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We strengthen health systems and policies so they can deliver better maternal and child health, improved sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls, and more effective and equitable preparedness and responses to epidemics.
Nous renforçons les systèmes et les politiques de santé afin d’améliorer la santé des mères et des enfants, et la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs des femmes et des filles. Nous contribuons aussi à accroître l’efficacité et l’équité de la préparation et des interventions en cas d’épidémie.
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Item Chagas(2017) Emotion' StudioItem Issue brief : equity in the IMCHA initiative : findings from the mid-term evaluation of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative(2018-10) Bell, Jennifer M.; Thorsteinsdóttir, HallaThe analysis combines document review, online surveys, in-depth interviews with donor representatives, fieldwork in Africa and Canada, and focus group discussions with stakeholders. Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) projects emphasize incorporating health equity considerations. The report and findings of the evaluation underline scope for more deliberate incorporation of an equity lens in IMCHA projects; data indicates some confusion around the concepts of equity and gender equity. It would be useful to further the grantees’ understanding of inequities, and develop their capacity to identify social, racial, economic, or age-related barriers as well as geographic ones.Item Issue brief : working with decision-makers : findings from the mid-term evaluation of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative(2018-10) Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla; Bell, Jennifer M.Involving decision-makers from the beginning of research projects is the most conducive model for project implementation processes. Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) incorporates decision-makers as co-Principal Investigators (co-PIs) from the design stage and throughout the project. Collaboration with the decisionmaker co-PIs was generally viewed as a success by the research team. However, a main challenge for collaborations with decision-maker co-PIs was their frequent turnover, especially if they were already working in a position of influence, such as at the national level.Item Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa : a mid-term formative evaluation(2018-10-21) Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla; Bell, Jennifer Mary; Bandyopadhyay, NandineeThe initiative supports 19 research teams (13 in East Africa; 6 in West Africa) to encourage Africa-Canada collaboration in projects to improve maternal and child health (MCH). This mid-term formative evaluation identifies strategies that can inform and strengthen IMCHA’s implementation until the end of the initiative, as well as speak to related future activities. There was a wide range of types of collaboration, with some involving capacity-building efforts, and others involving complementary expertise and bi-directional knowledge flow. Over 80% of survey recipients said that the relationship between the African principal investigators (PI) and Canadian co-PIs was a collaboration of equals.Item Innovation pour la Santé des Mères et des Enfants d’Afrique : évaluation formative de mi-parcours(2018-10-21) Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla; Bell, Jennifer Mary; Bandyopadhyay, NandineeItem Trayectorias de cambio : la gestión del conocimiento para el aprendizaje y el cambio en la práctica(Ediciones Abya-Yala, 2019-02) Santandreu, Alain; Betancourt, Óscar F.; Betancourt C., Andrés; Ediciones Abya-YalaItem Barriers to implementation of perinatal death audit in maternity and pediatric hospitals in Jordan : cross-sectional study(2019-03-06) Khader, Yousef; Alyahya, Mohammad; Batieha, Anwar; Sanchez, T.Item SIHI innovation 2017 : eco-health approach for Chagas disease, Guatemala(2020) Social Innovation in Health InitiativeItem Social and cultural factors perpetuating early marriage in rural Gambia : an exploratory mixed methods study(2020-01-24) Lowe, Mat; Joof, Mamsamba; Rojas, Bomar MendezOver the last two decades, early marriage in the Gambia declined significantly (from 58% to 30%), however this rate is still high. The reasons for the decline but continuing practice of early marriage, despite existing legislation prohibiting child marriage, are not very well understood. This study was conducted in 24 rural settlements in Lower Baddibu District in the North Bank Region of the Gambia. It was based on a mixed-methods design including a cross-sectional household survey with a sample of 181 female adolescents, focus group discussions with 16 male and female parents, and eight key informant interviews with community-based decision makers. The study finds that ethnicity and the fear that girls may engage in premarital sex are two important factors associated with early marriage in rural Gambia. In addition, lack of meaningful alternatives to marriage including work opportunities in rural areas may also limit the options and resources available to girls, resulting in early wedlock. These findings suggest that in order to decrease early marriages in rural Gambia, future efforts should focus on understanding and addressing the role of ethnicity in determining marriage patterns and allaying the fear around premarital sex. The findings also suggest a need to provide girls with employment-oriented education including vocational skills which may result into more empowerment and a delay in marriage.Item JSANDS: a stillbirth and neonatal deaths surveillance system(IEEE, 2020-03) Khader, Yousef; Alyahya, Mohammad S.; Batieha, Anwar; Taweel, AdelItem Development and deployment of low-cost, paper-based Zika diagnostics(2020-12) Cevallos, Varsovia; Ponce, Patricio; Benitez, Denisse; Nipaz, Victoria; Villota, StephanyThe main aim of the project was to develop a low-cost test for Zika to be deployed first in Ecuador, Brazil, and Colombia. The test was expected to detect the virus in human and mosquito samples and, in turn, to help design effective surveillance programs.Item Effets distributifs de la taxation des produits du tabac dans les pays de la CEDEAO(2021) Mane, Papa Vona Boubacar; Diagne, Abdoulaye; Amavi, KodjoviItem Evaluación de una pintura con insecticida microencapsulado para el control de Aedes Aegypti(2021) Méndez Galván, Jorge; Azamar Cruz, Erik; Villegas Trejo, Alejandro; Pruñonosa Santana, Javier; Duarte Elguea, Erika; Luis Alarcón, JoséItem Effets d’éviction des dépenses de tabac sur les dépenses en alimentation, en santé et en éducation des ménages des pays de la CEDEAO(2021) Mane, Papa Vona Boubacar; Diagne, Abdoulaye; Diagne, SouleymaneItem Exprience du tabac au Nigeria : une analyse par le genre(2021) Elegbede, Cyrinus; Mane, Papa Yona Boubacar; Diagne, AbdoulayeItem "Proyecto Alianzas" towards the elimination of Chagas in Central America(2021) Fundacion MundoSanoIn 2018, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada), the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) and Mundo Sano Foundation (FMS), under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), implemented the Project Alliances for the elimination of Chagas disease in Central America, starting with Guatemala. This video provides an overview of this project.Item Eco-health approach to fight Chagas disease : sustainable prevention of Chagas’ disease by reducing the risk of household infestation of Triatomine bugs, through the empowerment of communities to use locally available materials for home improvement and removal of animals from the household(2021) SOCIAL INNOVATION IN HEALTH INITIATIVE (SIHI)The Social Innovation in Health Initiative / Eco-Health website features research highlights, information on Chagas disease, and other resources.Item Development and deployment of low cost, paper-based Zika diagnostics(2021) Pena, Lindomar JoséThe main aim of the project was to develop a low-cost test for Zika to be deployed first in Ecuador, Brazil, and Colombia. The test was expected to detect the virus in human and mosquito samples and, in turn, to help design effective surveillance programs.Item Ectopic activation of GABAB receptors inhibits neurogenesis and metamorphosis in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis(2021-01) Levy, Shani; Brekhman, Vera; Bakhman, Anna; Malik, Assaf; Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau