Gender Equality in Access to Healthcare
A lack of medicine, water and electricity; shortages of doctors; prohibitive costs: they all stand in the way of providing good quality healthcare to all. The World Health Organization estimates that in 22 countries, the entire healthcare systems need to be rebuilt.
Christophe Paquet,...
The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Poverty and Income Distribution in South Africa 2014/2015
In the Burmese capital of Yangon, poor neighborhoods are extremely vulnerable to communicable diseases such as Covid-19. Not only is “social distancing” impossible for those who live in overcrowded areas. They have limited or no access to high-quality health or hygiene facilities.
Along with Turkey’s growing population comes a greater demand for health services. With EU financing and implemented by AFD, Turkey’s Health Ministry has overseen the construction of a new hospital in Hatay, southern Turkey, near the Syrian border. On World Health Day on April 7, we take a...
All Hands on Deck : Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa
Better-equipped hospitals, improved access to healthcare facilities, better trained staff, the upcoming introduction of universal health insurance: since 2007, AFD has been supporting the Comorian authorities through the PASCO project, an ambitious program aimed at supporting the health sector...
In recent years, AFD has significantly increased its support for healthcare in the French administrative department of Réunion. AFD comes to the aid of local healthcare stakeholders, hospitals, and non-profit organizations managing medico-social institutions that care for the dependent elderly...
AFD has joined forces with Fondation Pierre Fabre to establish a comprehensive care center for female victims of violence in Bangui, Central African Republic. The partnership was forged at a Paris conference on November 28, 2019. Among those present was Doctor Denis Mukwege, gynecologist and...
The massive explosions at Beirut’s port on August 4, which killed more than 200 people and injured thousands, are the latest in a series of tragic events to strike a country mired in crisis. AFD has responded to the catastrophe with additional assistance as part of France’s effort to coordinate...
Researchers interested in examining the ramifications of stimulus measures for the South African economy are invited to submit their research proposals, by August 15, 2021.
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced societies around the world to make difficult trade-offs, as they try respond to...
Supporting Bangladesh’s response to the Covid-19 crisis
AFD is supporting Bangladesh’s Covid-19 response through a social protection program benefiting vulnerable groups including the elderly and people with disabilities.
A Digital Response to the Health Crisis
Launched in Dakar, the DIRECCT program is supporting the connectivity and digitization of operators in the health, education and small business sectors. It’s a program that is helping people and policy makers cope with current and future crises in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific.
Improving access to essential drugs for the population
Basic healthcare provision is extremely limited in Madagascar. AFD has set out to improve the situation by building the supply and storage capacity of the country’s central medical store.
Access to healthcare and protection: Tools to prevent tensions in Lebanon (phase 2)
The Lebanese association Amel is working on reducing tensions in Lebanon by improving access to health and protection for vulnerable people, in partnership with International Alert and Samusocial International. Following on from a 1st phase, which started in 2016, AFD wished to extend its...
The current health crisis is already leading to growing gender inequalities with women exposed to precarious work conditions, an increase in unwanted pregnancies and a sharp rise in domestic violence. What can be done? Mar Merita Blat, gender expert at Agence Française de Développement, tackles...
Globally, more than three billion people lack basic sanitation services, which can have dire consequences for women and girls in particular, as those lacking access to toilets and water are more vulnerable to poor menstrual hygiene and the potentially grave health risks that result. In Ethiopia...