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Research is the pursuit of knowledge. It allows us to hone decision-making skills in a constantly evolving world. However, humanitarian organisations often operate reactively...
This blogpost explores questions asked by parents the world over, and presents ground-breaking new research in South Africa exploring the relationships between physical activity and cognitive development in pre-school children from low-income settings.
The Mpumalanga region of South Africa is home to approximately 4.42 million people [1] and, as many other regions in Africa, has faced terrible and worsening droughts for over...
Pastoralism is the most important food production system in dryland environments, supporting some 500 million people globally. Contemporary pastoralists face significant challenges, and although 'resilience-building’ features prominently in development strategies, ‘resilience’ is itself a surprisingly complex issue.
When research is conducted in low-income settings, it cannot be taken for granted that participants are aware of their rights, or protected from harm. |This blogpost considers ‘ethics dumping’, the practice of exporting unethical research practices to countries that may not have the resources to stop exploitation, following the ground-breaking adoption of the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-poor Settings in June by the European Commission.
Mass media can significantly change health-seeking behaviours, according to a study showing that a mass radio campaign in rural Burkina Faso resulted in a significant rise in families of young children seeking medical attention and in diagnoses and treatment of deadly illness.
On the 25th of June, 150 members of the international development research community joined us at the Wellcome Trust to launch UKCDR’s new strategy and brand. It's @UKCDR's...
There is growing consensus that agriculture plays a major role in supporting ‘nutrition-sensitive’ food systems to sustain healthy lives. As well as sufficient calories and protein, our food systems need to provide sufficient dietary micronutrients, and vitamins, whilst being resilient to population growth, urbanisation, and many environmental stresses.
Animal pollinators are the industrious workers in the factory of life – transporting pollen from one flower to another to ensure successful fertilisation. 75% of our crop plants benefit from this free service which can increase the yield, quality and even shelf-life of their products.