Project Title: Catalysing Policy Improvement in Africa (CPIA) for Maternal, Newborn, Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Project Description: Despite many improvements in material, newborn, sexual, and reproductive health (MNSRH) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), overall progress remains inadequate and uneven. Reasons for this include insufficient investment and funding for health, fragmented and disorganized healthcare systems; gaps in evidence-based policy; and weakness in policy implementation. The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the United Nations University International Institute of Global Health (UNI-IIGH) have agreed to co-fund a program of work (Catalyze Policy Improvement... Despite many improvements in material, newborn, sexual, and reproductive health (MNSRH) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), overall progress remains inadequate and uneven. Reasons for this include insufficient investment and funding for health, fragmented and disorganized healthcare systems; gaps in evidence-based policy; and weakness in policy implementation. The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the United Nations University International Institute of Global Health (UNI-IIGH) have agreed to co-fund a program of work (Catalyze Policy Improvement in Africa - CPIA) Catalysing Policy Improvement in Africa (CPIA) aims to promote and produce Maternal, Newborn, Sexual, Reproductive Health (MNSRH) policy improvement and development in five countries: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Uganda, and Mozambique. CPIA will promote and produce MNSRH policy improvement and development through a model that is: a) de-colonial, nationally led, and considerate of the need to strengthen local research and policy-making systems and institutions; b) positively synergistic with other externally-driven initiatives; and c) committed to prioritizing equity in terms of both processes and outcomes. The project will result in a variety of tangible policy outputs that will have been enabled or catalyzed by CPIA. These will be in the form of updated and improved versions of existing policies, or new policies. CPIA will also conduct a prospective evaluation to enable real-time modification and improvement of planned activities and ensure that the CPIA model is properly studied, documented, and able to generate country-specific case studies and generalizable lessons. CPIA will be delivered by the International Institute of Global Health of the United Nations University (UNU-IIGH) working through a 'core partner' within each country that will act as an anchor point for UNU-IIGH and CPIA.
Principal Investigator : Sally Mtenga
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Time frame: (2022-10-17) - (2024-07-31)
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY (Normal)
External Collaborating Partners
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO)
School of Public Health, Makerere University