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Overcoming eHealth challenges with social and technical innovations

Seven projects on three continents designed and tested innovative ways of using eHealth to reach those with the greatest need: vulnerable women and children.
Published date
Monday, January 29, 2018 - 13:30
Research in Action

HEALTH Gender Innovation

Understanding the dynamics of gender equality and eHealth

EHealth programs need to consider gender and social and cultural differences to reach their full potential.
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Monday, January 29, 2018 - 15:30
Research in Action

Health HEALTH EQUITY ACCOUNTABILITY GENDER POLICY Gender

Community engagement for better health in Burkina Faso

A mHealth project reaches the most vulnerable populations in Burkina Faso: mothers, babies, and people living with HIV.
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Monday, January 29, 2018 - 11:30
Studies

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Défis du passage à l’échelle et de l’application des connaissances d’une expérience d’exemption du paiement des soins pour les indigents au Burkina Faso

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
Research in Action

Health Health systems Gender

Recognition for reaching the most vulnerable populations in Burkina Faso

An IDRC supported project was recognized for its efforts to improve health service provision and the monitoring of pregnant women, new mothers, children, and people living with HIV in Burkina Faso’s Nouna district. Dr Maurice Yé of the Centre de recherche en santé de Nouna, an IDRC partner, accepted the prize from the Fondation Pierre Fabre at the organization’s inauguration of the e-health observatory for countries in the South.
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Monday, November 7, 2016 - 10:00
Research in Action

HEALTH Health systems Gender

Removing cost barriers — lessons from West Africa

Despite recent progress, as a region, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of maternal, infant, and child mortality in the world. From 2009 to 2012, researchers led by Niger’s Laboratoire d'études et de recherches sur les dynamiques sociales et le développement local (LASDEL) analyzed government efforts in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to increase access to health care by removing user fees.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 10:30
Research in Action

Health Health systems Gender

Making health care more affordable in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger

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Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 15:00
Research in Action

Health

Strengthening health systems in Africa

Researchers with the Africa Health Systems Initiative (AHSI) have uncovered ways to strengthen health systems in sub-Saharan Africa
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 19:00