Alain Goulard
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Infographic - Our health and social protection commitments 2023
In 2023, AFD Group invested 474 million euro in the health sector. New funded projects will strengthen the capacity of health and social protection systems in a range of areas, including human resources in health, adaptive social protection, and pharmaceutical regulations....
Published in April 2024
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Burundi : living with HIV
Around 2.9% of Burundi's population is HIV-positive, a figure that is probably underestimated. Through several projects, the AFD Group is supporting the activities of the National Association for the Support of HIV-Positive People (ANSS) via its I-OSC program, as well as through L'Initiative, a...
Published in December 2023
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Kenya: specialist doctors in Kisumu City
In Kisumu, Kenya's third largest city, access to healthcare remains limited. This is why AFD has supported the extension of the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu, which aims to improve access to healthcare, particularly for specialists, in the region. 13 Aga Khan health centers depend on this...
Published in September 2023
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Health and Social Protection - 2022 Activity Report
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Impact study of the creosote ban on power grid projects
Throughout the world, a vast majority of electric utility poles are made of wood. To increase the service life of these poles and improve their durability against various types of deterioration (insects, bad weather, and humidity), they are impregnated with fungicides and insecticides that are...
Published in July 2023
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Developing regional networks for integrated health surveillance
Avian flu, Ebola, Chikungunya or Covid-19... These emerging diseases are coming from animals.
Agence Française de Développement is promoting a new approach to health policies, to better acknowledge the interdependence among human and animal health as well as the health of our ecosystems....
Published in July 2023
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Kenya: a maternity ward for Lumumba hospital
Once a modest health center, the Lumumba establishment has become a reference hospital in Kisumu, au Kenya. It received support from AFD for its expansion and equipment, which allowed it to open a maternity ward and to be able to care for mothers in an integrated manner. This is part of a larger...
Published in May 2023
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AFD and Health in Common
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Infographic - Our health and social protection commitments 2022
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The local economic development effects of income transfers in South Africa. The Social Relief of Distress grant
Following the onset of COVID-19 in April 2020, this qualitative study considered the effects of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant on local economies in five urban and peri-urban locations in South Africa, through the perspectives of informal traders. In a context of acute inequality, the...
Published in April 2023
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Health and Social Protection - 2021 Activity Report
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The Impact of COVID-19 on households and firms in the MENA region: the case of Sudan
This paper aims to discuss the status of households and firms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan as a case study of the MENA countries. It is based on new primary data obtained from ERF COVID MENA Monitor Household Survey (2021) and the World Bank and Sudan Central Bureau of Statistic High...
Published in May 2022
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Evaluation Summary - Social protection policy-based loan, Egypt
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Gender and Mental Health: COVID-19 shock-related factors
At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the self-reported mental well-being of women in certain Middle East and North African (MENA) countries was significantly worse compared to that of men. New analysis has found that certain household and employment-related factors, such as food insecurity and...
Published in May 2022
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Populations' Behavior Toward Covid-19 Safety Measures: Evidence from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia
The present study aims to analyze the populations’ behavior toward COVID-19 safety measures in each of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. In this direction, a particular focus is put on which safety measures are observed and which category of people is most likely to observe them. To answer these...
Published in May 2022
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Social Safety Nets and Food Insecurity in MENA in the Time of COVID-19
A total of 52 million people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were chronically undernourished in 2019. About eight million more were expected to fall into poverty and be food insecure in the Arab region by the end of 2021 owing to COVID-19. This study estimates if and to what extent...
Published in May 2022
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Mental Health and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region: An Analysis of Shock Related Factors Within the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper investigates the potential associations between factors that affected households during the pandemic (such as food insecurity) and the gendered mental health inequalities in the MENA region. To analyze these potential associations, the paper used data from the World Health...
Published in May 2022
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Social Safety Nets and Food Insecurity in the Time of COVID-19: Selected MENA Countries
COVID-19 is testing food and social protection systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at an unprecedented scale. Countries responded by expanding social safety nets (SSNs) and/or distributing new cash transfers. We estimate if and to what extent SSNs have mitigated food...
Published in May 2022
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Populations' behavior analysis toward Covid-19 safety measures: Evidence from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
This policy brief assesses the COVID-19 safety measures use practices of some MENA populations, namely: Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian populations. To this end, three waves of data provided by rapid phone survey (household data) of ERF COVID -19 MENA Monitor, and Computer-Assisted Personal...
Published in May 2022
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Resilience in the Time of Covid-19: Lessons Learned from MENA SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent an important socioeconomic pillar that contributes to overall economic activity in many developing countries. The Covid-19 pandemic that emerged in the early months of 2020 is both a health and an economic crisis with dire consequences for...
Published in May 2022