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LIDC WEBINAR ON THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG CHILDREN IN PALESTINE

15/07/2024

On Wednesday 3 July the London International Development Centre (LIDC) hosted a webinar titled “Children in Palestine: Mental Health Crisis and Actions for Trauma Recovery”. Chaired by Dr. Saleyha Ahsan, experts from Queen Mary University of London, Oxfam, and War…

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TACKLING DECOLONISATION IN DIGITAL EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES FROM STUDENTS

29/04/2024

The London International Development Centre (LIDC) joined forces again with the Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) and the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange (BLE) to extend the conversation around the decolonisation of digital education, which started last year with our…

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SDGs in Asia: mind the widening gap

03/04/2024

By: Ranjit Devraj – SciDev.Net [NEW DELHI] With Asia Pacific seriously lagging on all 17 of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) there are doubts if the region will ever catch up. The latest progress report shows the region is…

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New Drug Combo Tackles Malaria in HIV+ Mums

31/01/2024

Science journalist Dann Okoth of LIDC member insitution SciDevNet recently reported on research conducted by a collaborative team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, and Malawi University of Science and…

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AI: A ‘potent remedy’ for Africa’s health challenges?

29/11/2023

Writing in the science journal SciDevNet (an LIDC member organisation, Jackie Opara asserts that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could emerge as a potent remedy for long-standing challenges in Africa’s health care sector if innovators, researchers and policymakers collaborated and invested in the technology, an online…

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LIDC in conversation with Persia Educational Foundation – Films from Iranian Women: Women, Life, Freedom –

14/06/2023

Ahead of a festival of films by Iranian women co-curated by the Persian Educational Foundation (PEF) and Film Buzz in June 2023,  Human Rights Academic and Advocate, Dr Tahirih Danesh sat down with LIDC’s Charine John to discuss the motivation…

Envisioning Food Systems Transformation: A Recap of Our Ground-breaking Event

02/06/2023

Introduction On the 18th of May, the LIDC had the immense honour of hosting a large-scale event that brought together some of the most influential and reputable speakers in the field of food systems transformation. The event, titled “Envisioning Food Systems…

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City researcher launches book on women’s health, communications and development

10/05/2023

The panel “How Women and Health NGOs Use Communications Strategically to Advocate for Gender Equality and Reproductive Health” was held on 19 April to mark the launch of Dr Carolina Matos’ book Gender, communications and reproductive health in international development.…

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Impact on childhood mortality of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to households

01/05/2023

  We’re grateful to our colleagues Hugh Sharma Waddington, Sarah Bick, Sandy Cairncross and Edoardo Masset (LSHTM) for their work on this rigorous systematic evidence on the impacts of water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions on mortality. This title…

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‘It’s time to work beyond the lab’ – Q+A with Bolivian Biotechnologist, Carla Crespo Melgar

20/04/2023

“We understood that it’s time to work beyond the lab, travel to communities and understand their problems in production.”  – Biotechnologist Carla Crespo Melgar  We are delighted to share this interview with Bolivian scientist Carla Crespo Melgar, Director of the…

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