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HDSS SITES: IMPACT ON POLICY Navrongo HDSS in Ghana. Vitamin A supplementation study has been translated into a national policy Permethrin-treated bed nets study led to the national bed net policy
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HDSS SITES: IMPACT ON POLICYNavrongo HDSS in Ghana • Vitamin A supplementation study has been translated into a national policy • Permethrin-treated bed nets study led to the national bed net policy • Results of both trials, in conjunction with similar trials in other countries, impacted on international policy
HDSS SITES: INFLUENCING HEALTH SYSTEMSTHE TANZANIA ESSENTIAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PROJECT (TEHIP) • World Development Report (1993) suggested that mortality rates could be reduced if resources were directed in line with local burden of disease. • TEHIP, both a research and development project, was founded to test this idea. • After a decade of research and experience in two districts in Tanzania child mortality rates have fallen by more than 40%
Knowledge from Agincourt HDSS to Practice in South Africa • Demonstrating & evaluating rural district health systems and programmes • Chosen as the first pilot district by the health authority in South Africa • Used for the introduction and roll-out of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services
Manhica (Mozambique), Kintampo (Ghana)… The impact • Manhica and Kintampo are at the forefront of global efforts to develop a malaria vaccine. • GSK’s RTS,S provides new hope to the efforts to develop a malaria vaccine • Anti-malarial drug monitoring at Manhica has influenced the Mozambican government to revise its first line drug for treating malaria.
Matlab HDSS, Bangladesh • Operating since 1966, it has a population of 212,000 individuals living in 142 villages. • Develops and disseminates solutions to major world health and population problems via simple and cost-effective prevention and management. • Family Planning & Cholera vaccines