Burkina Faso
New Research Agendas to Strengthen African Health Systems
The initiative to build new research agendas to strengthen African health systems began with a pilot phase consisting of a 4.5-year, CAD1-million investment from IDRC. This initiative funds two national science granting councils (SGCs) in West Africa to develop and implement impactful research programs focused on strengthening health systems. It has two interconnected aims: to…
Call open: LEAWEF Multilateral Research Programme: knowledge needed on integrated solutions in water, energy and food
Call open: LEAWEF Multilateral Research Programme: knowledge needed on integrated solutions in water, energy and food Aim and objectivesThe Long-term Europe – Africa WEF-Nexus Multilateral Research Programme (LEAWEF) is an international initiative focusing on the interconnections between water, energy and food (WEF) within the framework of sustainable development. Using the WEF nexus approach, the programme…
Go Data, software to improve malaria surveillance in Burkina Faso
L’outil numérique développé par l’OMS et le Réseau mondial d’alerte et d’action en cas d’épidémie contribue à lutter efficacement contre la maladie. Par : Abdel Aziz Nabaloum L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) et le Réseau mondial d’alerte et d’action en cas d’épidémie (GOARN) ont mis au point un logiciel qui contribue à la surveillance des…
Fonds National de la Recherche et de I’Innovation pour le Developpment (Burkina Faso)
Provide a secure framework for funding research and innovation activities throughout the national territory so that the results produced are truly vectors of well-being for the populations and generators of wealth and prosperity for the entire nation .
Apurmed, the application that helps doctors write prescriptions
Developed in Burkina Faso, this digital solution reduces the risk of prescribing drugs that are incompatible with each other or unsuitable for the patient’s health. Fast playback This application, developed by the medical informatics laboratory, lists over 4,000 drugs. Its user-friendly options help doctors avoid medication errors For the experts, if its use is popularized,…
Towards a more equal and connected world for women and girls
Assétou Sawadogo Kabore and Ndeye Sine Diop – two participants in the SGCI Gender and Inclusivity Project – share their impressions of the 67th annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) held in New York in March. “We must remember that it is not a question of having beautiful conclusions; they…
The NRF hosts a Learning Visit of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa
The National Research Foundation (NRF) is hosting its sister agencies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cote D’Ivoire and Tanzania for a learning visit during 13 – 14 February 2023. The visit provides the opportunity to cross-share experiences to design and monitor research programmes and how these fit within broader monitoring, evaluation…
One year of implementing the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair in Research and Action against Cancer
In October 2021, Prof Olga Lompo and Prof Samira Ouédraogo officially started implementing research and training activities under the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI) at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (UJKZ) in Burkina Faso, the first ever research chair awarded to a Francophone country. This research chair was awarded using a co-chair model. In addition,…
Africa’s science-granting councils are failing women
Equality-promoting funding policies “still in their infancy”, review finds Many national bodies disbursing African research funding grants are failing to address gender imbalances in their support, a review paper has found. The paper, published in April in the journal Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, assessed gender policies and practices across 15 African science-granting councils.…
