The shift from high to low levels of mortality and fertility called the demographic transition occurred over a century ago in the developed world.
Health care across much of the African continent is hampered by meager resources and a growing burden of disease, with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria leading the charge.
The African Health Systems Initiative (AHSI) is a 10-year Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-supported program for strengthening African-led health systems and human resources for health.
This grant will allow the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) to create, host and maintain a web-based resource on national health research in low- and middle-income countries in partnership with institutions in the South.
A health information system is made up of discreet and modular building blocks that need to interoperate with one another. The health informatics researcher is the architect responsible for ensuring that they do so.
Researchers have suggested that collaborative health systems research can improve the performance of a district health system (DHS).
The Regional East African Community Health (REACH) policy initiative aims to improve health and health equity in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda by facilitating the translation of health research into policy and practice.
Governments, policymakers and donors are increasingly recognizing that human resources are the critical driver of health research in developing countries.
In November 2001, IDRC supported the establishment of a research network on the theme of equal access to health services in West Africa under project 101160.
Kenya and Zimbabwe both have maternal mortality rates of over 1 000 per 100 000 live births. Most of these deaths could be averted even where resources are limited. But, the right kind of information is needed upon which to base action.