The Covid Collective Research Platform will offer a rapid social science research response to inform decision-making on some of the most pressing Covid-19 related development challenges.
The climate is changing faster than we are. The danger of triggering irreversible environmental damage that spirals, feeding off itself, means that winning too slowly is the same as losing. That’s why rapid, transformative changes are called for to prevent climate breakdown and create the...
IDS is working with Health Systems Global (HSG) to develop communications, share messages and engage with its members and the global community.
Future Health Systems is a research consortium working to improve access, affordability and quality of health services for the poor.
At IDS, we believe that evidence-based research plays a vital role in bringing about a more equitable and sustainable world. And to achieve this, we are committed to communicating research beyond academic audiences and journal articles. However, we are very aware of the responsibility we...
15 February 2022
Research and evidence continue to play a prominent role in how we deal with Covid-19 and the multiple challenges of the pandemic; from analysing how and if vaccination programmes are implemented equitably, to highlighting the wider socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. Globally, social science...
26 January 2022
26 February 2021
20 September 2019
IDS Bulletin 49.2
This is the Introduction to multimedia for IDS Bulletin 49.2, 'Accountability for Health Equity: Galvanising a Movement for Universal Health Coverage'. Related Content This article comes from the IDS Bulletin 49.2 (2018) Introduction to Multimedia
1 May 2018
Global Health Action 9.1
In this article, we discuss two capacity-building projects, the African/Asian Regional Capacity Development (ARCADE) in Health Systems and Services Research (HSSR) and Research on Social Determinants of Health (RSDH), implemented from 2011 to 2015.
20 January 2017
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the UKCDR COVID CIRCLE Researcher Community, invite you to join them for a Fireside Chat on 'The Impact of Evidence in a Pandemic: How has Covid-19 shaped the engagement of research with policy and practice in Low- and Middle-Income...
This webinar will explore how mobile phone-based services can promote better Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices. The lead researchers from the evaluation team will present findings and lessons learned from the recently completed mHealth evaluation in Tanzania. Watch the...
This webinar will explore how mobile phone-based services can facilitate agriculture and nutrition behaviour change. The lead researchers from the ‘External evaluation of mobile phone technology based nutrition and agriculture advisory services in Africa (mNutrition)’ project will present...
Understanding the role of an mNutrition service within the day-to-day commercial business of a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) is not an easy task. mNutrition is a global initiative that uses mobile technology to raise the health and nutritional status of children and adults in the developing...
29 August 2018