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A new working paper by experts from KIT Institute sheds light on the complex dynamics of smallholder inclusion in global agrifood value chains. Titled Understanding Smallholder Inclusion Efforts of the Private Sector – A Grounded Analytical Framework, the paper explores how lead firms are engaging smallholders through various inclusion programs—and why a deeper, more nuanced […]

Today, April 7th, 2025, is World Health Day and marks the launch of a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. Titled Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures, the campaign calls on governments and the global health community to intensify efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths and to prioritize women’s long-term health and well-being. At […]

Senior epidemiologist Mirjam Bakker was in Pakistan for the start of a new research project and visited a chest camp. She sent us a dispatch from Islamabad. From 26 to 31 January I travelled to Islamabad in Pakistan to prepare and join the 2-day kick-off and protocol development workshop of an exciting new research project with the objective to develop innovative active case finding (ACF) approaches to optimise […]

For International Womxn’s Day we take the opportunity to critically reflect on the climate crisis and its intersection with gender. We use an intersectional feminist approach to highlight the relational nature of power, which dictates how climate crises and gender equality are being framed, and how that affects the solutions proposed to combat climate change. […]

Have you ever heard of schistosomiasis? Probably not. Half of the population in Tanzania is affected by this parasitic disease that can lead to severe health problems. KIT epidemiologists Jake Mathewson and Ente Rood are working together with Dr. Humphrey Mazigo, a Professor of Public Health, from the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences […]

Amartya Sen, the renowned Indian philosopher, economist and Nobel laureate, published his book, Development as Freedom, in 1999.  In this masterpiece he articulates a vision for development out of poverty that goes beyond basic income and describes the process of development as the need to provide choices for people.  The concept of freedom is foundational […]