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Last Friday, we had the privilege of bringing people together at KIT Institute for a conversation on a topic that felt both urgent and deeply human. “Who Will End TB?” was a community-led symposium on TB, stigma, and society, organised by artist and TB advocate Paulina Siniatkina and Shaun Palmer from IAVI — just days […]

This World TB Day, we’re reminded that ending TB is possible — even as climate-related disasters make it increasingly difficult. Last year, our global health teams interviewed 10 TB programme implementers from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Zambia, and Zimbabwe about how climate-related disasters affect TB services — and how geospatial tools can […]

Land governance interventions are increasingly community-centred, recognising that secure land rights depend not only on technical solutions but also on legitimacy, trust, and local ownership. Yet the knowledge generated during implementation often remains scattered or disconnected from policy and decision-making spaces. Participatory knowledge management helps close this gap. By deliberately capturing and reflecting on learning […]

South Sudan is a country defined by resilience amid fragility. Farmers face a landscape of repeated floods, mass displacement of people because of recurrent conflicts, and persistent food insecurity. For over 15 years, and at a cost of over $1 billion humanitarian agencies have distributed imported seeds throughout the country as a way to simultaneously […]

How can geography, environment and data improve public health? Mathew’s work in Kerala, India shows how spatial epidemiology can strengthen disease-control strategies. When medical doctor Mathew J. Valamparampil joined a GIS short course at KIT Institute in 2022, he wanted to understand how geography, environment, and data could come together to improve public health strategies. […]

Health facilities are vulnerable to impacts from disasters, such as earthquakes or floods. These disasters can disrupt health facility functionality either through direct impacts, such as building damage, or indirect impacts, such as disruptions to supply chains. In addition, disasters impact local communities, increasing health needs and disrupting health demand through reduced accessibility due to […]