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GoHelP members continue to promote scholarship in Kenya with two new papers on water, women, and health.

Congratulations to Thelma Abu on the acceptance of her paper entitled, "What if your husband doesn't feel the pressure?: An exploration of women's involvement in WaSH decision making in Nyanchwa, Kenya". Look for this paper in the Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health....

Dr. Elijah Bisung, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's

Dr. George Atiim, International Development Research Centre award recipient, speaks to the rise of non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries in a news article. Read the full article, "Diet related epidemics on the rise" online.

The 2019 Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) is taking place October 17th - 19th in Ottawa, Ontario. Students, researchers, policy makers, and stakeholders are all welcome to attend, and to submit abstracts for...

Andrea Rishworth and Susan Elliott co-author a newly published paper entitled, Global environmental chang

A huge congratulations to GoHelP's Elizabeth Opiyo Onyango for successfully defending her final PhD thesis on Thursday March 21st, 2019! A copy of her final thesis, 'Exploring Health and Wellbeing in a Low-to-Middle Income Country: A Case Study of Kenya' will soon be available for viewing online. Way to go Elizabeth!

In recognition of World Water Day, which was held on March 22, 2019, The Lancet published a commentary entitled, "On World Water Day, gender equality and empowerment require attention". The underlying theme of leaving no one behind highlights gender equality within water resource management and climate change adaptation programmes...

GoHelP PhD student Roxanne Springer shares her unique experience as a Queen Elizabeth Scholar at the University of Waterloo in an article published by the university's

GoHelP alumnus Elijah Bisung (Queen's University) and Susan Elliott's co-authored paper titled, "Community water supply improvement and wellbeing: A pre-post photovoice intervention study in Kenya" will be published in the journal Habitat International. 

In an article written for NBC news, Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy at the University of Alberta, speaks of the dire consequences associated with drinking raw water, a trend that is gaining popularity in North America...