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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Poverty RIGHT TO HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES

Targeting the worst-off for free health care : a process evaluation in Burkina Faso

Effective mechanisms to exempt the indigent from user fees at health care facilities are rare in Africa. A
State-led intervention (2004–2005) and two action research projects (2007–2010) were implemented in
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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Climate change ADAPTATION TO CHANGE RESEARCH RESULTS POLICY MAKING

Bridging research and policy processes for climate change adaptation

This article addresses the link between research on adaptation to climate change and the related policy environment in which it operates.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION WATER MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DECISION MAKING Livestock DROUGHT SEMIARID ZONE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS CLIMATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CLIMATE SENSITIVE DISEASES METEOROLOGY SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) LIVELIHOODS

Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for water adaptation in Uganda

The Climate Change Adaptation and ICT (CHAI) project developed an information and communication system employing a mix of technologies to facilitate gathering, storing, analyzing, and sharing climate and weather-related data from fixed weather sta
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 05:00
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HEALTH EXPENDITURE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Poverty

Challenges of scaling up and of knowledge transfer in an action research project in Burkina Faso to exempt the worst-off from health care user fees

Background: Systems to exempt the indigent from user fees have been put in place to prevent the worst-off from
being excluded from health care services for lack of funds. Yet the implementation of these mechanisms is as rare
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 00:00
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USER FEES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION RURAL HEALTH

Low coverage but few inclusion errors in Burkina Faso: a community-based targeting approach to exempt the indigent from user fees

Background: User fees were generalized in Burkina Faso in the 1990 s. At the time of their implementation, it was
envisioned that measures would be instituted to exempt the poor from paying these fees. However, in practice,
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
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SORGHUM Food security SMALL FARMS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

Farmers' perceptions lead to experimentation and learning

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Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 05:00
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CONFLICTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Natural disasters EMERGENCY RELIEF ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AID PROGRAMMES

Finding Gampöng : space, place, and resilience in post-tsunami Aceh

Two communities in peri-urban Banda Aceh were observed during post-tsunami displacement, and upon return to their original villages.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 05:00
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Science and Technology JOURNALISTS RESEARCH RESULTS Capacity building TRAINING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NETWORKS POLICY MAKING

Fighting a reporting battle

Science journalists in the developing world face unique stumbling blocks, even as some of the biggest science stories unfold around them (H5N1; HIV/AIDS).
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Monday, January 2, 2006 - 05:00
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Natural Resources RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Capacity building GENDER ANALYSIS PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH SOCIAL PARTICIPATION Biodiversity STRATEGIC PLANNING SOCIAL INDICATORS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION METHODOLOGY

From voice to choice : lessons from a regional capacity development initiative to strengthen social and gender analysis in participatory natural resource management research

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Monday, January 2, 2006 - 00:00