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19 October 2023
Urban dwellers’ food and nutritional wellbeing are both dependent on infrastructure and can be indicative of wider wellbeing in urban...
23 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This working paper is the product of the Living Off-Grid Food and Infrastructure Collaboration. It is designed to bring together our...
19 April 2023
Published by: SpringerOpen
Childhood obesity is a growing global challenge, and no country has yet reversed the upward trend in prevalence. The causes are...
10 March 2023
Why We Must Invest in Equitable, Ethical and Effective Approaches to Help Prepare for the Next Pandemic The cost of the Covid-19...
26 October 2022
Published by: Elsevier
The UN Security Council’s response to Ebola in 2014 legitimised militarised responses. It also influenced re-sponses to COVID-19 in...
21 February 2022
Published by: Elsevier
Global debates about vaccines as a key element of pandemic response and future preparedness in the era of Covid-19 currently focus on...
12 January 2022
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
This article shares findings on Covid-19 in Africa across 2020 to examine concepts and practices of epidemic preparedness and response....
24 March 2021
Published by: Taylor & Francis
The securitization of health is not a new phenomenon. However, global responses to the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa reveal...
24 February 2021
Published by: Taylor and Francis
This paper argues for a rethinking of disease preparedness that puts incertitude and the politics of knowledge at the centre. Through...
8 September 2020
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The Covid-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis. Its long-term economic and societal effects may well outweigh its initial public health impact. It is therefore essential that responses are socially sensitive and attuned to mitigating these secondary effects.