Analysis of Healthcare Systems in Developing and Emerging Countries

Team

Martine AUDIBERT
Emeritus Director of Research at CERDI-CNRS,
Head of Training at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD–FERDI),
FERDI Senior Fellow
Michel GARENNE
Researcher, Institut Pasteur,
Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
FERDI Senior Fellow,
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMI Résiliences
Marlène GUILLON
Lecturer, University of Montpellier
Jacky MATHONNAT
Emeritus Professor at the School of Economics - CERDI - Université Clermont Auvergne,
FERDI Senior Fellow,
Head of Training at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD-FERDI),
Head of FERDI's Health Program
Aurore PÉLISSIER
Lecturer in Economics, University of Bourgogne,
FERDI Research Fellow
Josselin THUILLIEZ
Research Professor, CNRS-Sorbonne
Senior Fellow, FERDI

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Programs
1
IHEDD Trainings
56
Publications
19
Events
7
Blogs
4
Press review

This project aims to strengthen the efficiency and resilience of health systems through two complementary approaches: applied research, focused on producing policy recommendations for health systems, and capacity building for decision-makers in the sector.

The activities carried out under this programme address key challenges in health financing, the efficiency of health facilities, and household behaviour in response to health risks. FERDI supports public decision-makers by providing analytical tools that help improve decision-making in the healthcare sector—ensuring that solutions are not only economically sound but also socially and politically viable.

In addition, FERDI offers specialised training courses in health economics for executives in the public and private sectors to enhance their capacity to plan and manage health policies. These courses draw on the team’s expertise in health systems research, particularly in Africa and Asia.

Objectives

↪ To provide governments and their partners with research-based information that supports economically feasible, socially acceptable, and politically viable decision-making.

↪ To contribute to strengthening human capital in health, particularly in relation to the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

2024-2025 Ouputs

↪ Participation in international health financing dialogues, including events organised by the World Bank, IMF, and AFD, as well as contributions to the international working group on healthcare financing

↪ Efficiency studies of healthcare systems in Togo, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mongolia, and China, conducted in collaboration with national institutions

↪ Surveys and analyses in Togo to study access to care and the determinants of health demand, to support the implementation of universal health coverage.

↪ IHEDD/FERDI training course: Strengthening healthcare systems and policies to combat communicable and non-communicable diseases. This certified programme is opened to healthcare executives. The course includes 120 hours of training, of which 36 are delivered in-person in Clermont-Ferrand. Funded by the Department of International Cooperation of the Government of Monaco, with renewed support for 2025–2027.

↪ Tailored training sessions commissioned by the Ministries of Health in Botswana and Madagascar, and activities as part of the continuing education module of the Master’s in Analysis and Evaluation of Public Health Policies at the Institute of Public Policy (IPP), Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar.

↪ Michel Garenne (Ferdi, IRD, Pasteur) contributes to the book The Power and Impact of Words in Managing and Shaping Demographic Crises, edited by Danièle Bélanger, Nicolas Cauchi-Duval, and Maria Cristina Sousa Gomes, with a chapter titled Crises and Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Variations in Infant and Child Mortality Since 1950.