HERD International Special Edition of ‘Insights’ for Urban October 2023 Urbanisation and Health in Nepal   The latest ‘Insights’ evidence brief from HERD International highlights the rapid increase in the urban population in Nepal, and with it the alarming increase in air pollution and challenges in managing urban waste.   Click for full ‘Insights’ Edition…

Helen Elsey, Associate Professor in Global Public Health at the University of York (UK) and Co-Director of the CHORUS Research Consortium, talks to Bal Krishna Sah of The Himalayan Times, on the challenges and opportunities in urban health, and the need to redesign the urban health system in order to achieve universal health coverage. Read the interview here https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/urban-health-system-needs-redesigning-to-achieve-universal-health-coverage

In summer 2022, early and mid-career researchers from across CHORUS were invited to submit research proposals for a first round of funding from the CHORUS Innovation Fund. The fund is for smaller innovative projects that would aim to:  Extend knowledge in relation to CHORUS 4 pillars Explore pillars/features in relation to groups of urban poor…

4 countries; 100 journalists; 55 media reports   ‘The findings of public health research should be made available to the general people.’ Rumana Huque, Executive Director, ARK Foundation   Journalists and the media are critical partners in the dissemination of health research. The media has significant influence over how people form opinions on health issues…

A high-resolution spatial understanding of poverty can help policymakers design effective interventions that target marginalized and vulnerable groups. Often data from detailed household surveys (e.g., LSMS, DHS) provide estimates of poverty at the national level, but these are spatially patchy. On the other hand, national census data fully represents the population but lacks detail needed…

As part of the CHORUS Qualitative and Participatory Methods Action Learning Group’s webinar series, Tarana Ferdous, senior research associate at ARK Foundation, Bangladesh, provides an introduction to social mapping and transect walks. The webinar is chaired by Abriti Arjyal from HERD International. Watch the webinar here  

Health system efficiency is a significant concern for all, including policy makers and healthcare providers, and increasing efficiency is a decision makers’ criteria for priority setting. In this CHORUS webinar, Prof. Zahidul Quayyum from BRAC University (JPGSPH) and Md. Zahid Hasan, CHORUS PhD student at the University of Leeds, present and discuss how to measure…

by Delali Kumapley (CHORUS Research Uptake Co-Lead)   Health information rides on the wheels of communication and the media[i] by providing information to improve health and influencing healthcare decisions.  During the needs assessment of the CHORUS Ghana study, for instance, residents in the study sites referred to television, radio, and the internet as their primary…

Following on from the rich discussion at the ‘Actors and alliances to transform health and wellbeing in cities’ satellite session at the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Bogota, the ARISE and CHORUS consortia hosted a joint webinar to discuss the importance of employing an intersectional and gendered lens when looking at health and…

The urban health system in Bangladesh is facing numerous challenges in terms of availability of healthcare services reaching the urban populations, particularly the most marginalised, including low service coverage,  poor quality of services and a lack of quality monitoring. CHORUS in Bangladesh aims to explore the current use of strategic purchasing within the primary health…