Are African governments in the driver’s seat when it comes to health financing policymaking?

This blog post written by Lara Gautier was published today on the BMC Series Blog.

A review published today in BMC Global Health Research and Policy explores whether governments have ownership of the policy making process in health financing in Sub-Saharan Africa and what exactly this ownership means. Here to discuss this and the influence of external donors in health financing policies is author of the review, Lara Gautier.

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Setting performance-based financing in the health sector agenda: a case study in Cameroon

This case study examines the policy process behind the introduction of performance-based financing program in Cameroon. The article was published in Globalization and Health Journal on August 1st, 2017, and was written by Isidore Sieleunou, Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Jean-Claude Taptué Fotso, Denise Magne Tamga, Habakkuk Azinyui Yumo, Estelle Kouokam and Valery Ridde. (more…)

How do diffusion agents make their policy travel across international, continental, and national levels? The case of performance-based financing

This presentation was designed by Lara Gautier for the 3rd International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP 3) held in Singapore on June 2017. The research on which the presentation was based focuses on diffusion agents’ characteristics and strategies aimed at diffusing a global health innovation (PBF) in Subsaharan Africa. (more…)

Implementation Science and Global Health: From theory to practice in West Africa

 Implementation Science and global health in west africa Symposium April 14 Flyer

This presentation was designed by Valéry Ridde for a Symposium organised by the Global Health Program at the San Diego State University’s Graduate School of Public Health. The Symposium was held on April 14, 2017 at San Diego State University. After coming back on a few definitions about implementation science, the presentation focuses on the methodological approach to implementation and on its outcomes. The presentation ends with 11 points which everyone should know about implementation.