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12 March 2020
IDS response to COVID-19
COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) which has urged strong government and community...
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18 February 2020
Social dimensions of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and beyond
IDS Director Professor Melissa Leach and Research Fellow Dr Hayley MacGregor have been working with colleagues at the Wellcome Trust and...
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27 January 2020
Working across disciplines and sectors key to achieving Global Goals
Higher education must drive efforts to promote greater working across disciplines and sectors in order to generate the knowledge needed...
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30 October 2019
IDS Director attends 2019 Sustainable Development Forum in Beijing
Around 600 participants from governments, academia and businesses across China and internationally gathered together in Beijing to...
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8 July 2019
Civic space and participation critical to meeting Global Goals
IDS researchers will join international partners at the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to...
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10 June 2019
IDS Director calls out unfair and damaging visa system
IDS Director, Professor Melissa Leach, has highlighted how a prejudiced UK visa system that is refusing visas for African researchers is...
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24 May 2019
Recommendations for G20 on achieving Universal Health Coverage
Recommendations from a group of health experts, including IDS Research Fellow Dr Gerald Bloom, highlight the vital role that the G20,...
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14 May 2019
Sir David Attenborough backs new report on plastic pollution
Sir David Attenborough has backed a new report revealing the stark health impacts of plastic pollution and rubbish on world’s poorest...
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24 April 2019
Cutting through hype and myths that surround Belt and Road Initiative
Professor Melissa Leach calls for more rigorous and robust evidence around the opportunities and challenges that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) presents in terms of achieving sustainable development outcomes at launch of Belt and Road Studies Network.
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5 April 2019
Universal health coverage and development
Collaborating across disciplines and sectors to realise health for all