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…

By Shreeman Sharma “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.” This is a quote attributed to 19th century American journalist John B. Bogart. This quote is very commonly used in journalism teaching and journalistic practice while defining…

By Delali Kumapley, CHORUS Research Uptake Co-Lead, and the CHORUS Gender & Intersectionality Group Based on the case study: “The Influence of Changing Gender and Social Norms on Health Seeking Behaviour and Health Systems in Cities” by Sushama Kanan, Abriti Arjyal, Lauren Wallace, Ada Nwameme, Chinyere Mbachu, Faria Islam, Samina Huque, Umme Salma, Grishu Shrestha,…

In March 2023, Prof. BSC Uzochukwu at the University of Nigeria gave a really useful, practical presentation on how to plan and write for publications.  The framework and process presented will help us to turn our extensive quantitative and qualitative findings into publications with clear messages. BSC recommends starting with a team meeting to present…

Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), in collaboration with various organizations working in health, research and development, organized the 9th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists on the 11th and 12th of  April 2023. Ms. Grishu Shrestha, Research Officer at HERD International, presented “the quality of health care service in pharmacies” based on the CHORUS…