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Scaling up Safe Surgery for District and Rural Populations in Africa (SURG-Africa)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2017, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2020,
In sub-Saharan Africa 95% of the population has no access to surgical services. In this region surgery – a proven and often life-saving intervention – is only accessible to urban populations, with only one surgeon per 2.5 million people in rural areas. Emerging evidence demonstrates that major surgery can be undertaken safely and effectively at district hospitals, making it accessible to otherwise ...
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DAFNE: Use of a Decision-Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food NExus in complex and trans-boundary water resources systems of fast growing developing countries. (DAFNE)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2016, Date de fin: 31 août 2020,
Global trends in population growth and rising economic prosperity will increase the demand for energy, food and water, with more severe impact in fast-growing economies, such as in several African countries. The constraints on water, energy, and food could well hamper economic development, lead to social and geopolitical tensions, and cause lasting environmental damage. DAFNE advocates an integrat ...
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Clinical Officer Surgical Training in Africa (COST - Africa)
Date du début: 1 avr. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,
Obstetrical and abdominal emergencies, and trauma, much of it affecting children, represent a major and neglected part of Africa’s burden of disease. Countries cannot train and retain sufficient specialist surgeons (doctors) to address these priorities. We propose a surgical training intervention targeted at Clinical officers (COs), who are trained non-physician clinicians that form the backbone o ...
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European Union and African Union cooperative research to increase Food production in irrigated farming systems in Africa/ EAU4Food (EAU4Food)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2011, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,
EAU4Food seeks to address the need for new approaches to increase food production in irrigated areas in Africa, while ensuring healthy and resilient environments. Potential pitfalls of introducing innovations in local farming systems, like limited adoption by farmers and trade-off effects to other (environmental) systems are overcome by, respectively, i) utilizing a true transdisciplinary approach ...
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Integrated control of neglected zoonoses: improving human health and animal production through scientific innovation and public engagement (ICONZ)
Date du début: 1 avr. 2009, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,
"This project aims at Improving Human Health and Animal Production in developing countries through Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses in animals, based on Scientific Innovation and Public Engagement. Neglected zoonoses, such as anthrax, rabies, brucellosis, bovine TB, zoonotic trypanosomiasis, echinococcosis, cysticercosis and leishmaniasis, are major causes of ill-health in developing coun ...
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"Aquaculture for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Nutrition" (AFSPAN)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,
"Aquaculture is widely considered as important for enhancing food security, alleviating poverty and improving nutrition. However, little information is available concerning the direct and indirect impacts of aquaculture on food security and poverty alleviation in most developing countries and LIFDCs. Strengthening the knowledge base surrounding aquaculture and food and nutrition security through t ...
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Supporting the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) for Policy in African Health Systems (SURE)
Date du début: 1 juin 2009, Date de fin: 31 mai 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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African-European Georesources Observation System (AEGOS)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2008, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2011,
Africa, the largest single component of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Group of States, despite its huge potential for development through both human and georesources, suffers in many places from poverty and underdevelopment. The sustainable use of its resources is a key issue, not only for development of the African countries, but also for the world’s future. Over the coming decades, these i ...
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CREATIVE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ROMA COMMUNITIES
Date du début: 1 sept. 2013,
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