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...
Cancer can be seen as a chronic disease that requires
long-term efforts to address the late effects of treatment
and to maximize the health outcomes of survivors.
Clinicians, experts and healthcare system leaders in the
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant region of Ontario,
much like those working in other ...
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...
Le Problème Mortalité maternelle est un grave problème de santé publique en RCA avec un taux de 1355 décès pour 100.000 naissances vivantes. Quatre principales difficultés sont à la base de ce problème : o Difficultés liées à l’accès aux soins o Difficultés liées à l’insuffisa...
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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!!
prevenibles! con! acciones! dirigidas! a...
The lack of health system decision-maker engagement in
supporting comprehensive chronic pain management in
provincial and territorial healthcare systems in Canada
can be understood by considering four sets of
interrelated issues: 1) lack of awareness of chronic pain;
2) lack of awareness of limitations i...
This issue brief was prepared in the context of great
local concern about dramatic inequalities in health
between neighbourhoods in Hamilton, which
correspond closely with long-standing neighbourhood
concentrations of poverty. There has been widespread
awareness of the problem of concentrated poverty in
...
An increasing number of global issues have emerged as
key determinants of health. Governments around the
world are recognizing the importance of considering and
acting upon these global issues as a way to protect and
improve the health of their citizens. Specifically, these
governments have started to re...
