A guide to promote health systems strengthening to achieve universal health coverage.
Kenya Quality Model for Health - Level 2 Facilities
With an FGM prevalence of 75.8% among women aged 15-491, Burkina Faso is classified by UNICEF2 as a ‘moderately high prevalence’ country.
FGM is practised across all regions, ethnic groups and religions in Burkina Faso. There are distinct regional variations; FGM prevalence ranges from 54.8%... in the Centre-West to 89.5% in the Centre-East. Two-thirds of the population of Burkina Faso live in rural areas, and nearly 10% more women aged 15-49 have had FGM in rural areas (78.4%) than in urban areas (68.7%). Prevalence in the capital, Ouagadougou, is 64.8%.3
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Intégrer les activités communautaires de lutte contre la tuberculose dans le travail des ONG et des autres organisations de la société civile
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l’issu des Etats Généraux de la santé, s’est tenu au Palais des congrès de Cotonou, en janvier 2007 un symposium de réflexion et d’échanges sur le dialogue entre chercheurs et décideurs pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle et néonatale en République du Bénin. Organisé par ...le Gouvernement du Bénin et le Centre de Recherches pour le Développement International (CRDI), la réunion de Cotonou qui est la dernière d’une série de six rencontres initiées par le CRDI pour promouvoir le dialogue entre chercheurs et décideurs en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, a regroupé pendant deux jours, près de 80 participants de divers profils et de différents horizons. Au nombre des participants figuraient des chercheurs, décideurs politiques, autorités morales, membres de la société civile, représentants d’institutions de formation et de recherche, experts et contributeurs, ainsi que des conseillers régionaux et responsables du CRDI.
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This document contains summary information on the latest projections from the IHME model on COVID-19
in Brazil. The model was run on July 15, 2022, with data through July 13, 2022.
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The Healthy Living Toolkit is developed to educate refugees, immigrants, resettlement agencies, clinics, community based organizations, and other service providers on refugee health issues. The toolkit presents material in a culturally appropriate manner and is intended to help health care-related p...rofessionals more effectively assist refugees and immigrants and reduce health disparities among these populations. The toolkit is available in multiple languages
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Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 Jul 1;23(7):858–864.Namibia ranks among the 30 high TB burden countries worldwide. Here, we report results of the second nationwide anti-TB drug resistance survey. To assess the prevalence and trends of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in Namibia.
From 2014 to 2015, pat...ients with presumptive TB in all regions of Namibia had sputum subjected to mycobacterial culture and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) for rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and streptomycin if positive on smear microscopy and/or Xpert MTB/RIF.
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The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme...nt solutions for improved outcomes.
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The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme...nt solutions for improved outcomes.
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World Health Organization - Cancer Country Profiles, 2014.