Latest case studies
The relationship between climate and health is complex and diverse. Our award-holders are working with policymakers to develop resilient health systems within the global context of climate change.
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26 February 2024
Find out how the NIHR CLEAN-Air Africa Unit is working with governments to address the threats from household air pollution, improving health and reducing damage to the environment.
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15 December 2023
Improving mental health interventions in LMICs
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10 October 2023
The global challenge of drowning prevention
Researchers have shown that a simple, low-cost change of gloves and instruments during surgery can reduce life-threatening surgical site infections.
Addressing the challenge of cardiovascular diseases in LMICs
Women working in health research in South Africa
Supporting research capacity strengthening for global health
How our funded projects are using visual participatory methods to address local needs in global health research.
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19 January 2023
Strengthening the evidence base for effective health systems delivery in low and middle income countries (LMICs) is a key priority for NIHR.
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20 December 2022
The NIHR Global Health Research Group in Surgical Technologies has developed and trained surgeons to use innovative new devices, enabling routine surgery in remote communities in low-resource settings.
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16 December 2022
This month, NIHR joined with other leading global funders as a partner in ‘Being’, a new international mental health initiative for young people. In this feature, we focus on youth mental health, and explore how NIHR-funded projects are addressing this long-neglected issue in innovative ways.
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17 November 2022
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the biggest cause of death worldwide. Our team investigated key risk factors for NCDs in lower middle income countries.
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20 October 2022
Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing threat to global public health. In 2019, AMR was associated with nearly five million deaths globally. The rise in AMR threatens healthcare at all levels in every country, with infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, soil and food-borne diseases becoming more difficult to treat.
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21 September 2022
Global Health feature highlighting research into the rise of diabetes and heart disease in South Asia
The University of York ‘ASTRA’ group has developed new evidence on use of smokeless tobacco to support and drive forward policy change to improve public health.
Case study on preventing injury and improving trauma care in Nepal
Our RESPIRE network has successfully engaged with communities and health workers across Asia to prevent and treat respiratory diseases. Photo courtesy Vadu Rural Health Program, King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Centre (KEMHRC) Pune, India.
Case study on global health research into stillbirth prevention and bereavement care
Case study on improving global surgical outcomes through research
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17 February 2022
The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Neglected Tropical Diseases is making progress on efforts to understand and treat debilitating skin infections including podoconiosis, mycetoma and scabies in East Africa.
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25 January 2022
Case study about undertaking a virtual academic career placement in Global Health research
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19 January 2022
NIHR funded research projects are building equitable partnerships in Sierra Leone that seek to share medical understanding and knowledge.
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13 December 2021
Around the world, smoke from domestic fuel causes more premature deaths and illness than malaria and HIV combined. The NIHR-funded CLEAN-Air Africa project, a partnership between UK researchers and health authorities and institutions in Kenya, Cameroon, and Ghana, is working to address the threat of household air pollution, improving health and reducing the harmful impact on the environment.
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08 November 2021
Surgeons and engineers at the NIHR Global Health Research Group in Surgical Technologies at the University of Leeds have been working with partners in India to develop innovative surgical technology, tools and training for routine operations to be safely and successfully conducted in rural hospitals, where surgeons cannot access high-tech facilities, specialist equipment and general anaesthetic routinely used in high-income settings like the UK.
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20 October 2021