Objective
This project promotes an African process of health policies development based on a top-down and bottom-up
complementary approach, through the reinforcement of a network of action researches leaded by National
Public Health Schools (PHS).
This new project targets 4 countries of West Africa and relies on national PHS. The "Patient Centred
Approach" for tuberculosis patients is used as a strategy to integrate patient's and health actors' views
in the project. Together with actors working at different levels of health system, each PHS will define
and implement an action research integrating patient and health care provider's perspectives. This action
research will be a cross sector and multi-disciplinary intervention to ensure a systemic approach to health
cares.
Because West African countries usually share same concerns regarding health cares, a regional network
of PHS will be established to exchange information with capitalisation of the gained experience within the
region .
Finally, evidences generated by the project will be disseminated at national and regional levels to ensure
sustainable development for health system functioning.
Different activities are planned:
1. First seminar: Participant's knowledge will be upgraded and sharing of experiences will be organised.
Based on this, each country will define an action research.
2. Action research implementation: Team will have 18 months for implementing their intervention with the
support of the PHS. A mid-term peer review will be organised to reorientate the action research if needed, in collaboration with all actors involved.
3. Restitution seminar: It will be organised to exchange results, to synthesise acquired knowledge and
to define diffusion strategies.
4. Diss
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Call for proposal
FP6-2002-INCO-DEV/SSA-1
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Funding Scheme
SSA - Specific Support ActionCoordinator
Bruxelles
Belgium