« Transforming Challenge into Action: Expanding Health Coverage for All » at the World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings 2024 – Two hot issues that should have been brought out of the shadows but weren’t
June 06, 2024
↪ To provide governments and their partners with research-based information that supports economically feasible and socially and politically acceptable decision-making.
↪ To contribute to strengthening human capital in health, particularly in relation to the health MDGs.
↪ Measuring the impact of Covid-19 on mortality in Africa.
↪ Measuring the impact of Covid-19 on the efficiency of district hospitals.
↪ Supporting institutions and governments to develop knowledge.
↪ The conclusions of the study on the efficiency of a sample of family health centres in Ulan Bator (Mongolia) are included in a petition to Parliament submitted by the Mongolian Ministry of Health. The study was conducted by Jacky Mathonnat in partnership with the Center for Health Development.
↪ Jacky Mathonnat is taking part in the "Improving the efficiency of public and private general hospitals in Lomé and two regional cities and Determinants of preventive health behaviour among young women in Togo" programme. This programme, defined with the Togolese Ministry of Health is being carried out in collaboration with LEDi (Dijon Economics Laboratory, University of Burgundy) and the Economic Analysis of Public Policies team (ANEPP) at the University of Lomé.
↪ IHEDD-FERDI develops training programmes in health economics. These programmes are designed for public and private players occupying positions of responsibility in health systems or in related fields such as finance and social affairs. In 2023, 6 training courses were provided with the support of the Department of External Relations and Cooperation of the Government of Monaco.
↪ Jean-Louis Arcand, Sosso Feindouno, and Patrick Guillaumont have published an article in Social Science & Medicine on the transfer of Covid-19 mortality from Northern to Southern countries. This article builds on a study conducted with a grant from the French National Research Agency (ANR) under the "Covid-19 Research Action" call for proposals. The article explores how containment policies in Northern countries, aimed at curbing the spread of the virus and saving lives, inadvertently transferred the risk of mortality to the South, particularly to fragile states, most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa.
↪ FERDI is contributing to the AFD (French Development Agency)'s program on the impact of Covid-19 on health and the efficiency of healthcare structures in Africa. The aim of this program is to better respond to current and future health shocks. FERDI conducted two studies: one on the indirect effects of Covid-19 on mortality in Africa, and the other on the pandemic's impact on the efficiency of district hospitals in Burkina Faso and Niger. These studies were conducted in collaboration with teams appointed by the Ministry of Health in each country. The results were published in three articles co-authored with Jacky Mathonnat and one article by Sosso Feindouno, published by AFD and later reproduced in book form by FERDI.
↪ FERDI has become the main partner of the "Savoirs Éco en Tunisie" project, implemented by Expertise France and funded by the European Union. The project aims to support public debate on economic issues in Tunisia by strengthening the structures that produce economic knowledge (SPSEs). FERDI offers training activities for Tunisian SPSEs, as well as a mentoring programme to support SPSEs in their research projects, right up to the publication of policy briefs.
↪ FERDI supports CEMAC's plans to create a regional university of excellence. As part of its partnership agreement With the CEMAC Commission, FERDI is analysing the various economic models applicable to community centres of excellence, and in particular to the Afro-American University of Central Africa (AAUCA). The work in progress should be completed in 2024.
