North that has made the full journey to becoming advanced industrial economies. (lu.se)
A strong research focus at the department is to interpret the origins and mechanisms behind the rapid industrialisation of the Asian economies. (lu.se)

Supporting nonprofits working to improve lives across Africa. (blog.google)

In Africa, the prevalence of disease caused by Aedes mosquito-borne virus infections might be similar to that in the Americas ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)

PLoS Global Public Health , 2(12), e0000927. (gla.ac.uk)
The meeting was chaired by Ms Petronella Masabane, from Namibia, and reviewed 11 documents on public health matters of regional concern, which will be presented to the Seventy- third session of the Regional Committee for Africa. (who.int)
The Acting Regional Director congratulated Member States of the African Region on the successful conduct of the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly and the 153rd session of the Executive Board, and their active engagement, notably in ensuring the unprecedented increase of assessed contributions by 20% for the 2024-2025 biennium. (who.int)
He reminded PSC members of their role in ensuring that the agenda is aligned with the public health priorities of the African Region. (who.int)
The Chairperson, on accepting the position, underscored the important responsibilities of the PSC and highlighted the role of the African Region in global health. (who.int)
They also emphasized that this challenge raised the need for better alignment of efforts between the health, education, and finance ministries to ensure coherent planning and investment to address the mismatches. (who.int)
As we mark World AIDS Day, it is important to assess the relationship between the challenges of AIDS prevention and control and the huge gaps in the health workforce needed to address these and other critical shortages. (nih.gov)
The GeneConvene Global Collaborative is staffed by a team of experienced technical, regulatory and administrative experts providing a resource for accurate and timely information, advice and support to foster a responsible approach to research and governance of gene drive and other genetic biocontrol technologies for public health. (fnih.org)
She has more than 30 years of experience in research administration, having led global health programs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, the Ellison Medical Foundation and the FNIH. (fnih.org)
Dr. Yeates is a clinician-scientist with a global health research focus in mobile health (mHealth) and how it can improve access to prevention, detection and treatment for non-communicable diseases, and access to reproductive health services. (queensu.ca)
Dr. Yeates is also a co-founder and previous co-director of the Queen's University School of Medicine Office of Global Health, and is a graduate of Queen's Medical School. (queensu.ca)
Critical research on One Health issues is not often done in the regions where it is most needed. (ilri.org)
As such, One Health research in this part of the world can improve the wellbeing of the humans, animals and the ecosystem at large. (ilri.org)
One Health is a critical research area for the Horn of Africa, where the health and well-being of people are intricately linked to the health of animals and the environment. (ilri.org)
That's where the One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN) comes in. (ilri.org)
The challenge cluster grant will establish a multi-country and multi-disciplinary collaborative research network to increase awareness, and create a platform for clinical, epidemiological and applied health research on Post - Tuberculosis Lung Health (PTBLH) in children and adolescents in Africa . (lshtm.ac.uk)
Other co-investigators on this grant include Professor Kevin Mortimer and Dr Uzochukwu Egere from the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Lung Health and TB in Africa at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). (lshtm.ac.uk)
These courses enable participants to refresh their skills and keep up to date with the latest research and knowledge in public and global health. (lshtm.ac.uk)
A year ago, we uncovered a "globalization penalty": high-performing global companies consistently scored lower than more locally focused ones on several dimensions of organizational health. (elpatiohotel.com)
through research, advocacy, communicating health risks and introducing evidence-based policies. (who.int)
However, there is a well-established infrastructure for HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa which could provide an excellent platform to integrate mental health care, building on the skills of existing HIV care staff. (kcl.ac.uk)
Ageing and lifelong Health - Adapting to the ageing of the global population is one of the key research challenges of the 21st century. (southampton.ac.uk)
Infectious Disease - Infectious disease research at the University of Southampton which is particularly relevant to global health includes influenza, TB, HIV, meningitis, pneumonia, chlamydia HCV and diagnostics. (southampton.ac.uk)
Adolescent Health - About 85% of the world's 1.3 billion adolescents live in the Global South. (southampton.ac.uk)
Profiling e-Health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns. (brunel.ac.uk)
Reported needs of information resources, research tools, connectivity and infrastructure among African Pharmacological Scientists to improve future patient care and health. (brunel.ac.uk)
The NIHR has launched a new toolkit for researchers, to help them deliver the high quality health services research that the NHS needs. (edgehill.ac.uk)
The Health Services Research Toolkit is a national resource which brings together ideas, guidance and support in one place. (edgehill.ac.uk)
LF is one of the world's most disfiguring and disabling parasitic diseases, and the target of one of the largest global public health programs using mass drug administration (MDA). (news-medical.net)
Grand Challenges in Global Health is a family of grants programs focused on one unifying purpose: To overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the deve. (bvsalud.org)
Background: Few data are available on the presence and characteristics of transgender populations in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which makes the provision of health services for key populations difficult. (bvsalud.org)
Abortion mortality is an important global documented the safety of D & C for second trimester public health problem but a relatively neglected abortions. (bvsalud.org)

