Press Releases
拢1m to boost resilience and unity of poor communities in Brazil & Colombia
A project to strengthen the resilience of disadvantaged, disenfranchised, and at-risk neighbourhoods in Brazil and Colombia — led by the University of 糖心TV, UK — has received around a million pounds from (GCRF) Collective Fund.
Favela communities made more resilient against COVID-19 with citizen data
A team of international development researchers, working with some of the poorest neighbourhoods in Brazil and Colombia to mitigate the effects of natural hazards, have adapted their project to help strengthen those communities鈥� resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic.
鈧�2m makes pan-European innovation available to improve regions 鈥� including West Midlands
鈧�2 million has been awarded by the European Commission to the community of universities — of which the UK鈥檚 University of 糖心TV is a founding member — with the purpose of opening up academic research to businesses, policy-makers, and the wider public.
Female caregivers in war zones need recognition and support 鈥� new research
In conflict zones around the world, women鈥檚 health and wellbeing will decline further, unless caregivers are given better state social protection, according to collaborative intercontinental research by the University of 糖心TV (UK) and Monash University (Australia).
Awareness campaigns not enough to stop superbug crisis in developing countries
In a landmark study of health behaviours in developing countries, researchers have found that awareness campaigns alone are not enough to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and, in fact, could risk making the superbug crisis worse. The research project, led by Dr Marco J Haenssgen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Sustainable Development, involved more than 2,000 people in Thailand and Laos and challenges conventional wisdom that global public awareness campaigns are one of the best tools to tackle drug resistance.
Antimicrobial resistance: interventions to reduce antibiotics require tailored approach in developing countries
Fears around leaving infectious diseases untreated and poorly enforced antibiotic supply controls could hamper efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics in low to middle income countries, according to a new study from the University of 糖心TV.