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October 09, 2023

ICEH joins World Evidence-based Healthcare Day initiative

The International Center of Equity in Health (ICEH) is proud to announce its participation in the global initiative World Evidence-based Healthcare (World EBHC) Day, as Evidence Ambassador. Held on October 20th each year, the initiative aims at promoting awareness for the importance of evidence-based healthcare policy and decision-making to enhance health outcomes across the globe. The World EBHC initiative strives to engage in discussions on global healthcare trends and challenges, while als

September 18, 2023

Measures of women's empowerment based on individual-level data: a literature review with a focus on the methodological approaches

In an ongoing effort to understand gender roles and promote gender equality, scholars around the world are dedicating themselves to analyzing women’s empowerment as a central piece of development monitoring. Given the increasing interest in this topic, ICEH researchers conducted a literature review aimed to describe the quantitative measures of women’s empowerment, focusing on the methodological approaches used to build the indicators. The results of this work are based on 36 publ

September 01, 2023

Are we making progress in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health (RMNCH)? Change in coverage and equity of essential interventions in 101 countries using the composite coverage index

The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (BMJ Journals) published this week a special supplement that highlights the papers that will be presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting da Society for Social Medicine & Population Health, which will take place in Newcastle (6–8 September 2023). During the meeting, the director of the International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH), Aluisio Barros will show the results of the investigation on the changes that have occurred in cover

August 23, 2023

Intimate partner violence victimisation and its association with maternal parenting (the 2015 Pelotas [Brazil] Birth Cohort): a prospective cohort study

We analyzed data from a large birth cohort study conducted in Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in which around 3500 mother–child dyads were studied at ages 4 years and 6–7 years to investigate the association between maternal intimate partner victimization and mothering. IPV exposure was self-reported by mothers when children were 4 years old, and parenting was assessed through direct observation of parent–child interactions (filmed at age 4 years) and self-reports in interviews condu

August 21, 2023

Countdown to 2030 Fellow's Analytical Training in Nairobi, Kenya

The Countdown 2030 for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (CD2030) has launched in 2023 a Fellowship Program to strengthen research and analytical capacities for monitoring and tracking the progress of life-saving interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) in CD2030 collaborating countries in Africa. As part of the capacity strengthening process, the first training is happening from Aug 7 to 25, 2023 in Nair

August 08, 2023

ICEH researcher receives Bunge Foundation’s award: Lissandra Santos receives award for her doctoral thesis

The postdoctoral researcher at the International Center for Health Equity (ICEH/UFPel) will receive a prize from the Bunge Foundation in the Youth category for her relevant thesis. Recognized as one of the most important recognitions of scientific, literary, and artistic merits in the country, the award is on the theme "Knowledge and strategies against hunger", regarding her doctoral thesis entitled “Gender Inequality in Food Insecurity and food consumption in Brazilian household

June 30, 2023

Countdown to 2030 Annual Meeting 2023 in Dakar, Senegal

The Countdown to 2030 Annual Meeting 2023 was held in Dakar, Senegal, from June 19th to 23rd, with the aim of strengthening strategies and actions to improve maternal, newborn and child health. Organized by the Countdown to 2030 consortium, in collaboration with the African Population Health Research Center and Global Financing Facility, the meeting brought together almost 200 researchers, stakeholders, and experts from 22 countries from sub-Saharan Africa. This gathering provided a unique platf

May 12, 2023

Cauane Blumenberg participated in the International Maternal and Newborn Health Conference

ICEH researcher presents study about inequalities on maternal and newborn health at the IMNHC 2023 ICEH researcher Cauane Blumenberg participated in the International Maternal and Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC), held in May 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. During the event, Blumenberg presented a study on trends and inequalities on a set of maternal and newborn health interventions in seven countries that are considered to be exemplary in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. T