community members, essential health care services -e.g. TB and HIV programmes-, and should offer the best possible care to COVID-19 patients in settings with very limited intensive care infrastructure. Our consortium [...] The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems globally. Public health and primary care interventions implemented by high-income countries may be unsuccessful or infeasible in low- and middle-income [...] validation, through collaboration with the TB TRIAGE+ project. The in...
community members, essential health care services -e.g. TB and HIV programmes-, and should offer the best possible care to COVID-19 patients in settings with very limited intensive care infrastructure. Our consortium [...] The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems globally. Public health and primary care interventions implemented by high-income countries may be unsuccessful or infeasible in low- and middle-income [...] validation, through collaboration with the TB TRIAGE+ project. The in...
The use of mobile phones for demographic surveillance of mobile pastoralists and their animals in Chad: proof of principle (Publications)
system is warranted and would likely lead to improved planning and provision of human and animal health care. [...] information is foundational for the planning and management of social programmes, in particular health services. The existing INDEPTH network surveillance sites are limited to coverage of sedentary p [...] accuracy. Very little is known about the demography of mobile pastoralists and their animals, so innovative approaches are urgently needed. OBJECTIVE: To test and evaluate a...
The use of mobile phones for demographic surveillance of mobile pastoralists and their animals in Chad: proof of principle (Publications)
system is warranted and would likely lead to improved planning and provision of human and animal health care. [...] information is foundational for the planning and management of social programmes, in particular health services. The existing INDEPTH network surveillance sites are limited to coverage of sedentary p [...] accuracy. Very little is known about the demography of mobile pastoralists and their animals, so innovative approaches are urgently needed. OBJECTIVE: To test and evaluate a...
information. A related Management Information System visualises epidemiological and health service data for improved health care management. Results Data collected by ALMANACH are available in real time as graphs [...] healthcare providers with families and communities. ALMANACH is presently piloted in selected primary health care facilities in Afghanistan and Nigeria. The project is financed by the International Committee of [...] State Primary Healthcare Development Agency in Nigeria....
the social, behavioural, and cultural factors that shape health outcomes and access to care. Systems and Policies – Supporting resilient health systems and evidence-based policymaking to improve healthcare [...] Goals, with a primary focus on SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being . Our work to reduce disease burden, strengthen health systems, and improve access to care directly supports this goal. Through education [...] solutions that strengthen health systems, guide policy, and improve lives –...
treatment and management at Primary Health Care (PHC) level, but also on the reorganisation of PHC health services towards integrated care to ensure a continuum of care for chronic patients. Capacities for [...] multisectoral engagement in health promotion and builds capacities of rayon health teams to elaborate an evidence-based community health profile and community based health action plans addressing risk [...] and the National Agency for Health Promotion to implement the national health...
of Health (MoH), as well as the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the National Agency for Public Health to implement the national reform agenda, especially in the areas of Primary Health Care [...] “Best Buys,” advancing health literacy, and strengthening multisectoral leadership for NCD prevention. Efforts focus on enhancing the quality of primary health care (PHC), including through the uptake of [...] strengthen NCD prevention and control. Leading effective national health...
provision of quality health products to patients, making them a central component of health systems. The availability of health commodities is vital for the achievement of Universal Health Coverage and the [...] Head of Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss TPH Session 1 | Health Commodities - Access and Stock-Outs 09:20 Universal Health Coverage and Access to Health Commodities, Alex Schulze, Swiss Agency [...] Tanzania and Fiona Chilunda, Health Promotion and System Strengthening...
Contextual factors influencing schistosomiasis treatment and identification of delivery platforms for arpraziquantel in hard-to-reach areas and... (Publications)
g factors to infection. We observed poor health-seeking behavior in the community due to inaccessibility of quality healthcare services, resulting from health system level, population level, and geographic [...] qualitative study using two case study interviews with parents/caregivers living with disability caring for children ≤5 years,18 focus group discussions (FGDs) with parents/caregivers of children ≤5 years [...] members reported positive experiences with previous PZQ mass drug...
