The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in sub-Saharan Africa is causing further burden to the health care systems that are least equipped to deal with the challenge. Countries are developing policies to ...
Juma, Pamel A.; Wisdom, Jennifer(BMC Public Health / Springer Nature, 2018-08)
Non-communicable disease (NCD) are increasing in low and mid income countries (LMICs). The greatest burden of NCDs is from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory illnesses. These four dis- ...
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements for signatories to govern the production, sale, distribution, ...
Sanni, Saliyou; Hongoro, Charles; Ndinda, Catherine; Wisdom, Jennifer P.(BMC Public Health, Springer Nature, 2018-08)
Tobacco use is the world’s leading preventable cause of illness and death and the most important risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases (heart attack, ...
Redressing structural inequality within the South African society in the post-apartheid era became the central focus of the democratic government. Policies on social and economic transformation were guided by the government’s ...
The rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa requires a multi-sectoral action (MSA) in their prevention and control. This study aimed to generate evidence on the extent of MSA application in NCD prevention policy ...
Druetz, T.; Bicabia, A.; Corneau-Tremblay, N.; Milongo, T.; Kouanda, S.; Ly, A.; Haddad, S.(Société d'études et de recherche en santé publique (SERSAP) et l'Université Laval, 2018-10)
La chimio-prophylaxie saisonnière (CPS) du paludisme consiste en l’administration de médicaments qui combinent un effet préventif et thérapeutique sur les infections au Plasmodium (qui cause le paludisme). La stratégie est ...
There is a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) especially in low and middleincome countries. Major NCDs such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic lung diseases share risk factors that ...
Juma, Pamela; Mohamed, Shukri; Kyobutungi, Catherine(African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) / IDRC, 2017-06)
This Kenyan case study report is part of a broader study examining the existence of noncommunicable disease prevention policies and the extent to which multi-sectoral approaches were applied in the policy development and ...
Ndinda, C.; Hongoro, C.(African Population & Health Research Centre, 2017)
The Analysis of non-communicable diseases prevention policies in Africa (ANPPA) – A case study of South Africa set out to analyse non-communicable disease (NCD) policies in South Africa. Its particular aims were to: assess ...
Oladepo, Oladimeji; Oluwasanu, Mojisola; Abiona, Opeyemi(African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2017-06)
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, are leading threats to human health and development in Nigeria. Africa’s most populous country contributes ...
Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse; Bonono, Cecile Rénée; Assah, Felix; Ongolo-Zogo, Pierre; Sobngwi, Eugene; Mbanya, Jean Claude(African Population and Health Center (APHRC0 and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2017-12)
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) currently constitute a serious threat to health worldwide, with the situation expected to worsen if concerted actions are not urgently taken. The World Health Organisation (WHO) identified ...
Coumare, F.; Haddad, S.; Bicaba, A.; Baril, A.; Namory Traore, M.(Société d'études et de recherche en santé publique (SERSAP) et l'université Laval, 2018-10)
Cette recherche indépendante porte sur les retombées des CFU sur le pouvoir d’agir des femmes. Elle est réalisée par des chercheurs du Mali, du Canada et du Burkina Faso et repose sur une étude de cas multiple incluant 5 ...
Haddad, S.; Bicaba, A.; Kouanda, S.; Druetz, T.; Some, T.; Ly, A.; Corneau-Tremblay, N.; Lacroix, G.(Société d'études et de recherche en santé publique (SERSAP) et l'Université Laval, 2019)
L’objectif principal de la recherche est de mesurer chez les enfants de moins de cinq ans, les impacts de l’exposition à la gratuité. Le contexte particulier de l’étude permet de vérifier si ces impacts augmentent avec la ...
Haddad, S.; Soumana, M.; Bicaba, A.; Coumare, F.; Namory Traore, M.(Société d'études et de recherche en santé publique (SERSAP) et l'université Laval, 2018-10)
Les principales limites résident dans la taille de l’échantillon de CFU, les variations importantes dans les niveaux de fréquentation des centres, et la présence de données manquantes, notamment en ce qui a trait aux ...
Druetz, T.; Bicaba, A.; Some, T.; Kouanda, S.; Ly, A.; Haddad, S.(Société d'études et de recherche en santé publique (SERSA) et l'Université Laval, 2019)
La gratuité des soins mise en oeuvre dans plusieurs districts au Burkina Faso améliore l’accessibilité aux services de santé. Notre étude, réalisée dans le district de Kaya, révèle que la fréquentation des centres de santé ...
Sermé, L.; Bicaba, A.; Ly, A.; Bila, A.; Druetz, T.; Haddad, S.(Société d'études et de recherche en santé publique (SERSAP) et l'Université Laval, 2018-11)
Le Burkina Faso a introduit la CPS en 2014 et l’a étendue au point de couvrir en 2018, 65 districts sanitaires, dont la quasi-totalité des districts sanitaires ruraux. Une recherche indépendante et les travaux de notre ...
This report summarises the main outcomes and learning from management and delivery of the nearly 5-year “DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change; Migration and Adaptation” (DECCMA) project within the “Collaborative ...
Deltas are home to 500 million people worldwide and known as a climate hange “hotspot” – a place where high exposure to climate stresses coincides with high levels of vulnerability.
DECCMA has been undertaking research ...
There were three main challenges identified by respondents with the hotspot approach. The greatest of these was the transaction costs associated with cross-‐regional collaboration. The second challenge related to managing ...