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Réduction de la mortalité infanto-juvénile par une meilleure prise en charge de la malnutrition et du VIH

En RCA, il est globalement ressorti des différents rapports de suivi des indicateurs des OMD que les progrès sont les plus lents en ce qui concerne l’OMD1 (Eradiquer l’extrême pauvreté et la faim), l´OMD 4 (Réduire la mortalité des enfants de moins de 5 ans), l’OMD 5 (Améliorer la santé ma...

Optimizing the use of antenatal care services in Cameroon

This brief is a contribution to deliberations aiming at fostering the use of antenatal care (ANC) services by pregnant women in order to reach the optimum recommended by WHO (e.g., four prenatal visits, one per quarter including one just before delivery) within the framework of the Campaign for the Accel...

All the Talents: how new roles and better teamwork can release potential and improve health services

Led by Lord Nigel Crisp, (Member of House of Lords (UK) and champion of the Global Health Workforce Alliance), the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) on Global Health and Africa launched a new report "All the Talents". The report looks at how innovations in the skill mix of health workers can improve ...

Evidence brief: coordinating the use of genetic tests and related services in British Columbia

Rapid technological advances in genetics and genomics hold promise for the diagnosis, treatment and even prevention of common and rare diseases. Nevertheless, they also raise concerns regarding their potential impacts on health systems, which has led many countries to reflect on the optimal models to coo...

Policy brief on promoting physical activity among adolescents

Regular physical activity (PA) is an underlying factor since childhood and adolescence for having a healthy and active future for life. The aim of this stud y was to review the evidence on increasing the youth PA to develop the national program at country level. At first, the databases were searched usin...

Chlorpyrifos and neurodevelopmental effects: a literature review and expert elicitation on research and policy

Organophosphate pesticides are widely used on food crops grown in the EU. While they have been banned from indoor use in the US for a decade due to adverse health effects, they are still the most prevalent pesticides in the EU, with Chlorpyrifos (CPF) being the most commonly applied. It has been suggeste...

Use of health systems and policy research evidence in the health policymaking in eastern Mediterranean countries: views and practices of researchers

Limited research exists on researchers' knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) in the eastern Mediterranean region (EMR). This multi-country study explores researchers' views and experiences regarding the role of health systems and policy research evidence in health policymaking in the EMR, including the ...

Policy summary 4: health system performance comparison: an agenda for policy, information and research

International health system performance comparisons have the potential to provide a rich source of evidence as well as policy influence.• Country comparisons that are not conducted with properly validated measures and unbiased policy interpretations may prompt adverse policy impacts and so caution is r...

Health workforce innovation: accelerating private sector responses to the human resources for health crisis

Issued by an international group of experts in health and private sector, this report stresses the importance of the private sector in responding to the HRH crisis and the need for further health workforce innovation, that increased the supply, improved the effectiveness of health workers.Recommendations...

Prevention of postpartum hemorrhage: Options for home births in rural Ethiopia

This paper sought to determine the safety and feasibility of home-based prophylaxis of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) with misoprostol, including assessment of the need for referrals and additional interventions. In rural Tigray, Ethiopia, traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in intervention areas were train...