For the past 15 years, several donors have promoted performance-based financing (PBF) in Africa for improving health services provision. European and African experts known as 'diffusion entrepreneurs' (DEs) assist with PBF pilot testing. From Amsterdam to Bamako: a qualitative case study on diffusion entrepreneurs' contribution to performa...
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Nicholas Castel / IDRC Information campaigns in Jimma, Ethiopia, highlight the importance of medically supervised deliveries.Many pregnant women in rural Ethiopia have a long way to go to reach a health facility where basic emergency obstetric care is available. However, research carried out by Jimma University in Ethiopia and the University of Ottawa, Canada, shows that cultural factors and service infrastructure may be as much to blame as poor road quality and long distances.
Aug
05
While Primary Health Care has been designed to provide universal access to skilled pregnancy care for the prevention of maternal deaths in Nigeria, available evidence suggests that pregnant women in rural communities often do not use Primary Health Care Centres for skilled care. The objective of this study was to investigate the reasons why women do not use PHC for skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria.
Apr
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Godfrey Mtey andLynette Kamau met with Hon.Zainab Chaula, Tanzania's Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children on behalf of the Tanzania Research teams on June 14 in Dodoma. The meeting was a follow-up on discussions initiated in June 2018 with the Ministry following the sharing of findings through a national stakeholders' forum in Dar es Salaam
Jul
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L'objectif général du programme de recherche est d'améliorer l'équité en santé des mères et des enfants du Burkina Faso et du Mali par une meilleure connaissance de la mise en œuvre de réformes sanitaires. RegionalWorkshopDakar_FBRenSanteMaternelleInfantileEquite_BurkinaFaso-Mali_2016-02-19 (dspacedirect.org)
Jun
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Greater paternal engagement is positively associated with improved access to and utilization of maternal services. Despite evidence that male involvement increased uptake of maternal and child services, studies show that few men are participating in MNCH programs.
May
22
On their own, research findings are rarely sufficient to trigger policy or programmatic actions to improve people's health and wellbeing. Researchers and donors have grappled with the best way to promote compelling findings and boost uptake of research evidence among policymakers. Download PDF File Here
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Luc Serme A member of the research team surveys a mother in Boulsa, Burkina Faso, about her district's seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign.Last year on World Malaria Day, Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, pledged to eradicate malaria in the country by 2030. While the disease remains one of the country's most serious public health problems, recent research gives hope that the ambitious goal can be achieved.