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Call for Submissions for Systematic Reviews - New Review Question Added
10 03 2010 An additional question on social protection has been added to the call, bringing the total to 50.
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Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network Shows Value of Coordination in Zambia
09 03 2010 The Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network has published a series of policy briefs combining the networks research findings in Zambia, a country where almost one in seven adults is HIV positive
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DFID research: helping eliminate gender inequality
09 03 2010 DFID funds research on various gender issues, including research on removing barriers to womens participation in economic activities, improving maternal health, and giving women a stronger voice.
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Reducing crop losses will help to improve food security
09 03 2010 Helping farmers to reduce crop losses by keeping out alien pests and improving plant health knowledge are important for future food security. This is the topic of a recent Opinion article from SciDev.Net.
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African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Fellowships
08 03 2010 2010 Call for Applications to the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellowships
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When Research means Business
03 03 2010 A new DFID-funded initiative aims to engage the private sector to help develop technologies which are profitable for business and are affordable and accessible for the farmer.
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Research on women's access to healthcare considers geography
02 03 2010 A study carried out for the DFID-funded Future Health Systems Research Programme Consortium considers the role geography plays in women's access to healthcare in the Sunderbans delta region of India.
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Cochrane Systematic Review helps to halt sale of ineffective electronic mosquito repellents
01 03 2010 Electronic mosquito repellents have been withdrawn from sale by a major airline following a successful partnership between the advocacy website MalariaWorld and DFID-funded Effective Health Care RPC.
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Call for Submissions for Systematic Reviews
22 02 2010 The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is piloting an exciting systematic review project that aims to strengthen evidence-informed decision making. DFID has developed a set of systematic review questions based on policy and practice priorities and is now calling for proposals from interested reviewers to conduct a systematic review.
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Delivering Effective Health Care for All: New evidence from health systems research by DFID Research Programme Consortia
18 02 2010 COMDIS, CREHS and TARGETS RPCs will be hosting a conference on equitable access to health services, in London, on 29 March 2010
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Call for Papers: Asset Inheritance and the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty
17 02 2010 The DFID-funded Chronic Poverty Research Centre is interested in funding up to five research projects to explore the relationship between inheritance and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Deadline for submission of concept notes - 26 February 2010.
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Three regional facilitators wanted for the Challenge Program for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
16 02 2010 The collaborative CGIAR-ESSP challenge program, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), is seeking three regional facilitators - deadline for application is 20 February, 2010.
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DFID seeks a service provider for research into state building, peace building and service delivery in fragile and conflict affected states.
16 02 2010 The deadline for applications for this 11-month contract for research into state building, peace building and service delivery (including health, education and water and sanitation) in fragile and conflict affected states is 9 March 2010.
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Young Lives contributes to 'Reaching the Marginalized: UNESCO Education for All Report 2010'
11 02 2010 Three background papers written by researchers from the DFID-funded Young Lives programme have contributed to the 2010 Global Monitoring Report
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New publication: Biosafety regulation in developing countries
11 02 2010 IFPRI Policy Brief discusses regulatory reform to enable genetically engineered crops to be released to poor farmers.
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Inviting applications for Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Directorate
08 02 2010 The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programme Executive Board (PEB) is seeking an organisation to host the ESPA Directorate.
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Identification of European academic actors interested in the Pacific region
05 02 2010 The European Commission's Directorate General for Development (DG Dev) intends to set up a network to simulate European research in the Pacific
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DFID appoints new Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor and Deputy Director of Research and Evidence Division
03 02 2010 Tim Wheeler, Professor of Agriculture at Reading University, has been appointed Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor and Deputy Director of Research and Evidence Division at DFID
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Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Practice (SHHEP) group shortlisted for BMJ award
29 01 2010 The Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Practice group, a joint project involving 4 DFID-funded research programme consortia, has been shortlisted for the BMJ Group's Getting Research Into Practice award
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New Funding Opportunities for Research Programme Consortia (RPCs)
28 01 2010 DFID calls for expressions of interest in three new health-related Research Programme Consortia. Closing date - 23 April 2010.
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Exploiting the open access movement
26 01 2010 A recent opinion article on SciDev.Net asks what African research institutes can do to exploit the open access movement
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Systematic Reviews for International Development
26 01 2010 DFID is piloting an exciting systematic review project that aims to strengthen evidence-informed decision making. The call for systematic review groups will be made in early February.
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Understanding adaptation decisions in Morocco
21 01 2010 The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa programme is providing policy makers with evidence of how communities are threatened with climate change in rural communities
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Ten years of 'war against poverty' - the deadline for contributions to this conference approaches
20 01 2010 31 January 2010 is the deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals to the international conference being held by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) in September
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Science and Innovation for Development - a landmark in development thinking and practice
18 01 2010 This new book by two of the UK's leading international development thinkers will be launched tomorrow (19 January, 2010) at the Wellcome Collection in London
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