On June 25, Dr. Nancy Rydberg and Mr. Kevin Mann delivered a webinar for the Research Technical Assistance Center entitled "From Evidence to Uptake". During the presentation, Rydberg and Mann introduced the process that Notre Dame led, along with research partners, to carry out cross-national writing and research communications workshops.
The 2024 Mandela Washington Fellows, 13 women and 11 men, come from 21 countries: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d'ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. All of the Fellows share a common entrepreneurial spirit and have proven successes in promoting innovation and positive change in their professional and personal communities.
Sam Gadway, Saad Kamil, Muhindo Malunga, and Valentina Muñoz are in Nigeria to research social cohesion in NGOs and the private sector. Through the i-Lab program, Keough School Master of Global Affairs students spend a summer collecting and coding global development-related data in the field.
In low- and middle-income countries, anemia reduction efforts are often touted as a way to improve educational outcomes and reduce poverty. A new study, co-authored by a Notre Dame global health economics expert, evaluates the relationship between anemia and school attendance in India, debunking earlier research that could have misguided policy interventions.
The earthquake that struck southwest Haiti in August 2021 killed thousands of people and left more than half a million seeking help. New research by a University of Notre Dame expert finds that the assessment of this disaster can serve as a model for evaluating future disasters and making life-saving improvements.