To examine how health aid is spent and channelled, including the distribution of resources across countries and between
subsectors. Our aim was to complement the many qualitative critiques of health aid with a quantitative review and to provide insights on the level of development assistance availa...ble to recipient countries to address their health and health development needs.
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A guide to promote health systems strengthening to achieve universal health coverage.
Kenya Quality Model for Health - Level 2 Facilities
Le plan stratégique du Centre des Opérations d'Urgence Sanitaire du Sénégal 2016-2018 s'inscrit dans la vision des authorités politiques, et en premier lieu dans le deuxième pilier du Plan Sénégal Émergent, visent à renforcer le capital humain, la protection sociale et le développement du...rable.
Les crises sanitaires étant susceptibles d'ébranler les efforts du Sénégal vers l'émergence, leur maîtrise est du la toute première importance.
Ce plan stratégique est par ailleurs aligné au Plan national de Dévloppement Sanitaire et contribue à fournir un cadre pécis d'action dans son rôle de renforcement du système de gestion des urgences et catastrophes sanitaires d'ampleur nationale.
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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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"i asked: 'Why doesn't somebody do something?' Then I realized I was somebody"
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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El presente documento establece las recomendaciones para la protección y el fomento de la lactancia materna en el contexto de la pandemia por COVID-19, para los equipos de salud que cuidan a díadas madre-hijo que se encuentran en período de lactancia, tanto en la atención primaria de salud como ...
en la atención intrahospitalaria.
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The third report in the series Resources for Results published by the UN Office of the Special Envoy on Ebola provides an overview of resources announced and disbursed to countries and agencies as of 31 January 2015. This report is a next step towards more transparency allowing all, especially the g...overnments in the affected countries, to effectively manage and better utilize the available resources
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The document provides a comprehensive overview of malaria, covering its global impact, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention strategies, and the role of public health interventions—especially in high-risk regions like sub-Saharan Africa—to reduce its incidence and mortality.
PLoS ONE 17(9): e0272444. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0272444.
Based on the RE-AIM metrics, our results show that KMC is a feasible intervention that can improve neonatal outcomes among preterm infants in Zambia. The study findings show a promising, practical approach to scaling up KMC in... Zambia.
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PLoS ONE 18(5): e0285031. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285031
The study aims to integrate HPV vaccination into routine care in adolescent HIV clinics. To achieve success, we will co-design a package of implementation strategies using a previously successful implementation research approach... developed for cervical cancer prevention in LMICs: the Integrative Systems Praxis for Implementation Research (INSPIRE). INSPIRE is a novel, comprehensive approach to develop, implement, and evaluate implementation science efforts
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While motivational factors vary, opportunities for career advancement, stimulating and challenging tasks, opportunities for promotion, and co-worker recognition are core factors that can engender retention of rural health workers. Interventions are required to enhance rural health worker motivation ...and retention, including strengthening the supervision system, developing career progression pathways, and ensuring clear and transparent incentives. Strategies around retention need to be addressed as these would better enable rural primary health workers to cope with the challenging conditions they work in rural areas.
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