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  Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage

  The Lancet, 2012

  Universal coverage of health care is now receiving substantial attention, but debate continues on the best mix of financing mechanisms.
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  Local governance and ICTs in Africa: Case studies and guidelines for implementation and evaluation

  International Development Research Centre, 2011

  This volume provides information on and analyses of e-governance at the municipal and the local level in Africa, thereby opening up the possibility of further research on how new technologies can be used to change the governance architecture in Africa.
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  An assessment of mental health policy in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia

  Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011

  Approximately half of the countries in the African Region had a mental health policy by 2005, but little is known about quality of mental health policies in Africa and globally. This paper reports the results of an assessment of the mental health policies of Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.
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  Low-Carbon Africa: Leapfrogging to a Green Future

  Christian Aid, 2011

  This new report by Christian Aid makes the case that Africa is able to deliver clean and sustainable energy to millions of energy-poor people across the continent without increasing greenhouse gas emissions – and for this renewable power potential to drive a green economic expansion across the region.
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  ICTs and small-scale agriculture in Africa: A scoping study

  International Development Research Centre, 2007

  This study aims to explore the opportunities presented by ICTs in small-scale agriculture including environment and natural resources management. It specifically sets out to answer a set of research questions as follows:
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  Getting research into policy and practice

  Knowledge Services, IDS, 2009

  The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change.Development actors are paying increasing attention to the question of how research, despite barriers, can fulfil its potential to improve policy and practice.
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  Strengthening the research to policy and practice interface: exploring strategies used by research organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS

  Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011

  As part of the Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Policy (SHHEP) project researchers and communications experts came together to share and analyse the strategies they used to influence policy.
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  Identification of potential aquaculture and fish processing investment projects and partners in selected countries in Africa: nine countries profiles

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2009

  This document reviews nine countries' profiles that were made in the context of a Norwegian study on potential aquaculture and fish processing investment in Africa. The report tries to determine the countries which have the best resource base, investment, and trade environment.
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  Access to knowledge in Africa: the role of copyright

  Link Centre - Learning Information Networking Knowledge Centre, 2011

  Copyright law alone does not constitute a national copyright environment.
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  Growing older in Africa and Asia: Multicentre study on ageing, health and well-being. Global health Action journal, supplement 2

  Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, 2010

  Selection of articles looking at the status of the elderly in Asia and Africa, resulting from the collaboration of the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Article titles include:

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