The shift from high to low levels of mortality and fertility called the demographic transition occurred over a century ago in the developed world.
With HIV rates as high as 33%, prevention should be a central component of strategies to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
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.
Over the past two decades, African governments have promoted the growth of private health care as a key element of health sector reform. This trend has contributed to health system inequities and exacerbated the plight of the poor.
Civil society (associations, private sector) has an essential role to play in the implementation of development activities that fall to local communities.