Senior Program Specialist, IDRC. Building local evidence with LMIC researchers for effective action to make food systems healthier, more sustainable.
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined June 2016
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Greg Hallen retweeted
On this #AfricaDayofSchoolFeeding, we highlight the power of school meals to not only benefit children but also transform our #FoodSystems to be healthier and more sustainable. Learn how @cchefs_idrc is supporting this work: bit.ly/49TGHQh
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Well done and thank you @DrSam_Oti et al. Through your work and ours @IDRC_CRDI I feel privileged to have learned so much from "global south" researchers; their leadership and collaboration upon which our world so much depends, yet still fails to recognise, value and reward.
How decolonising global health will improve lived experiences in the Global South #decolonizeglobalhealth
Special thanks to all those I quoted in the article @paimadhu @themrise @udnore @SamMuhula @CondoJeanine @Dinilani @emilie_skb @kaunga23
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An unquestionably good starting point for Catalysing Change for Healthy Sustainable Food Systems....@cchefs_idrc
If you would like to learn more about using lived experience methods to inform policy and programming, please join the masterclass webinar being co-organized by @UNICEF & @FoodPolicyCity on 17 November. Register here: unicef.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
Greg Hallen retweeted
As national income increases so does consumption of unhealthy foods. Consuming adequate health-protective foods is not enough to counter the effects of high intakes of unhealthy foods like ultraprocessed foods.
Source: Brief – Measuring What the World Eats
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Greg Hallen retweeted
"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu". Join @CKyobutungi @paimadhu @daktari1 @mcwangari @pksiema and I as we discuss 'Anti-blackness in Global Health' next Monday 31.10.2022 at 15h00 East African Time. #DecolonizeGlobalHealth
Register here:
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Greg Hallen retweeted
Health taxes: a call for papers in @BMJGH gh.bmj.com/content/7/10/e010…
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The Whole Grain Manifesto is out on Global Food Security! A big shift in diets and food systems towards whole grains is more relevant than ever authors.elsevier.com/c/1foNr… @ptorresaguilar @alaar @roysteiner @John_delaParra @danielsruben @riettesa @CorinnaHawkes @NamukoloC @l_haddad
Great points, all. If we can do all this, we'll fix more than food systems...
Building food systems that are fit for purpose – five areas that need more attention weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/b… via @wef
Greg Hallen retweeted
Bientôt disponible! Plus que deux jours avant le webinaire « Démystifier la dimension économie de la lutte antitabac - Connaissances, politiques et tout ce qui y est rattaché » le 29 juin à 9 h HAE. Partagez les détails avec vos réseaux et inscrivez-vous : bit.ly/3NuiJjI
Greg Hallen retweeted
Coming soon! Only two days before the webinar on “Demystifying the Economics of #TobaccoControl - Knowledge, policy and everything between,” on June 29 at 9:00am EDT. Please share the webinar details with your networks and register: bit.ly/3NuiJjI
Greg Hallen retweeted
Spread the word! Our Healthy Food Policy Advocacy Fund is accepting new applications through June 30. The Advocacy Fund is managed by @IncubatorGHAI & supported by @BloombergDotOrg to help advance promising healthy food policies.
Learn more: advocacyincubator.org/health…
Greg Hallen retweeted
Join us and @IDRC_CRDI on the 29th of June to celebrate the end of our global 🌎 programme on the economics of #TobaccoControl and learn about the impact our partners have had translating knowledge into effective #PublicPolicy. Sign up below 👇
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Greg Hallen retweeted
Wonderful to have participated in the closing & expo of the Food and Nutrition (FaN) project which benefited from the support of 🇨🇦@IDRC_CRDI @IDRC_LAC; critical research to improve health outcomes @PAHOCaribbean @UTechJamaica @themohwgovjm @MSBM_Jamaica @UWImona @christufton
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Since 2018,🇨🇦 with @IDRC_CRDI funding, the FaN #Food4ChangeCaribbean project aimed to raise awareness & create interventions to address the issue of #NCD related illnesses in the #Caribbean. Join us tomorrow to learn more about research results or visit: food4changecaribbean.org/
Great work @HealthCaribbean ! This really needs global attention.
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#makeitmakesense
#supportfoodpolicies #HCC
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HCC Campaign Page:
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Greg Hallen retweeted
The #IDRCCompetition2022 compendium organized by @IDRC_CRDI , @UofT’s s Centre for Global Health and affiliated partners of DLSPH released a new report on novel research ideas of early career researchers on the co-benefits of health and environments. ow.ly/v6cK50IyzLq
The collective leadership of this amazing and growing group of women inspires hope #nextgenderationleaders #leadership #nutrition Congrats on the leadership manifesto that we all should own!
We call on everyone who works in nutrition & #FoodSystems to integrate the 8 courageous #leadership practices into the way you work. Please join us by reading & reflecting on this new Manifesto for Leadership & joining our database nextgenderationleaders.org/o…
#nextgenDerationleaders
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📢A week before the Next Gen(D)eration Leadership Collective launches🚀its Manifesto for Leadership with a Call to Action! Please join us on 30 March 2022! Not too late to register here 👇
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Inspiring and hopeful with this leading work by Ghana and their collaborators in Kenya. Acting on commitments made at #UNFSS . bit.ly/3CAQsDL
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