Focusing on interactions between Maasai pastoralists and African elephants in Laikipia, Kenya, my research project aims to understand how elephant behaviours have changed with wildlife conservation initiatives in Mukogodo Forest and what affect these changes have had on forest socio-ecological services (FSES). (birmingham.ac.uk)
By relying on the experiences, observations, and understandings of Maasai pastoralists who embody generations of knowledge about Mukogodo Forest, my research aims to provide insights into how changing human-nonhuman interactions associated with wildlife conservation initiatives in FSES can affect the material and ontological existence of dryland forests. (birmingham.ac.uk)
Editor's note: Today at Google for Africa, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a $1 billion investment in Africa over five years to cover a range of initiatives, from improved connectivity to investments in startups. (blog.google)

Researchers found a clear difference in the rate of global surface warming (left panel) and the rate of subtropical rainfall decline (indicated by the brown shading in the right panel) when forced with an instantaneous increase of CO2. (princeton.edu)
As well as promoting joint research, the agreement also offers greater opportunities for student exchange visits between Master s students and PhD researchers. (leeds.ac.uk)
The device was co-developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), CAMTech at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda and funded by Saving Lives at Birth. (constantcontact.com)
For individual researchers looking to secure grants, the vast majority of funds are administered and available from the global north, requiring many African scientists to apply for grants abroad. (egonzehnder.com)
This results in a low success rate, which has a knock-on effect on the entire research community - less funding results in fewer projects and limited opportunities for researchers. (egonzehnder.com)
Prosthetics and Orthotics - Emerging from UoS, People Powered Prosthetics (P3) is a global group of researchers, clinicians, prosthetic wearers, academics and engineers who are committed to using research to improve the lives, limbs and rehabilitation of anyone effected by limb loss. (southampton.ac.uk)

Assessing the potential socio-economic opportunities and challenges of Bio-char adoption on small-holder farming systems. (lu.se)

I am also a Co-Investigator on a project ( Captured ), initially funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, which explores the ways that 'anchor institutions', such as universities and business schools, in conjunction with large regional organizations, can support regional small firms to develop leadership and entrepreneurship skills. (ncl.ac.uk)
This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund. (podbean.com)
The competition is supported through FACIT's strategic partner, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, which receives funding support from the Government of Ontario. (queensu.ca)
SAIAB provides unique skills and infrastructure support in marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems research, molecular research, collections and bioinformatics. (nrf.ac.za)
The ETCP works to expand current research in the economics of tobacco control and enhance the knowledge of economic and tax issues among tobacco control advocates and policymakers to strengthen support for tobacco tax and price increases in sub-Saharan Africa. (who.int)
I'm grateful for this grant funding that will support research on the historical political and socioecological relations that condition people's experiences, knowledge, and agency in diversifying their production systems. (cornell.edu)
Increasing numbers of older people will create pressures on traditional systems of support from families and public services, financial demands on public funds for pensions, and new requirements for healthcare and medical support. (southampton.ac.uk)
Significantly, this project also created an approach for NRENs to develop African-based open access repositories to support Open Science. (brunel.ac.uk)
The expertise and credibility we have built over the past two decades-combined with the amazing commitment of our founders and co-chairs, the passion of our employees, and the support of our partners-mean that despite the challenges, our best days lie ahead. (gatesfoundation.org)
This Call aims to promote increased availability and accessibility of high-quality human rights research products in support of these objectives. (lu.se)

