Dengue is one of the main public health issues in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO)
estimates that between 50 and 100 million people are infected annually in over 100 countries on all
continents except Europe. Around 550,000 of those affected require hospitalization, and 20,000 die
from the ...
This is the 10th article in a series from the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach to the delivery of health care that integrates the best evidence from stud...
Les responsables de politiques et les personnes qui les assistent se trouvent souvent
dans des situations qui les poussent à déterminer la meilleure façon de définir un
problème, que ce soit lorsqu’ils se font poser une question embarrassante ou difficile à
l’assemblée législative ou qu’ils...
The Ministry of Public Health convened a deliberative forum in March 18, 2011 Merina Hotel in Yaounde, on "Improving Governance for Health District Development in Cameroon." Twenty governance actors were in attendance including officials from ministries and specialized agencies, regional and district med...
The poor governance in Cameroonian health districts stems from a lack of clear and consistent operating procedures for district governing bodies and health services, power imbalance between district managers and community representatives, and insufficient knowledge of the existing legal and regulatory fr...
Au Burkina Faso, la promotion de la santé de la mère et de l'enfant a toujours fait partie du paquet d'activités développé par les services de santé. Cependant, l'efficacité de ces nombreuses interventions reste très faible surtout en termes d'impact sur la mortalité maternelle et néonatale. Pr...
In recent years, visibility and political support for malaria has continued to increase dramatically.
This policy brief is a summary of the WHO recommended technical strategies. The purpose is to
present in one concise document a summary of WHO Guidance in order to assist countries in
developing Global F...
Although not using EVIPNet methodologies yet, this policy brief is helpful in showing how Morocco has implemented efficient strategies of intervention to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality. The exercise of the evidence informed policy brief writing with multisectoral health players such as UN...
Ces dernières années, la visibilité et le soutien politique apportés à la lutte contre le paludisme ont continué de progresser sérieusement. Le présent récapitulatif de la politique est un résumé des stratégies techniques recommandées par l´OMS. Il a pour objet de présenter, dans le cadre ...
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la! terminación! de! éste,! es! una! tragedia! familiar! y! comunitaria,! con! profundas!
consecuencias! sociales! y! económicas.! La! mayoría! de! estas! muertes! pueden! ser!!
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