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World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of nearly one-and-a-half million people each year, mostly in developing countries.

International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United...

We conduct biomedical research on tropical health problems and strive to build capacity of medical personnel through training. We are affiliated to the University of Malawi: College of Medicine (COM), the only medical school in Malawi.

In our globalized world, Multiculturalism can be viewed as a natural phenomenon and result of the ever-changing global migration patterns. Governments, seeing the changing ethnic landscapes of their countries, have adopted Multiculturalism policies in order to better integrate their population and create more cohesive environments.

Susan P. Mains is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Dundee, having previously worked at the University of the West Indies-Mona (Kingston, Jamaica) and the British Film Institute (London, UK). Her work explores connections between cultural identities, mobility, space and media representations of place, and utilises a...

Food security and social protection, Two sides of the same coin? How to ensure that everybody has enough to eat in order to survive is one of the oldest development dilemmas. The role of social protection lies in its mandate to ensure that subsistence needs are met by public means whenever...

This workshop series is designed for researchers at the University of Aberdeen to enhance the societal and economic impact of their research and more effectively engage end users throughout the research process. Building the capacity of research staff to enhance the impact of their work is essential to fulfil the University...

Theme for 2013 is '' The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum''

The Enough Food For Everyone IF Campaign is holding a major seminar highlighting the parallels between the Highland Clearances in Scotland and land grabs in developing countries.

A ground breaking documentary/pre-release festival exclusive Sister tells the story of three health workers from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Haiti and the challenges they face in caring for pregnant women during delivery.