Population Geography Research Group » seminar http://popgeog.org PGRG - Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:53:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Seminar on Fertility and Poverty: micro and macro linkages http://popgeog.org/2009/12/seminar-on-fertility-and-poverty-micro-and-macro-linkages/ http://popgeog.org/2009/12/seminar-on-fertility-and-poverty-micro-and-macro-linkages/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:14:37 +0000 Dan http://popgeog.org/?p=692 The Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy at the University of Southampton School of Social Sciences, in conjunction with the ESRC are holding a Seminar on Fertility and Poverty, focusing on micro and macro linkages.

The seminar takes from on the 28th and 29th of January.

A limited number of bursaries are available to UK students wishing to attend and willing to submit a poster. the closing date for bursaries is 4th January.

Details regarding registration, the programme and bursaries can be found here.

]]> http://popgeog.org/2009/12/seminar-on-fertility-and-poverty-micro-and-macro-linkages/feed/ 0 ESRC Seminar Series: Time-Space and Life-Course, September 2009 http://popgeog.org/2009/06/esrc-seminar-series-time-space-and-life-course-september-2009/ http://popgeog.org/2009/06/esrc-seminar-series-time-space-and-life-course-september-2009/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:10:52 +0000 Dan http://popgeog.org/?p=582 The ESRC seminar series on ‘Time-Space and Life-Course’ has reached Seminar 5, which is entitled: ‘Tools for the future: exploring the temporal and spatial ordering of daily life‘ takes place on Monday the 14th of September 2009. The event is to be held at Newcastle University.

More details here

Any queries regarding this event should be sent to Helen Jarvis, who is organising the event, at: helen.jarvis@newcastle.ac.uk

]]> http://popgeog.org/2009/06/esrc-seminar-series-time-space-and-life-course-september-2009/feed/ 0 Reproductive Health in Poor Countries http://popgeog.org/2009/05/reproductive-health-in-poor-countries/ http://popgeog.org/2009/05/reproductive-health-in-poor-countries/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 11:23:27 +0000 Pablo Mateos http://www.popgeog.org/?p=511 Poverty and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries: Issues, Measurement & Evidence

 

BSPS day meeting

Sponsored in collaboration with the ESRC

Venue: New Academic Building (NABL09), LSE

Friday 29th May, 2009

 

Background

The burden of out-of-pocket expenditure related to reproductive health service

use remains largely unexplored in poor country contexts. The knock-on effect of

poverty on reproductive health is difficult to quantify given limited crosssectional

and longitudinal evidence as well as lack of representative data on

health related expenditure at the individual level. Apart from the indirect costs,

there is a lack of evidence on user-fees and institutional subsidies in the public

and private sector and how these influence treatment/ care seeking behaviour,

both short-term and long-term. Generating evidence through cross-country

studies is essential to design effective and sustainable policies to enhance

reproductive wellbeing of individuals.

Aims

1. To examine evidence on the pathways through which poverty affects

reproductive health at the individual, household, institutional and community

levels in poor countries, with a regional focus on Asia and Africa.

2. To provide a forum for debate on the short- and long-term impact of poverty

on reproductive wellbeing

3. To discuss the challenges in measuring and interpreting empirical evidence

on poverty and reproductive health

 

This day meeting is open to all, and is free-of-charge but there is only limited space available.

However, PRE-REGISTRATION is essential, also for access to New Academic Building and for security related reasons – please email Ms. Anne Shepherd (pic@lse.ac.uk ) or phone: 020 7955 7666.

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