IITA and CGIAR are responding to the needs of smallholder farmers in Africa, Dr Ehui says, and that means agriculture that is sustainable and regenerative. (globalissues.org)
Asked if there was a genuine shift towards regenerative and sustainable practices for Africa, Dr Ehui said CGIAR had long been focusing on using local technologies for enhancing food security, for example, reducing reliance on chemical fertilisers for those who could not afford it and using locally available inputs instead. (globalissues.org)
CGIAR, as a key global science partner, is effectively and intentionally transforming agri-food systems by equipping farmers with the game-changing, research-backed innovations they need to thrive. (icarda.org)
For example, through projects like the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) wheat compact funded by AfDB, CGIAR is strengthening the delivery of vital climate-smart research and innovative technologies to farmers at scale. (icarda.org)
CGIAR aims to double its overall research funding to $2 billion annually to close the research funding gap and deliver tailored, demand-driven agri-solutions required for Africa to successfully combat the challenges directly related to the climate crisis. (icarda.org)
Only through such collaboration can the AfDB, CGIAR, and all our valued partners generate a fit-for-purpose partnership model that informs, and funds, a viable science and research strategy and truly deliver seismic shifts in climate-smart food systems that benefit Africa and beyond. (icarda.org)

In the new study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change , He and co-author Brian Soden, a UM professor of atmospheric sciences, used an ensemble of climate models to show that rainfall decreases occur faster than global warming, and therefore another mechanism must be at play. (princeton.edu)
The damage scientists expect climate change to do to crop yields can differ greatly depending on which type of model was used to make those projections, according to research based at Princeton University. (princeton.edu)
We know that forests are crucial to fighting global climate change, but another important and perhaps less appreciated aspect is the way they affect the climate on a much more local scale. (theconversation.com)
He was a co-author of the "Economists' Statement on Climate Change," issued in 1997 and signed by more than 2,400 U.S. economists, detailing the hazards of global warming. (stanford.edu)
The two week-long discussions, spanning topics from indigenous rights to corporate responsibility, painted a comprehensive picture of the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of climate change and human rights. (lu.se)

Managing global organizations has been a business challenge for centuries. (elpatiohotel.com)
But, overall, global organizations are struggling to adapt. (elpatiohotel.com)
Over the past year, we've tried to understand more clearly the challenges facing global organizations, as well as approaches that are helping some to thrive. (elpatiohotel.com)
Our work has included surveys and structured interviews with more than 300 executives at 17 of the world's leading global organizations spanning a diverse range of sectors and geographies, a broader survey of more than 4,600 executives, and time spent working directly with the leaders of dozens of global organizations trying to address these issues. (elpatiohotel.com)

Africa accounts for the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions but is among the most vulnerable to interconnected climate risks, especially in agriculture. (icarda.org)

Most recently, Harriet has been working for a global wildlife conservation charity, supporting the management of grant-funded programmes in Madagascar and India. (birmingham.ac.uk)
When in 1986 the Carter Center took the reins of the global dracunculiasis eradication campaign, India was the only country with a national program to get rid of the disease. (medscape.com)

BK is supported by a British Heart Foundation personal chair and would also like to acknowledge UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund Grant (reference number ES/N01393X/1). (bmj.com)
In doing so, African scientists who study and work on the continent are subjected to standards and norms they may be unfamiliar with and may not appreciate the unwritten rules and norms within the grant application process (soft barriers). (egonzehnder.com)

During the next 12 months, the two universities will work towards founding a joint institute for environmental research. (leeds.ac.uk)
The Chinese visit to Leeds follows a trip to Shanghai in November when negotiations for the agreement were opened as the universities reviewed their respective research and educational strengths. (leeds.ac.uk)
The United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering is looking to team up with more Sub-Saharan African universities in a programme aimed at forging links between universities and the private sector. (universityworldnews.com)
Scott said HEP SSA is currently funding nine universities, indirectly supporting an additional 55, as well as 124 local and regional industries. (universityworldnews.com)
First the Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) held in Cape Town in February 2005 where an ICT Task Force was informally established. (ubuntunet.net)

