Transcript Some Policy Impact of INDEPTH work

HDSS SITES: IMPACT ON POLICY
Navrongo HDSS in Ghana
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Vitamin A supplementation study has
been translated into a national policy
Permethrin-treated bed nets study led
to the national bed net policy
Results of both trials, in conjunction
with similar trials in other countries,
impacted on international policy
HDSS SITES: INFLUENCING HEALTH
SYSTEMS
THE TANZANIA ESSENTIAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
PROJECT (TEHIP)
• World Development Report (1993) suggested that
mortality rates could be reduced if resources were
directed in line with local burden of disease.
• TEHIP, both a research and development project, was
founded to test this idea.
• After a decade of research and experience in two
districts in Tanzania child mortality rates have fallen by
more than 40%
Knowledge from Agincourt HDSS to Practice
in South Africa
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Demonstrating & evaluating rural district health
systems and programmes
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Chosen as the first pilot district by the health
authority in South Africa
Used for the introduction and roll-out of voluntary
counselling and testing (VCT) services
Manhica (Mozambique), Kintampo
(Ghana)… The impact
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Manhica and Kintampo are at the forefront
of global efforts to develop a malaria
vaccine.
GSK’s RTS,S provides new hope to the
efforts to develop a malaria vaccine
Anti-malarial drug monitoring at Manhica
has influenced the Mozambican
government to revise its first line drug for
treating malaria.
Matlab HDSS, Bangladesh
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Operating since 1966, it has a population of
212,000 individuals living in 142 villages.
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Develops and disseminates solutions to major
world health and population problems via simple
and cost-effective prevention and management.
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Family Planning & Cholera vaccines