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Recalibrating and Reimagining Humanitarian Action
Our world today faces a “Wicked Problem” in addressing humanitarian action amidst a confluence of polycrisis. Beyond armed conflict, the world is increasingly faced with environmental degradation, the spread of new zoonotic diseases, growing economic d...
World Café: Exploring Climate Change, Identity, and Belonging
On July 10, 2025, the Wellness Impact Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DI), York University, hosted a deeply moving World Café event titled “Navigating Climate Change, Identity, and Belonging.” Led by Sara Ferwati (DI Community...
GEHLab Interns Present Oral Presentations at Undergraduate Summer Research Conference 2025 at York University
Global and Environmental Health Lab interns Hefot Ahmed and Amoian S. F. Kouatin, skillfully guided by Dr. Godfred Boateng at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, showcased their groundbreaking research at the 2025 Undergraduate Summer Re...
AI4PEP Showcases Climate-Resilient Health Innovations at V Global Conference on Health and Climate
The AI4PEP Network (Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response) was spotlighted at the V Global Conference on Health and Climate, held from July 29–31, 2025 in Brasília, Brazil. Hosted by the Government of...
Exploring Global Health Funding Landscape: Implications for the Tuberculosis Response
Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar Yuliya Chorna’s doctoral research project aims to understand how financial resources for the global Tuberculosis (TB) response are allocated and delivered. Yuliya’s ethnographic field work in Geneva (April 11, 20...
Building Systems Thinking Capacity for NCD Prevention and Healthy Ageing: Reflections from the WHO Summer School in Nice
This summer, Dahdaleh global health graduate scholar Naeema Hassan had the privilege of participating in the WHO Summer School on Systems Thinking and Innovation for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Promotion of Healthy Ageing...
Reimagining AMR Governance for a World in Polycrisis
Earlier this month, Dahdaleh research fellow Raphael Aguiar attended the International Public Policy Conference (IPPC) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he presented in the panel “The Governance of Urban Ecosystem/Human Health.” The panel...
Dahdaleh Graduate Scholar Attends UN Climate Negotiations Ahead of COP30
In June 2025, Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar Ana Carolina de Almeida Cardoso attended the 62nd Session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or "SB62", to follow climate negotiations and carry r...
Finding Connection in the Climate Crisis: A Story from the Gentleman’s Climate Café
As Climate Cafés came and went at York University, a quiet pattern began to take shape. Sadra Toossi found himself surrounded by thoughtful conversations—but rarely by other men. He was not the only one who sensed it: a gap, an absence, a question hang...
Humanitarian Water Engineering Lab Kicks Off New Projects in Uganda
This June, researchers from the Humanitarian Water Engineering (HWE) Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research travelled to Uganda to launch two new humanitarian health research collaborations in crisis-affected communities in Uganda. Dr...