Since the beginning of August a situation analysis of the project has been underway, with a view to facilitating data collection on the status of knowledge transfer and use of evidence, factoring in gender/equity, and identification of enabling or inhibiting systemic factors in the area of maternal and child health. Nine consultants , of whom three regional (Pr. Ongolo, Pr. Agyepong and Ms. Lasron and 6 others (Mr. Balogoun, Mr. Zida, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Bagayoko, Dr. Uneke, Pr. Sall) from Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal, respectively, conducted the activity.