Publications
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No added value of performing Ziehl-Neelsen on auramine positive samples for tuberculosis diagnostics.
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Better nutrition programming by focusing on maternal malnutrition
Good maternal nutrition is an important factor influencing newborn and child health and survival. While many nutritional programmes in the health sector incorporate interventions for (pregnant) women and girls, improved maternal nutritional status is often not the main focus. In current programming, the long-term, positive impact of improved maternal nutrition on health and productivity in the population is not always taken into consideration. Gender and empowerment issues as underlying causes of maternal malnutrition are also insufficiently addressed. Using existing
information and evidence, we demonstrate that maternal malnutrition can best be alleviated using a multi-sectoral approach (health, agriculture, finance) and a gender lens. This policy brief argues for making women central to programming in order to ensure sustainable change and improved health outcomes for women as well as their children. -
Planification pour une couverture universelle : Les ressources humaines en santé maternelle, néonatale et infantile au Burkina Faso
en 2013-2025
Le Ministère de la Santé de Burkina Faso et ses partenaires techniques et financiers se sont engagés à mettre en œuvre le Plan National de Développement Sanitaire (PNDS) 2011-2020 avec le but de contribuer à l’amélioration de la performance du système de santé et à la prestation de soins de santé de qualité. Les objectifs principaux de ce plan sont surtout axés sur la santé des mères, des enfants et nouveau-nés. Dans le cadre de Muskoka, le Burkina Faso a bénéficié d’un appui pour l’analyse des ressources humaines en santé maternelle, néonatale et infantile, la projection et la formulation des stratégies pour répondre aux principaux défis et combler les lacunes de ce personnel. Cet appui cadre bien avec l’orientation stratégique du PNDS concernant le développement des ressources humaines pour la santé pour lequel un Plan de développement des ressources humaines pour la santé 2013-20 (PDRHS) a été développé. Un plan d’action triennal est en train d’être développé pour dynamiser la mise en œuvre du PDRHS. Les résultats de l’’appui dans le cadre du Muskoka seront intégrées dans le plan national de ressources humaines pour la santé. Ce rapport présente les interventions stratégiques proposées pour améliorer la disponibilité, accessibilité, acceptabilité et qualité des ressources humaines, de la santé maternelle, néonatale et infantile au Burkina Faso et les résultats de ce processus seront intégrés dans le plan d’action triennal. L’analyse a été commissionnée par le Ministère de la Santé du Burkina Faso avec l’appui financière du Gouvernement de la République Française à travers les Fonds Français Muskoka en faveur des Objectifs Millénaires de Développement 4 (réduction de la mortalité infantile) et 5 (amélioration de la santé maternelle).
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Bringing New Ideas into Practice
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Global laboratory initiative tool for a stepwise process towards tuberculosis laboratory accreditation.
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Patient Enrolment into HIV Care and Treatment within 90 Days of HIV Diagnosis in Eight Rwandan Health Facilities:A Review of Facility-Based Registers.
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Domestic versus export markets: challenging the holy grail
The fascination for globalizing agricultural markets dominates the development agenda. In many developing countries however, domestic markets are growing, and offer significantly more potential than export-oriented chains, in terms of their contributions to the local economy, food security and poverty alleviation. This Policy Brief argues for an increased focus on domestic market development, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Critical review of the Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA): suggestions forharmonization, implementation and improvement.
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What is the matter with African agriculture?
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Impact Research dance4life, 2012.
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Client perspectives on the responsiveness of HIV services
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Measuring workload for tuberculosis service provision at primary care level: a methodology.
We developed and piloted a methodology to establish TB related work load at primary care level for clinical and laboratory staff. Workload is influenced by activities to be implemented, time to perform them, their frequency and patient load. Of particular importance is the patient pathway for diagnosis and treatment and the frequency of clinic visits. Using observation with checklists, clocking, interviews and review of registers, allows assessing the contribution of different factors on the workload.
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Understanding Nomadic Realities
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Bulletin 396 Putting heads together
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Client perspectives on the responsiveness of HIV services.
“At the health centres, you are asked many questions like: ‘Have you given birth, what is your age, whom do you live with, are you in your menses…?” a respondent said. “But in the chemist, you are injected without questions,” another said. And yet another respondent said: “In chemists it is business.” “You only say what you came for, are told to lie down and injected without questions in the chemists,” another respondent said.
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Gender equality, women’s rights and access to energy services
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Manuel du Facilitateur Sésame
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Forum 2012: Gender Rights and Development Report
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Bâtir l’entrepreneuriat paysan au Mali
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Challenging chains to change
Gender equity in agricultural value chain development