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Champions of evidence play a pivotal role in bridging research-to-policy gap

Communicating research evidence to key stakeholders is improving maternal and child health policies.
Research in Action

HEALTH DISEASE CONTROL MALARIA Health systems GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH COMMUNITY HEALTH HEALTH POLICY

Burkina Faso’s promising strategy to eradicate malaria

Program halved malaria cases in young children in one district of Burkina Faso.
Published date
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 15:00
Journal articles

MATERNAL MORTALITY HEALTH POLICY MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH BIRTH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Increasing women’s access to skilled pregnancy care to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in rural Edo State, Nigeria : a randomized controlled trial

Based on the urgency for increased access to maternity care through Primary Health Care (PHC) the project intends to identify supply and demand factors that prevent Nigerian women from using PHCs for maternal and early new-born care, and to test i
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018 - 05:00
Journal articles

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO HEALTH POLICY DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE POLITICAL WILL

Maternal death review and outcomes : an assessment in Lagos State, Nigeria

Strong political will by hospital management and supervising government agencies are a prerequisite for effectively addressing the human and infrastructural deficits that predispose to maternal mortality in Lagos State.
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 - 05:00
Research in Action

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH WOMEN'S HEALTH BIRTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES Gender

Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa teams share early findings in Dakar

As the seven-year Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) program reached its halfway mark, 80 African and Canadian experts gathered in Dakar, Senegal, from April 24-27, 2017 to discuss the program’s emerging findings and to hone their research and policy engagement skills.
Published date
Friday, September 29, 2017 - 11:00
Project

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Building Capacity in Health Systems and Policy Analysis in sub-Saharan Africa

Since 2005, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been financing the master's program in health and population at the Institut supérieure des sciences de la population (ISSP), Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Research in Action

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNITY SERVICE MATERNAL MORTALITY Gender

Fourth Global Health Systems Research Symposium features innovative research on improving maternal and child health in Africa

It is women and children across developing countries who suffer most from the shocks and stresses to health systems. In South Sudan — a country ravaged by conflicts — limited infrastructure, lack of health information, and severe shortages of health personnel contribute to high levels of maternal and child mortality. Outbreaks of infectious disease and epidemics have similar consequences — the impact of Ebola on maternal and child health in West Africa is one example.
Published date
Friday, December 23, 2016 - 13:00
Research in Action

HEALTH Health systems IMMUNIZATION Gender

Abuja workshop calls for evidence-based policies to improve maternal and child health in Nigeria

Innovative interventions to improve maternal and child health in Nigeria were the focus of a workshop in Abuja on September 21, 2016. Nigeria has the second highest absolute number of maternal deaths and perinatal deaths in the world, contributing to approximately 15% of all maternal deaths worldwide.
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Monday, October 17, 2016 - 11:00
Research in Action

Food security Gender Development

Understanding land acquisitions in West Africa: A community-based approach

According to the International Land Coalition, between 2000 and 2010, foreign actors and country elites acquired an estimated 83 million hectares through large-scale land acquisitions, 70% of which are in Africa, typically without consulting communities.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 00:00