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Research Matters
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 An initiative co-funded by IDRC and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Research Matters supports the effective exchange and translation of sound and innovative research to a wide range of research-users.
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| Governance, Equity, and Health (GEH) |
 GEH examines health systems through a governance lens and, conversely, uses health as an entry point to approach challenges of governance - how power is exercised, how decisions are taken, how citizens have their say. The GEH program supports research to:
- Strenghten and monitor the capacity of governments to ensure equitable financing and delivery of priority public health and health care services, especially to marginalized and underserved populations
- Support informed and effective citizen demand and participation throughout the policy-to-practice process
- Increase the effectiveness of research-to-policy linkages in promoting the dual goals of health and social equity
In adopting a governance perspective to health systems research, GEH highlights the need to link technical and political knowledge. If research on governance is to make a difference to people's lives, greater attention must be given to the nuts and bolts of the interactions among actors, institutions, processes, and tradititions in the exercise of power and in the making and implementation of policy decisions.
Visit Research Matters to see how the various pieces of GEH research can be brought together into one robust whole as well as the basic theories, approaches and applications of knowledge translation.
Details on Internship Offered by Governance, Equity and Health August 9, 2010
Nigeria's Minister of Health Visits IDRC 2010
IDRC welcomed Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, Minister of Health of the Republic of Nigeria, on December 3, 2009.
Update on Health Research Capacity Strengthening [HRCS] Initiative 2009-02-09
The HRCS Initiative was formally launched in both Kenya and Malawi during the first week of February: on Thursday, February 5 in Lilongwe, Malawi and on Friday, February 6 th in Nairobi, Kenya. Officials and dignitaries from the national government and research community along with the project Steering Group members from DFID, WT and IDRC participated in the launch. Full implementation of the country programmes will start after the launches.
Tanzania's Healthcare Breakthrough 2010-01
Tanzania reduced child mortality by an astonishing 40% over five years in two test districts in the late 1990s with a simple top-up of $0.80 per capita to health budgets.
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