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Screening activity on-going at the prison
Success Stories
June 2018
English
Influencing Systems to Increase TB Screening in High-Risk Populations: Experience in Mukono District Prisons

The USAID Defeat TB project is working with high TB burdened districts in Uganda and high-risk key populations including prisoners.

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Training-of-trainer (TOT) participants learn to decontaminate medical equipment
Technical Briefs
June 2018
English
Infection Prevention and Control

From November 2015 – December 2017, USAID provided funding to USAID Systems for Health and the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) to jointly support Ebola prevention work in Ghana, focusing on infection prevention and control (IPC). The two projects worked with the Ghana Health Service (...

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Membres de l’Association de personnes handicapées de Allada en pleine sensibilisation (juillet 2017)
Technical Briefs
June 2018
French
Renforcement du dispositif communautaire pour une prévention et une réponse efficace à la Maladie à virus Ebola au Bénin

En février 2015, le Ministère de la Santé (MS) du Bénin a lancé son Plan national de contingence contre la maladie à virus Ebola (MVE) et les autres fièvres hémorragiques virales (FHV) conformément aux protocoles et directives de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS), pour la prise en charge...

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ANCRE Health Workers
Project Brochures
June 2018
English
A Day in the Life of a Community Health Worker

The Advancing Newborn, Child and Reproductive Health (ANCRE) program, funded by USAID and led by University Research Co., LLC, strengthens the community health system and empowers the population in Benin to make healthy choices. The program trains community health workers (CHWs) to teach others...

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The rate of malaria inpatient case fatalities over time, in the 5 regions of Ghana in which Systems for Health operates. (Source: DHIMS2)
Annual Reports
June 2018
English
URC-Assisted Regions in Ghana Reduce Inpatient Malaria Deaths by One-Third

The USAID Systems for Health project’s malaria programming focuses on prevention and treatment in support of the National Malaria Control Program’s goal of reducing malaria morbidity and mortality by 75 percent between 2012 and 2020.

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Technical Briefs
June 2018
French
Les Radios de Proximité, Canaux efficaces de mobilisation communautaire sur la santé de la mère et de l’enfant au Bénin

Une étude menée en 2011 a révélé qu’une couverture médiatique importante est le canal préféré des familles pour obtenir des informations visant une meilleure utilisation des méthodes contraceptives, ainsi qu’une meilleure connaissance des causes et des moyens de prévention du VIH/SIDA.1 En...

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A graph showing the decline in malaria deaths, from 2015–2017, among all ages in the 10 targeted facilities.
Success Stories
June 2018
English
Driving Down Malaria Mortality in 10 High-Burden Facilities in The Northern Region

Malaria is a leading cause of mortality and outpatient visits in Ghana. When the USAID Systems for Health project began in 2014, malaria prevalence among children (6–59 months) in Ghana was estimated at 27 percent, and 40 percent of all outpatient visits presented as malaria with fever.

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A mother and child.
Success Stories
June 2018
English
Reducing Cord Sepsis in Neonates at Chereponi Government Hospital

In 2016, the USAID Systems for Health project trained district-level staff as quality improvement (QI) coaches to initiate and lead QI projects in health facilities across the country. The training builds staff capacity to address service-delivery gaps with QI methods and, ultimately, improve...

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Technical Briefs
June 2018
French
Amélioration de la qualité des soins dans le secteur privé de la santé au Bénin : Leçons apprises et perspectives

Au Bénin, le secteur privé joue un rôle capital dans le système sanitaire. En effet, le nombre d'établissements privés de soins est passé de 660 en 1998 à 2 614 en 2017. Selon l’enquête SARA menée en 2015, la capacité opérationnelle des établissements de soins est de 66% dans le secteur privé....

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Séance de travail du bureau de l’association des cliniques et cabinets privés de la ZS AS
Success Stories
May 2018
French
Partenariat public-privé : un pari réussi de la zone sanitaire Abomey-Calavi – Sô-Ava !

La zone sanitaire (ZS) Abomey-Calavi – Sô-Ava (AS) regroupe la plus grande concentration de formations sanitaires privées (FSP) du Bénin, soit 336 FSP contre 21 formations sanitaires publiques. Toutefois, un recensement effectué en janvier 2017 a montré que les deux tiers de ces FSP n’ont pas d’...

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