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Background Information The journey started in November 2011 when the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) began a dialogue with the governance in equity in health systems’ arm of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). And in July 2012 the duo WAHO and IDRC built a cooperation which gave birth to

Report by Job Eronmhonsele, CPED, Benin City Nigeria Introduction The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with the West Africa Health Organisation hosted a stakeholders’ engagement event on Moving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Evidence into Policy in West Africa Project (MEP) on October 29th, 2015 at the Vines Hotel,

CPED Research Officers participate in Technical Workshop on Strengthening Capacities for Gender Analysis in Sub-Saharan African Countries” Kampala, Uganda July 6-9, 2015             While mainstreaming gender in government policies and programs has been emphasised by most governments in Sub-Saharan African, the results so far are not impressive. This is partly

CPED RECEIVES WEST AFRICA HEALTH ORGANISATION (WAHO) REPRESENTATIVES June 8-9, 2015, Benin City, Nigeria The Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED), Benin City, Nigeria, on June 8 – 9, 2015 receives representative of West Africa Health Organization from Burkina faso Dr. N. Keita and Dr. L. Virgil, and a

February 18-20, 2015   On February 18-20, 2015, the Think Tank Initiative (TTI), a multi-donor program managed by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), dedicated to strengthening independent policy research institutions in developing countries, hosted a global event for all its 43 grantees entitled “Think Tank Initiative Exchange 2015: Research

CPED COLLABORATES WITH CSEA TO ORGANIZE NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION Venue: Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria Date: September 8-9, 2014 CPED in collaboration with CSEA organized a two day workshop in Abuja, Nigeria. The event which took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel had in attendance

COMMUNIQUE The workshop was attended by scholars/researchers, civil society organizations, development practitioners and policy makers and service providers  from Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bauchi, Cross River, Edo, Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Anambra, Taraba, Yobe, Osun, Kaduna and Lagos States. The workshop was organized to: 1. Critically examine the challenges of Sexual

The commitment of CPED to research and development in line with her motto was once again reiterated at the public presentation of the Special Edition of the African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH) published by Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC). AJRH was recently ranked by the National University

A POLICY BRIEF MEETING ON FOUR YEARS OF HIV PREVENTION FOR RURAL YOUTH IN NIGERIA Date: Thursday July 5, 2012 Venue: Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Abuja Hotel 1, Ladi Kwali Street, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria Time: 9:00am OVERVIEW In January 2008, a team of Nigerian and Canadian researchers were awarded funding