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March 11, 2024

Janaina Calu Costa wins the Scientist Award 2024

Janaína Calu Costa, a research fellow affiliated with the International Center of Equity in Health, and currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, USA, won the ScientistA Award 2024. The winner and the five honorable mentions have been announced this week in a ceremony at the Brazilian General Consulate in New York. The award ceremony also celebrated the bicentennial year of diplomatic relations between Brazil and the United States.

March 04, 2024

Aluisio Barros participate in the WHO event for adoption of sex and gender guidelines in research

In an initiative to integrate gender and sex equity in research, the World Health Organization (WHO) is hosting a webinar on Monday (march 4th 2024) from 14:00 – 15:00 CET to announce the adoption of the SAGER guidelines (Sex and Gender Equity in Research). These guidelines will steer future studies to encompass sex and gender identity variables, crucial for the accuracy and relevance of research outcomes. One of the highlights of the event will be a panel of experts, moderated by th

February 19, 2024

A composite index; socioeconomic deprivation and coverage of reproductive and maternal health interventions

In a significant contribution to the measurement of global health inequalities, the International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH) unveals its most recent research paper in the February 2024 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. This edition is dedicated to the critical themes of geopolitics, global health, and equity. The paper was led by ICEH researcher Leonardo Ferreira and showcases the application of a new composite index for measuring socioeconomic deprivation in low

December 21, 2023

Carolina Coll wins Paula Kantor Award from ICRW: A great recognition for her research on gender inequalities and the monitoring of violence against women and girls in LMICs

It is with great satisfaction that we share the news of the achievement of Carolina Coll, an ICEH collaborator, who was honored with the Paula Kantor Award, granted by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Carolina was recognized for her dedication to studies on violence against women and health inequalities. Their work not only draws attention to these issues, but also drives action to promote positive change. The ICEH team is happy with the well-deserved recognition of o

December 11, 2023

Workshop: 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa

Associate Professor Fernando C. Wehrmeister traveled to Lusaka, Zambia, to participate in two events. The first event took place on November 27th as part of the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa. In a satellite event coordinated by the Countdown to 2030 African Population Health and Research Centre, Dr. Wehrmeister discussed the identification of impoverished groups in the largest cities in 38 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This scientific work has been accepted for publi

December 08, 2023

E. coli contamination of drinking water sources in rural and urban settings: an analysis of 38 nationally representative household surveys (2014–2021)

The world is not on track to achieve universal access to safely managed water services by 2030, and access is substantially lower in rural areas. This target, and many other global indicators, rely on the current classification of improved water sources for monitoring access. We aimed to investigate contamination in drinking water, comparing improved and unimproved sources in urban and rural areas. We analysed a sample of 95,070 households in 38 low- and middle-income countries, using MICS surv

November 16, 2023

Workshop: Strengthening health equity in ECOWAS countries

The ICEH, represented by researchers Franciele Hellwig and Larissa Adna, attended an important workshop to strengthen the production and sharing of data and information on health. Between November 6th and 10th, 2023, Hellwig and Adna were in Guinea-Bissau to participate in the '14th Joint Annual Workshop of Managers of National Health Information Systems (NHIS) and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Programs of Economic Community of West African Countrie

November 13, 2023

Workshop: ICEH enhances Health Inequality Assessments in Mozambique

Between November 6th and 10th, the ICEH researchers Fernando Wehrmeister and Luis Vidaletti, worked in Maputo with representatives from Mozambique's Ministry of Health and National Institute of Health. The aim was to provide guidance on best practices for analyzing simple and complex data as well as trends in health inequalities in Mozambique. This workshop represents another of the capacity building training initiatives that the International Center for Health Equity (ICEH) is constantly