The World Health Organization (WHO) since June 1998 has advocated for the use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in countries where Plasmodium falciparum malaria is resistant to traditional antimalarial therapies such as chloroquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, and amodiaquine (19;22). In 2...
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. Approximately 6 million cases are reported each year. Malaria accounts for approximately 40 percent of all outpatient visits and 60 percent of pediatric hospital admissions. It is the leading cause of death among children admitted to pedi...
In the Central African Republic (CAR) malaria is a major public health problem and hampers socioeconomic development. It accounts for 40 percent of complaints and 10 percent of deaths in health facilities (15;17). Pregnant women, who make up 4 percent of the population, and children under 5 years of age,...
Malaria is the major cause of illness in Cameroon, responsible for 40 percent of medical consultations. For this reason, the Head of State along with his African Union peers in April 2000 and 2006 undertook to achieve universal access to malaria control interventions, including effective treatment (10;12...
Malaria in Ethiopia is one of the leading causes of death (21.8 percent), consultation in outpatient departments (17.8 percent) and hospital admissions (14.1 percent) (2;14). To overcome this problem, the Malaria Control Program (Federal Ministry of Health) has designed a communitybased malaria treatment...
Gender differences in health and in how well health systems and health care
services meet the needs of women and men are well known: in Europe, there
are variations in terms of life expectancy, the risk of mortality and morbidity,
health behaviours and in the use of health care services. There is also in...
En este artículo discutimos las tres preguntas siguientes: ¿Qué es la evidencia? ¿Cuál es el rol de la evidencia de la investigación en el respaldo de las decisiones en políticas de salud? ¿Qué es la toma de decisiones en políticas informada por la evidencia?...
Au début de la décennie 90, le Cameroun a mis en œuvre un système de santé décentralisé
conformément aux cadres conceptuels du district de santé et des soins de santé primaires
recommandés par le Bureau régional de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (AFRO). Des
structures de dialogue comm...
Le présent article fait partie d´une série de documents à l´intention des personnes chargées de prendre des décisions relativement aux politiques et aux programmes de santé ainsi que de celles qui les assistent. Cet article traite des moyens de concerter les efforts afin de favoriser l´élaborat...
En este artículo, abordamos las maneras de organizar esfuerzos para respaldar la toma de decisiones en políticas de salud informada por la evidencia. Los esfuerzos para vincular la investigación con la acción pueden incluir una serie de actividades relacionadas con la producción de investigación qu...