Subtropical rainfall changes have been previously attributed to two mechanisms related to global warming: greater moisture content in air that is transported away from the subtropics, and a pole-ward shift in air circulation. (princeton.edu)

I knew that I wanted to return to more animal-based research once I completed my PhD. I then spent a few years working on Eimeria parasites in poultry at the Royal Veterinary College before the opportunity to work on the sheep atlas project was advertised. (ed.ac.uk)
McKinsey Global Institute research suggests that 400 midsize emerging-market cities, many unfamiliar in the West, will generate nearly 40 percent of global growth over the next 15 years. (elpatiohotel.com)
The International Monetary Fund is revising its forecasts for the next two years. (africanews.com)
The International Monetary Fund took the opportunity of this World Economic Forum to announce a downward revision of its growth forecasts for the next two years. (africanews.com)
We argue that these internal issues combine with those raised by China's rapid integration and ever growing presence in the international arena, to jointly frame the challenges faced by China in the next 35 years, as it approaches the 100th anniversary of the People's Republic in 2049. (nber.org)
The Africa Scholarship MSc Programme at Wageningen University and Research seek to provide international Africa student who are talented and have excellent education background with a 2 years masters programme at Wageningen. (collegereporters.com)
Both doctoral students have a deep commitment to rigorous, applied research with many years of experience, and so it is exciting to see their research get supported," Bezner Kerr said. (cornell.edu)
This momentum will only increase as 300 million people come online in Africa over the next five years. (blog.google)
So today I'm excited to announce that we plan to invest one billion dollars in Africa over five years. (blog.google)
In order to reflect the progress towards research based on excellence, member states lagging behind the EU average on highly cited publications should reduce the gap to the EU average by at least one-third in the next five years. (universityworldnews.com)
Anthropologists tell us that human beings have been migrating since Homo erectus left Africa for Eurasia a million years ago. (cdc.gov)
After occupying Africa 150,000 years ago, Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa about 70,000 years ago and began arriving in the Americas about 20,000 years ago. (cdc.gov)
Grants under the Call are awarded to research projects relevant to the theme " 10 Years of the Declaration of Rights in the Zimbabwean Constitution . (lu.se)

Consumer-oriented firms are facing sometimes-conflicting imperatives to tailor their businesses to local needs while maintaining consistent global processes. (elpatiohotel.com)
The NRF's Information Portal is a platform that enables the research community to access to information emanating from the NRF's business processes. (nrf.ac.za)

The NRF receives its mandate from the National Research Foundation Act (Act No 23 of 1998, as amended) . (nrf.ac.za)

Aim: This study aims to assess broad patterns of strengths and resource challenges faced by academic programs that train family medicine clinicians. (bvsalud.org)

We want to build on that and step up our efforts towards achieving breakthrough market-driven innovations that will contribute to a green digital Europe and will boost growth, job creation and our competitiveness in the global scene. (universityworldnews.com)
Migrants enter the United States to better their lives through work and their labor helps sustain the global competitiveness of the American economy. (cdc.gov)

The drought-pluvial seesaw-defined as the phenomenon of pluvials (wet spells) following droughts (dry spells)-magnifies the impact of individual pluvial and drought events yet has not been systematically evaluated, especially at the global scale. (wiley.com)
Although this global frequency pattern is modest and coherent changes cannot be detected at the subcontinental scale, local hot spots of drought-pluvial seesaw have become more frequent than either droughts or pluvials alone in the last three decades, albeit with a small percentage of area coverage. (wiley.com)

To do this, the AFDB is focusing on key sectors such as increasing intra-African trade. (africanews.com)

It could notably help reduce the mismatch between distributed renewable energy funding needs and investor requirements, and in turn, increase investments in such solutions. (undp.org)

This is having a widespread impact on African Scientists by enabling access to the outputs of their research. (brunel.ac.uk)

Since its pilot launch in 2013, HEP SSA has evolved to reflect the changing needs of engineering education and we have since introduced UK partners to build collaborative academic partnerships and develop joint engineering research projects," Scott said. (universityworldnews.com)

