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Healthy Environments for Healthy People: Shaping an ecohealth approach 2008-11-28
From tackling avian flu in Asia, to controlling the spread of malaria in Mexico, to protecting the health of Andean communities in Ecuador’s cut flower industry, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is changing how the world thinks about health and the environment.  IDRC and partner organizations will convene policy-makers, researchers, grassroots organizations and journalists from Canada and across the globe at the International Ecohealth Forum 2008 in Mérida, Mexico, December 1-5. Forum participants will share findings on how ecohealth approaches can tackle pressing global issues such as climate change, food security, disease, and economic development.

Bamako 2008: New solutions to chronic problems at the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health 2008-11-17
Opening this morning, the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health brings together close to 1000 international participants to address global and national health research challenges. A special panel today, chaired by Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, will feature research that addresses emerging solutions to chronic conditions.

Bamako 2008: African Researchers to Speak on Health Equity 2008-11-16

Standing Up, Speaking Out: Local Power and Women's Rights 2008-11-13
It was a policy born of a shining promise — that decentralized governments would help empower tens of millions of women in developing countries. But has shifting more power and resources to the local level really improved women’s lives?

An African Success Story: Photo Exhibit 2008-10-23
Lucille Teasdale – one of Canada’s first female surgeons – and her Italian husband Piero Corti turned a small dispensary in Gulu, Uganda, into what is known today as one of Africa’s largest non-profit hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor. Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Lucille Teasdale & Piero Corti Foundation are proud to present Lacor: An African Success Story, a photo exhibit by Mauro Fermariello that depicts the life-long devotion and commitment of these two incredible doctors and local practitioners in providing much needed medical services to the citizens of Gulu and its surroundings. The exhibit is hosted by Library and Archives Canada.

IDRC Releases Results of Auditor General's Special Examination 2008-04-11
IDRC is pleased to release the findings of the Auditor General’s Special Examination. Results indicate that IDRC has solid systems and practices, and exercises good stewardship of taxpayers’ money.

New President for IDRC
Leading Canadian Diplomat Joins the Centre 2008-02-22
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) welcomes the appointment of David M. Malone as its next President, effective July 1, 2008. Mr. Malone is currently Canadian High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Nepal and Bhutan.