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Perspectives

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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.
Journal articles

USER FEES DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC HEALTH POLICY Evaluation

Why do women pay more than they should? : a mixed methods study of the implementation gap in a policy to subsidize the costs of deliveries in Burkina Faso

In 2007, Burkina Faso launched a public policy to subsidize 80% of the cost of normal deliveries.
Published date
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 05:00
Journal articles

HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH POLICY DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Reducing the medical cost of deliveries in Burkina Faso is good for everyone, including the poor

Since 2007, Burkina Faso has subsidized 80% of the costs of childbirth. Women are required to pay 20% except for the indigent, who are exempt. The objective of the policy was to increase service utilization and reduce costs for households.
Published date
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 05:00
Papers

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RealHealthNews : the magazine of real action and research, no. 10, November 2008

Published date
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 05:00
Project

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Reasoned Approach to Setting Priorities in Health

This project will develop a concise set of guidelines and tools for priority setting, and apply them to two different resource allocation problems, the one focusing on equitable redistribution of health services toward the most vulnerable in Namib
Project

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Regionalizing the Recruitment of Health Personnel in Burkina Faso

Human resources are essential to attaining the objectives of the Millennium development goals with respect to national health systems.
Project

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Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) for Better Health Policymaking in sub-Saharan Africa

Research results have no value unless they are made available for due consideration by practitioners and policymakers. Scientific articles are not enough.
Project

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Public Policy and Protection from Exclusion - Phase III

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.