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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nA new international network at the University of Sussex, led by Professor Janet Boddy<\/a> (School of Education and Social Work), Dr Hayley MacGregor (Institute of Development Studies) and Professor Maya Unnithan<\/a> (Department of Anthropology), aims to bring together international and national research expertise to establish a set of analytic and methodological instruments to address the social, economic and health burden of hidden blood-related conditions such as anaemia in lower- and middle-income countries. The research will initially focus on Bangladesh, India, Ghana and the UK, and is the subject of a new research brief: \u2018Narrating blood – the impact of hidden blood-related conditions<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Based in the Centre for Cultures of Reproduction,\nTechnologies and Health (CORTH)<\/a>, \u2018Narrating Blood\u2019<\/a>\nis a joint collaboration with the Sussex Centre for Innovation and\nResearch in Childhood and Youth (CIRCY)<\/a> and the Institute for Development\nStudies (IDS)<\/a>. The programme is transdisciplinary in its approach,\nbringing together social scientists with medical scientists, haematologists,\nimmunologists, policy makers and members of civil society organisations to\nsystematically pool together expertise at the University of Sussex, along with\nthe expertise of international institutions to help address these issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The network will explore a wide range of blood-related\ntopics ranging from blood-related stigma, transfusions and donations, to blood\ndiagnostics, kinship and identity politics, with an aim to help policymakers\ncurate locally-contextualised and programmatic approaches to address the\nrealities of blood-related health issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n