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.
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.
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.
Donor organizations increasingly support the idea that civil society organizations should be involved in the process of national education reform.
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.