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December 08, 2023

E. coli contamination of drinking water sources in rural and urban settings: an analysis of 38 nationally representative household surveys (2014–2021)

The world is not on track to achieve universal access to safely managed water services by 2030, and access is substantially lower in rural areas. This target, and many other global indicators, rely on the current classification of improved water sources for monitoring access. We aimed to investigate contamination in drinking water, comparing improved and unimproved sources in urban and rural areas. We analysed a sample of 95,070 households in 38 low- and middle-income countries, using MICS surv

November 16, 2023

Workshop: Strengthening health equity in ECOWAS countries

The ICEH, represented by researchers Franciele Hellwig and Larissa Adna, attended an important workshop to strengthen the production and sharing of data and information on health. Between November 6th and 10th, 2023, Hellwig and Adna were in Guinea-Bissau to participate in the '14th Joint Annual Workshop of Managers of National Health Information Systems (NHIS) and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Programs of Economic Community of West African Countrie

November 13, 2023

Workshop: ICEH enhances Health Inequality Assessments in Mozambique

Between November 6th and 10th, the ICEH researchers Fernando Wehrmeister and Luis Vidaletti, worked in Maputo with representatives from Mozambique's Ministry of Health and National Institute of Health. The aim was to provide guidance on best practices for analyzing simple and complex data as well as trends in health inequalities in Mozambique. This workshop represents another of the capacity building training initiatives that the International Center for Health Equity (ICEH) is constantly

October 09, 2023

ICEH joins World Evidence-based Healthcare Day initiative

The International Center of Equity in Health (ICEH) is proud to announce its participation in the global initiative World Evidence-based Healthcare (World EBHC) Day, as Evidence Ambassador. Held on October 20th each year, the initiative aims at promoting awareness for the importance of evidence-based healthcare policy and decision-making to enhance health outcomes across the globe. The World EBHC initiative strives to engage in discussions on global healthcare trends and challenges, while als

September 18, 2023

Measures of women's empowerment based on individual-level data: a literature review with a focus on the methodological approaches

In an ongoing effort to understand gender roles and promote gender equality, scholars around the world are dedicating themselves to analyzing women’s empowerment as a central piece of development monitoring. Given the increasing interest in this topic, ICEH researchers conducted a literature review aimed to describe the quantitative measures of women’s empowerment, focusing on the methodological approaches used to build the indicators. The results of this work are based on 36 publ

September 01, 2023

Are we making progress in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health (RMNCH)? Change in coverage and equity of essential interventions in 101 countries using the composite coverage index

The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (BMJ Journals) published this week a special supplement that highlights the papers that will be presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting da Society for Social Medicine & Population Health, which will take place in Newcastle (6–8 September 2023). During the meeting, the director of the International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH), Aluisio Barros will show the results of the investigation on the changes that have occurred in cover

August 23, 2023

Intimate partner violence victimisation and its association with maternal parenting (the 2015 Pelotas [Brazil] Birth Cohort): a prospective cohort study

We analyzed data from a large birth cohort study conducted in Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in which around 3500 mother–child dyads were studied at ages 4 years and 6–7 years to investigate the association between maternal intimate partner victimization and mothering. IPV exposure was self-reported by mothers when children were 4 years old, and parenting was assessed through direct observation of parent–child interactions (filmed at age 4 years) and self-reports in interviews condu

August 21, 2023

Countdown to 2030 Fellow's Analytical Training in Nairobi, Kenya

The Countdown 2030 for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (CD2030) has launched in 2023 a Fellowship Program to strengthen research and analytical capacities for monitoring and tracking the progress of life-saving interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) in CD2030 collaborating countries in Africa. As part of the capacity strengthening process, the first training is happening from Aug 7 to 25, 2023 in Nair