Conference October 20 & 21, University of Ottawa

Conference October 20 & 21, University of Ottawa

An opportunity to remove harmful intellectual property provisions from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Background While a global player in the mining and metals sector, there is little regulatory oversight by Canada of Canadian mining companies in relation to their transnational activities. Much minera...

YouTube video by Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research

Celebrating the release of the Global Health Watch 7 in book form, Collective Member Ron Labonté gives us an overview of what to expect.

Since its first edition in 2005, Global Health Watch (GHW) – the flagship publication of the People’s Health Movement (PHM) – has been critically reporting on the state of the world’s health.…

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A looming trade war and security threats leave European leaders scrambling to decipher the American president's true intentions.

A new modelling study has sought to find out what impact recent foreign aid cuts – particularly from the US – will have on HIV. Here’s what the researchers found.

As Trump tears up democratic norms, foreign governments must counter his playbook with bold, coordinated resistance.

Building on a storied history of engagement that supersedes partisan politics, there is no time to lose for Canada to strategically renew its role in global health.

Newsletter Edition #262 [The Files In-Depth]

Background With the increasing impacts of climate change, heatwaves are placing an enormous burden on health and social systems and threatening ecological diversity around the world. Heatwaves are increasing not only in frequency but also in severity and magnitude. They are causing the deaths of thousands of people. Research is needed on a multidisciplinary, supra-regional, and regional level. Methods A detailed evaluation of the research conducted is not yet available. Therefore, this study provides a detailed insight into the publication landscape to identify key players, incentives, and requirements for future scientific efforts that are useful not only for scientists but also to stakeholders and project funders. Results The number of publications on heatwaves is increasing, outpacing the trend of research indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded. However, funding is lagging behind comparatively. Looking at absolute numbers, the USA, Australia, China, and some European countries have been identified as major players in heatwave research. If socio-economic numbers are included, Switzerland and Portugal lead the way. Australia and the UK dominate if the change in heatwave-exposed people is included. Nevertheless, exposure and economic strength of publishing countries were identified as the main drivers of national research interests. Previous heatwaves, in particular, have driven research efforts primarily at the national level. Conclusion For an efficient monitoring or early detection system that also includes the economically weak regions, internationally networked efforts are necessary to enable preventive measures and damage limitation against heatwaves. Regardless of previous regional extreme heat events, research approaches should be focused to the global level.