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Enhancing Human Resources and Use of Appropriate Training for Maternal and Perinatal Survival In Sub-Saharan Africa (ETATMBA)
Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2014,
"Most African women face childbirth without access to skilled health workers when obstetric and neonatal emergencies arise. Providing and retaining skilled health workers is vital in attempts to save the 600,000 women and 7 million babies who die annually in Africa. In the modern world this tragedy is unacceptable and largely preventable. Education and training for health professionals is the key ...
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Supporting the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) for Policy in African Health Systems (SURE)
Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2014,
Inadequate access to and use of research evidence to inform health policy limits the achievement of universal and equitable access to healthcare, hinders quality improvement and makes it difficult to use healthcare resources wisely. Poorly informed decision-making about health policies and systems is one of the reasons why services fail to reach those most in need, health indicators are off track, ...
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Quality of maternal and prenatal care: bridging the know-do gap (QUALMAT)
Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2014,
Besides a dramatic lack of financial and human resources in developing countries, health care is additionally endangered by quality deficiencies caused by low staff motivation. This lack of motivation leads to an insufficient translation of knowledge into optimal utilization of resources. The “know-do” gap represents a challenge that must be addressed to strengthen health services performance towa ...
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European Initiative for basic research in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - IAPP (EIMID-IAPP)
Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2012,
"The EIMID-IAPP training programme is part of the European Initiative for Basic Research in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (EIMID), created in 2003 by scientists of five European centres of excellence (the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, the CMMI at Imperial College in London, the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm; and the vaccine company ...
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Plasmodium Vivax Infection in Pregnancy (PREGVAX)
Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,
"Malaria in pregnancy has been recently prioritised by the EC 7th Framework Program. In response, we propose to carry out a cohort observational study in pregnant women in 5 P. vivax endemic countries, broadly representing most of the world's infections. The Indian and Papua New Guinean endemic sites are included because of their important contribution to the global burden of vivax malaria; PNG h ...
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Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe: Promote health through prevention of risk-taking and self-destructive behaviors (SEYLE)
Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,
"Promoting healthy behaviors is multi-faceted and no health is possible without mental health. The ultimate outcome of unhealthy and risk-taking behaviors is suicide. Risk-taking and suicidal behavior can be prevented. A pilot intervention study will be implemented to assess the effects of three different health promoting / suicide prevention programs in 11000 students across 11 European countrie ...
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