Assessment of COVID-19 Reporting Discrepancy in Bangladesh

Reporting discrepancies between officially confirmed COVID-19 death counts and unreported COVID-19–like illness (CLI) death counts have been evident across the world, including Bangladesh. Assessing the reporting of the death counts in the country, Dahdaleh Institute's inaugural Planetary Health Fellow Byomkesh Talukder co-authored a recently published article in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. […]

New Research Grant: Safe Water Optimization Tool awarded WASH Evidence Challenge Grant from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund/Elrha

The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research has been awarded a major WASH Evidence Challenge grant from the Elrha Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) for the Safe Water Optimization Tool. HIF’s WASH Evidence Challenge grants support the generation of rigorous evidence to drive the scaling and uptake of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) innovations in the […]

Virtual Launch of Safe Water Optimization Tool

On Wednesday, November 25th, the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DIGHR) hosted a Virtual Launch Event for the Safe Water Optimization Tool.   The event was kicked off with opening remarks by York University President, Dr. Rhonda Lenton, and DIGHR Director, Dr. James Orbinski. The event featured a presentation from Dr. Syed Imran Ali, SWOT Lead, on the story of the SWOT—from its origins during a major waterborne disease outbreak in refugee camps […]

Opportunity: Conference Rapporteur, Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization conference

York University is hosting the Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization Virtual Conference, co-organized by York International, the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability and international partners, from January 20th to 22nd, 2021. The Conference will bring together scholars, international mobility professionals and practitioners, policy makers, sustainability experts and other stakeholders to discuss the evolving status […]

Innovative new data analytics technology to help improve access to safe water in refugee camps

York University's Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research launches first of its kind web-based tool TORONTO, November 5, 2020 – A new web-based tool will help aid workers ensure that water is safe to drink in refugee and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. Researchers at York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, in partnership […]

Opportunity: Associate/Full Professor, Experiential Learning in Global Health

The School of Global Health in the Faculty of Health at York University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for a teaching stream, tenure-track position at the Associate or Full Professor level in Experiential Learning in Global Health to commence July 1, 2021. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses […]

Director James Orbinski Co-Chairs Global Public Health at The Recovery Summit

In support of the Dahdaleh Institute's call for a global response to COVID19, Director James Orbinski Co-Chaired the Global Public Health sessions at The Recovery Summit. Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, opened with Special Remarks, followed by statements from and a panel of global health leaders. Speakers Special Remarks Dr. Tedros […]

Research Fellow Mark Terry Inducted into the Royal Society of Canada

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows and named the incoming class of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Eighty-seven new Fellows in the Academies of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science have been elected by their peers for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and […]

Postdoc Fellow's Poetry Collection Featured in Toronto Sun

Mark Terry, Postdoctoral Fellow in Documentary Film and Global Health, was featured in the Toronto Sun. Mark recently published Pandemic Poetry: A Collection of Poetic Musings on Life During the Coronavirus (Hollywood Canada Communications, 2020). The book, written over four months, was an Amazon Best Seller the week of its release. Read: Conversations with Canada’s […]

Dahdaleh Institute Panel at RightsCon Addresses Digital Access to Medicines

The Dahdaleh Institute hosted Promoting human rights and access to safe medicines during pandemics: The critical role of Internet pharmacies at RightsCon 2020. The panel discussed the challenge of access to safe internet pharmacies and medicines during pandemics. Panelists included: Aria Ilyad Ahmad, Global Health Foresighting Research Fellow, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research Jillian […]