Each received $7,000 grants for food security research centered in Africa. (cornell.edu)
The Economic and Social Research Council, through the Place-Based Climate Action Network, invites proposals for the first round of climate action project grants. (edgehill.ac.uk)

The lack of a fully costed and fully funded programme, and a heavy reliance on one donor, also hampered progress. (who.int)

The objective is to generate an evidence base for rethinking peace making design and practice at both the regional (Middle East, Asia, Africa) and global level. (lu.se)

He contributed to research on sustainability and ethics, co-authoring many papers with biologists, environmentalists and other experts at Stanford and elsewhere. (stanford.edu)
Two graduate students working with Professor Rachel Bezner Kerr have received funding for research focused on increasing food security from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability . (cornell.edu)
Lessons learnt: This study provides a better understanding of the challenges family medicine training programs face and how to contribute to their sustainability and growth, particularly in terms of areas for investment, opportunities for government policy and action and areas of collaboration. (bvsalud.org)

The project involves a team of researcher from SLU Uppsala, Lund University and ITTA in Kenya and it is funded by SIDA. (lu.se)

The areas explored were not only related to making returning to the continent more appealing but also developing African scientific research excellence more broadly. (egonzehnder.com)
The annual NRF Awards recognize and celebrate South African research excellence. (nrf.ac.za)

However, prior to his commitment in the institution, he had taught in Brunel University, University of Leeds, and University of South Wales where was made the Founding Director of Photonics and Broadband Communications (PBC) Research Center. (wikipedia.org)
University of Leeds provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. (theconversation.com)

Urged the inclusion of Human Rights-Based Approaches (HRBA) in the Global Stocktake (GST) text, a notion supported by the latest IPCC report. (lu.se)

He is a member of African Academy of Sciences, Optical Society of America, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers Prof Salah obtained his B. SC and M. SC in electronics and communications engineering from Mansoura University in 1991 and 1994. (wikipedia.org)
African Academy of Sciences. (wikipedia.org)
Speaking to the Chinese visitors, Sir Alan said: Last time we met, we agreed we had a strong relationship in the field of humanities research, now we have the opportunity to extend that into the sciences. (leeds.ac.uk)
The iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences is the continents' biggest facility for particle and nuclear research. (nrf.ac.za)

however, many African diaspora scientists have gone abroad for other opportunities. (egonzehnder.com)
What is preventing African biomedical scientists based abroad from increasing their involvement with African research institutes and local African scientific talent? (egonzehnder.com)
Across the conversations, we heard diverse stories from African scientists and their experiences engaging, or re-engaging, with their home continent. (egonzehnder.com)
Experiences were strikingly consistent, with subtle differences in emphasis stemming from scientists' personal and professional journeys, as well across the diversity of the African nations they had collectively worked in. (egonzehnder.com)
Across the conversations, participants shared several challenges scientists face in conducting research in Africa. (egonzehnder.com)
Balancing the needs of local people and the needs of sensitive wildlife has presented scientists with pressing global conservation challenges. (klamathbird.org)
I will continue reading NUANCE and I await with bated breath the transformation in education and research and other areas for our deserving young people and scientists and other practitioners in our membership region that UbuntuNet Alliance and its members will usher in! (ubuntunet.net)

Sub-Saharan Africa will see the greatest increase in the ageing population over coming decades and overall, it is the least financially wealthy populations that will share the greatest burden. (southampton.ac.uk)
With current projections for population growth, the global importance of the region will only increase in the coming decades. (lu.se)
A major global challenge during the coming decades is working towards sustainable peace. (lu.se)

One explanation for this deficiency is a lack of recognition concerning how important the understanding of the past is for planning the future, another is the poor and uneven funding for researching the history of the Global South. (lu.se)

We've also trained 80,000 developers from every country in Africa and supported more than 80 startups to raise global venture capital funding, creating thousands of jobs. (blog.google)

The Higher Education Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa programme (HEP SSA) is supported by the Anglo American Group Foundation and the UK government through the Global Challenges Research Fund established by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2016. (universityworldnews.com)
In addition to researching which power relations they convey, I look at their impact on EU-Central American partnerships, and how this discourse can be reformed. (lu.se)

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