Health and wellbeing Archives

Aerial view of Victoria Island with boats moving across the lagoon and the city skyline in the background

Transport climate action in Nigeria: planning and accessing finance workshop

Past event / This workshop provides the technical and financial expertise needed to turn ambitious goals into practical implementation for Nigeria's private sector.

24 March 2026 / About Finance and Pollution

Close up of air condition vent in office ceiling.

Why indoor air quality is the next public health frontier

Perspective / "A significant blind spot remains in our national health strategy " writes Sarah West in Government Business magazine.

27 March 2026 / About Cities and Pollution

An aerial view of houses arranged in a semi-circle. A green mini-roundabout is at the centre of the images and the tree-covered junction at the top of the image makes the whole thing look slightly like a smiling face.

Housing for good: catalysing ecological citizen(s) a method of designing “sustainable conditions”

Other publication / An ambitious initiative providing highly affordable housing in exchange for citizens making their communities healthier, greener, stronger and more joyful.

26 March 2026 / About Participation

Traditional way of making food on open fire in old Indian kitchen in a village

Powering health with energy in low-income and middle-income countries

Journal article / Access to clean, reliable energy is a cornerstone of public health, yet energy poverty continues to undermine health and equity in many lower income countries.

25 March 2026 / About Fossil fuels, Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

woman with her baby on her back drinking water in a pond

Prevalence of enteric pathogens in mothers and children from communities in the La Paz River Basin Bolivia; associations with water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions

Journal article / Study reveals widespread enteric infections in Bolivia, with strong links to water quality, sanitation and hygiene conditions in rural communities.

24 March 2026 / About Sanitation and Water resources

A man on the right side of the image walks across a dry yellow and brown landscape, with occasional brown and green scrub brush and green trees at the horizon that stand among a cluster of clay brick houses, some square with flat roofs, some cylindrical with conical metal roofs.

Sanitation, soil and food security: insights from 20 years of productive sanitation in Burkina Faso

Perspective / Inherently connected, the nutrients needed on the fields are the same nutrients that sanitation systems could capture and reuse.

24 March 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Sanitation

A man in black shirt with a woman in a stone wash grey jacket both wearing mask on a busy street.

Why regional cooperation is vital for better air quality in Asia and the Pacific

Perspective / In this Asian Development Bank blog, Gary Haq argues that air pollution crosses borders in Asia, so countries must cooperate regionally to address it.

12 March 2026 / About Cities

Busy streets of Lagos with lots of trucks in Apapa area of Lagos creating traffic.

Cutting costs, cutting emissions: climate action and finance opportunities in Nigeria webinar

Past event / This webinar explores how businesses in Nigeria can reduce emissions, become more competitive and access funding.

05 March 2026 / About Finance and Pollution

Intergenerational groups of three are working together. One group dominates the foreground while another is chatting in the background.

Global environments of ageing: towards co-designing climate resilience environments and communities for ageing well

Other publication / Analyzes two projects through which older people's perspectives on climate change enabled the co-design of more inclusive, resilient and sustainable places.

5 March 2026 / About Adaptation