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    Forum délibératif sur les stratégies de viabilisation de lassurance maladie au Burkina Faso
    Deliberative Forum on Strategies for Servicing Health Insurance in Burkina Faso

    Ce forum a débuté donc le 05 juin 2012 à 9h15mn par le mot d’ouverture de Monsieur le Secrétaire Général du Ministère, représenté par Monsieur le Directeur Général de l’Information et des Statistiques Sanitaires. Dans son propos, Monsieur le Directeur Général a rappelé le contexte et la...

    Improving access to skilled attendance at delivery: full report

    The purpose of this report is to inform deliberations among policymakers and stakeholders. It summarises the best available evidence regarding the design and implementation of policies for extending the use of non-medically trained primary health care workers to deliver cost-effective maternal and child ...

    Improving access to skilled attendance at delivery: executive summary

    Uganda´s maternal mortality has moderately declined from 670 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 430 per 100,000 live births in 2008. This annual decline of 13 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is unlikely to achieve the MDG target of 168 per 100,000 live births by 2015. The proportion of pregnant ...

    Prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in rural Ethiopia

    The Problem: Lack of access to uterotonics to prevent PPH in rural Ethiopia - Ethiopia?s maternal mortality rate is among the highest in the world with 470 deaths per 100,000 live births. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains to be the leading cause of maternal mortality in developing countries like Ethiop...

    Rapport du Forum Déliberatif de la note de politique relative aux stratégies damélioration des allocations budgétaires pour la santé au Burkina Faso

    Du 19 au 20 janvier 2012, a eu lieu dans la salle de conférence du programme d’appui au développement sanitaire (PADS), le forum délibératif (dialogue politique) de la note de politique sur « les stratégies d’amélioration des allocations budgétaires pour la santé au Burkina Faso ». Il avait...

    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 ...

    Keeping up to date: continuing professional development for health workers in developing countries

    In order for health workers to provide quality care and meet their communities’ changing health care needs, they must become lifelong learners dedicated to updating their professional knowledge, skills, values, and practice. Continuing professional development (CPD) encompasses all of the activities th...