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How adaptive social protection can help mitigate the spread of hunger caused by the war in Ukraine
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May 16, 2022
A high-level panel discusses the role of adaptive social protection measures in the efforts to curb global food supplies and price shocks as war ravages
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‘Catalyst dialogues’ provide new perspectives for Germany’s global health policy
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May 13, 2022
In a unique collaboration the Global Health Hub Germany and Healthy DEvelopments facilitate, document and share debates between diverse global health actors to enrich and inspire global health policy-making in…
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Young female influencers energise the campaign against menstrual taboos in Nepal – and beyond
Date
May 12, 2022
‘Clicktivism‘ is proving an effective tool for challenging harmful practices and for empowering young women in Nepal.
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Charting a course towards convergence in digital social protection
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May 11, 2022
The Digital Convergence Initiative is championing common technical standards to make data sharing between social protection institutions, systems and programmes easier, cheaper and more effective
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Investing in a polio-free future today: Launch of the new GPEI Investment Case
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April 26, 2022
The last mile of worldwide polio eradication proves to be the hardest: With support from the German government, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) calls for renewed commitments to achieve…
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Ending ‘invisible diseases’ of ‘invisible people’: Germany’s contribution to the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases
Date
March 24, 2022
Nearly a quarter of the world’s population suffers from just 20 profoundly disabling tropical diseases, that have largely managed to stay ‘under the radar’. Germany is a major player in…
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Beyond toilets: Managing human waste across the sanitation chain in India
Date
March 21, 2022
In a bid to end open defaecation, India has built more than 100 million toilets since 2014. But to protect human health and the environment, cities have to safely manage…
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How Nepal’s bold new social security system inspired a delegation from Bangladesh
Date
March 9, 2022
The comprehensive social security measures Nepal introduced for formal sector workers raised the interest of neighbouring Bangladesh, a country on the brink of reaching middle-income status. With the support of…
Recent publications
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On-demand and up-to-date?
Dynamic inclusion and data updating for social assistance
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Adaptive social protection in the context of natural and climate-related risks: Concept note
Promoting resilience in Indonesia, a particularly disaster-prone country
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How disaster risk finance can link with social protection
Maximising the effectiveness of shock response
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Costs and benefits of programmes to prevent occupational accidents and diseases in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector
This study provides a preliminary overview of the costs and benefits of comprehensive Occupational Health…
Our mission
On Healthy DEvelopments development practitioners working in BMZ-funded projects share innovative approaches, tried and tested interventions, and insights generated in response to development challenges.
Healthy DEvelopments acknowledges that development initiatives unfold in complex environments and that programmes and projects need to continuously adapt and respond to the dynamics and conditions of their local contexts.
We aim to accompany and document incremental learning processes, moving away from ‘best practices’ towards ‘learning from implementation’ as a basis for adaptive, locally-defined solutions.