Young female influencers energise the campaign against menstrual taboos in Nepal – and beyond
‘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
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
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 a polio-free world by 2026.
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Ending ‘invisible diseases’ of ‘invisible people’: Germany’s contribution to the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases
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 a fresh global effort to shine a light on the Neglected Tropical Diseases and overcome their ravages.
Beyond toilets: Managing human waste across the sanitation chain in India
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 what comes out of them. Shit Flow Diagrams have emerged as a key tool to help them plan and monitor progress.
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How Nepal’s bold new social security system inspired a delegation from Bangladesh
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 German development cooperation, a Bangladeshi delegation undertook a study tour to Nepal and this resulted in rich learnings, for both sides.
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Portrait: Dr Nishant Jain, ‘midwife’ of two of the world’s biggest public health insurance schemes
Days before his shift to the Asian Development Bank’s Manila office, Dr Jain shared highlights from his extraordinary career to date.
Enabling community participation and oversight in the planning and budgeting of Tanzania’s health services
As part of the country’s decentralisation process, Tanzania’s health facilities take on the tasks of planning and budgeting of health services. In the Mbeya and Tanga regions, a Tanzanian-German project has set up structures and systems for effective community participation.
Helping Bangladesh’s injured workers return to work
A two-year intervention supported by German development cooperation has been working with employers in the export-oriented garment industry, Bangladesh’s largest employer, to implement voluntary rehabilitation and return to work policies which not only reduce time lost through accidents and disability but also save them money and makes them more attractive to overseas buyers.
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Launching the Digital Health Map
An interactive overview of digital health solutions that German development cooperation supports in partner countries.
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