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NewsInformation and Communication“Rethinking Partnership Paradigms in Global Health” is the theme of the Canadian Conference on Global Health 2021 (CCGH 2021) taking place from November 24 to 26. It will be a hybrid event with most attendees attending virtually and small in-person sessions at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa.Date
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EventsNo relevant topicsMaking the links in Canada and Africa: health systems strengthening to improve maternal and child health
IDRC / Andrew Esiebo
Okpekpe Primary Health Center 2 in Edo state Nigeria
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PerspectivesGender HealthMaking the case for action on gender parity in scienceAddressing gender disparities in science improves maternal and child health.
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IDRC awardeesNo relevant topics
A warm welcome for refugees in Canada’s rural communities
A warm welcome for refugees in Canada’s rural communities
Stacey HaugenResearch Awards2017Working in IDRC’s Governance and Justice Program, 2017 Research Award Recipient Stacey Haugen determined that sponsors and Syrian refugees in rural Canada face the same challenges and reap the same benefits in all provinces.
“I hypothesized that this resettlement and integration could be mutually beneficial for both refugees and rural Canada,” she says. Immersing herself in communities in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Haugen asked rural community sponsors, resettled refugees, immigration experts, and service providers about their experiences.
“This is the first study that has collected the experiences of refugees and sponsors across multiple provinces,” she says.
Of those experiences, she found that refugees enjoyed the warm welcome and social connections available in rural communities, the safety of small communities, and affordable living costs. Their hosts enjoyed the greater cultural diversity and the opportunity to contribute in a concrete way to solving an international crisis.
Limited services in these communities and lack of transportation to access the services were challenging. But, notes Haugen, some of the women were learning to drive as a result, “something they would never have been allowed to do in Syria.”
“Collecting the experiences of those involved is very important,” she says, “because it gives refugees and community members a voice and provides valuable feedback to the government and service providers.”
Haugen concludes that rural communities are underused for resettlement and “present an opportunity we can’t afford to ignore.”
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Research in ActionHealth Social PolicyA community approach for improving maternal healthThe delivery of new surgical equipment to the General Hospital of Marrere, Mozambique earlier this year was an important step for improving maternal and child health.
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Research in ActionHealth GenderInnovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa teams share early findings in Dakar
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Research in ActionHealth GenderFourth Global Health Systems Research Symposium features innovative research on improving maternal and child health in Africa
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Research in ActionGender Economics Governance Social PolicyFamily law reform to change women’s realities across 11 countries
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Research in ActionHealth GenderAbuja workshop calls for evidence-based policies to improve maternal and child health in Nigeria
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Research in ActionHealth GenderMaking health care more affordable in Burkina Faso, Mali, and NigerIn the 1980s, with advice from international organizations, most African countries adopted direct payment for health services as the primary means to finance their health systems. Patients had to pay for health services out-of-pocket, severely hindering access to services for the most vulnerable. New recommendations in the 2000s called for African countries to offer subsidies or abolish payments for certain health services and groups. Until now, the impacts of these reforms in francophone West Africa have not been documented.Date
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Research in ActionHealthCanadian initiative leading the way for equitable health systems and improved maternal, child health
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Research in ActionHealth GenderResearch findings are catalyst to nationwide rollout of HIV prevention program in Botswana
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