This article, published on August 23 2015 on the International Journal of Public Health, comes from the thesis of Stephanie Siron and is a scoping review about what research tells us about knowledge transfer strategies to improve public health in low-income countries. (more…)
This article published on August 12th 2015 in Development in Practice and written by Valéry Ridde, Bonnie Campbell and Andréanne Martel is about mining revenue and access to health care in Africa and adresses the question if the revenue drawn from well-managed mining sectors finance exemption from payment for health. (more…)
This article about the consequences of the elimination of healthcare user fees for children under five on household expenses in Burkina Faso has just been published in BMC Health Services Research on august 8th 2015. (more…)
This scoping review of determinants for dengue mortality was published in BMC Infectious Diseases Journal and written by Mabel Carabali, Libia Milena Hernandez, Maria Jose Arauz, Luis Angel Villar and Valéry Ridde. (more…)
A presentation of Valéry Ridde, Emilie Robert and Anthony Lacouture realised for the WHO meeting about realist evaluation of national strategic planning and policy process.
Research Note of Bony AKA Roger Sylvestre, Ludovic QUEUILLE, Fatimata PILABRE, Noufou ZIDWEMBA and Valery RIDDE on developing a tool for planning and evaluating an action research on health in Burkina Faso.
The authors thank the health authorities of the regional directorate of health Sahel – Burkina Faso, and all stakeholders who took part in this action research (list below).
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Poster presented at the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) 2015 National Conference and realised by Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Jessica Spagnolo, Manuela De Allegri & Valéry Ridde.
What is Performance Based-Financing (PBF) ? It is a conditional payment made to healthcare providers after predefined performance results have been attained and verified. Financial incentives are expected to motivate providers to improve healthcare services. There is a rapid expansion of PBF in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to improve health care services.
Does PBF increase efficiency ? Some stakeholders argue that PBF in LMICs can increase efficiency. We consider PBF to be efficient when improved care quality is achieved with equal or lower costs, or when the same quality of care is achieved using less financial resources. It is urgent to determine if this is supported by empirical evidence.
Objective: to identify and analyze the evidence regarding the efficiency of PBF in LMICs.
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By: Valéry Ridde, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal
Une politique de santé et ses contradictions. La gratuité des soins au Burkina Faso, au Mali, et au Niger (only in French) (more…)
An article of Thomas Druetz, Valéry Ridde, Seni Kouanda, Antarou Ly, Souleymane Diabaté and Slim Haddad published in Malaria Journal on february 13, 2015.
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Background: Malaria is holo-endemic in Burkina Faso and causes approximately 40,000 deaths every year. In 2010, health authorities scaled up community case management of malaria with artemisinin-based combination therapy. Previous trials and pilot project evaluations have shown that this strategy may be feasible, acceptable, and effective under controlled implementation conditions. However, little is known about its effectiveness or feasibility/acceptability under real-world conditions of implementation at national scale. (more…)
Article by María José Arauz, Valéry Ridde, Libia Milena Hernández, Yaneth Charris, Mabel Carabali & Luis Ángel Villar published February 6, 2015 in PLoS ONE 10(2).
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Background: Dengue fever is a public health problem in the tropical and sub-tropical world. Dengue cases have grown dramatically in recent years as well as dengue mortality. Colombia has experienced periodic dengue outbreaks with numerous dengue related-deaths, where the Santander department has been particularly affected. Although social determinants of health (SDH) shape health outcomes, including mortality, it is not yet understood how these affect dengue mortality. The aim of this pilot study was to develop and pre-test a social autopsy (SA) tool for dengue mortality.
Methods and Findings: The tool was developed and pre-tested in three steps. First, dengue fatal cases and ‘near misses’ (those who recovered from dengue complications) definitions were elaborated. Second, a conceptual framework on determinants of dengue mortality was developed to guide the construction of the tool. Lastly, the tool was designed and pre-tested among three relatives of fatal cases and six near misses in 2013 in the metropolitan zone of Bucaramanga. The tool turned out to be practical in the context of dengue mortality in Colombia after some modifications. The tool aims to study the social, individual, and health systems determinants of dengue mortality. The tool is focused on studying the socioeconomic position and the intermediary SDH rather than the socioeconomic and political context.
Conclusions: The SA tool is based on the scientific literature, a validated conceptual framework, researchers’ and health professionals’ expertise, and a pilot study. It is the first time that a SA tool has been created for the dengue mortality context. Our work furthers the study on SDH and how these are applied to neglected tropical diseases, like dengue. This tool could be integrated in surveillance systems to provide complementary information on the modifiable and avoidable death-related factors and therefore, be able to formulate interventions for dengue mortality reduction.