Features Call for Letters of Intent: Eco-Bio-Social Research on Dengue in Asia The UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), in collaboration with IDRC, invites letters of intent from research institutions and scientists. Applications must be received by 31 January 2006. New Ecohealth Newsletter IDRC’s Ecohealth program initiative introduces its four-language, bi-annual publication Health Environment: Global Links newsletter. IDRC PLEDGES CA $1 MILLION TO RESEARCH TO PREVENT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 2005-06-15 Ottawa, June 15, 2005 - Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) announced today that it will dedicate CA $1 million to new research to prevent and control vector-borne communicable ...

The Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health Program Initiative at Canada's International Development Research Centre supports research on the relationship between all components of an ecosystem to define and assess priority problems that affect the health of people and the sustainability of their ecosystem.

In seeking to improve human health and well-being while simultaneously maintaining a healthy ecosystem, the emphasis is on the design of solutions based on ecosystem management rather than health sector interventions.

For further information about this Program Initiative, write to:

Research Officer
Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health Program Initiative
International Development Research Centre
PO Box 8500
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9
fax: (+1-613) 567-7748
ecohealth@idrc.ca

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