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Newsletter 17.04.2018

Editorial

Dear colleagues, Most experts agree that population dynamics should be at the heart of development planning. But what does it take to make that happen? The latest GHPC study presents interesting learnings from a population dynamics initiative BMZ supported - with considerable impact - in Togo. Find out more about the Togo study and highlights from other current German-supported initiatives in this issue of our newsletter. Enjoy the reading! Your editorial team Karolina Luczak Santana & Anna von Roenne Current topics Malawi’s bold vision for a Unified Social Registry With German support, Malawi is developing a state of the art social registry, providing a single source of data for the many social protection programmes operating in the country. It will reduce fragmentation of social protection efforts, enable more efficient use of resources, and produce made-to-measure data sets for a wide range of clients. More Getting a better grasp on Togo’s future: Population dynamics at the heart of development planning This case study traces how the Government of Togo, with support from German Development Cooperation, embarked on a process of improving planning in all sectors by integrating population dynamics. A striking feature is the Togolese government's strong appropriation and continuing pursuit of the approach also after the end of German support. More Investing in neglected diseases The Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) is unique in that it is the world’s only social impact fund that addresses the pressing global health problems of neglected diseases whilst generating sustainable financial returns. Five years after it was first established the Fund has a successful portfolio of investments that prove that it is possible to do both. More Exchange for Change (E4C) In January and February 2018 the German BACKUP initiative organised two regional workshops in Ouagadougou and Lilongwe. Health experts from 16 countries used the innovative ‘LEGO Serious Play’ methodology to explore common bottlenecks in implementing Global Fund-financed health programmes and to design novel solutions to address them. More Learning from tragedy in a ‘no blame’ environment More than 7000 women die every year in Kenya during pregnancy, delivery or shortly after giving birth. With German support, the county health department in Kisumu now conducts a detailed audit of every maternal and perinatal death to find out what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again. More Global health and its changing landscape The first issue of a promising new series ‘Global Health in the Era of Agenda 2030’ by the Centre for Global Health, University of Oslo, Norad and the Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association takes a look at power and governance in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation. Are the lines between security interests and solidarity getting blurred? More Connect with Healthy DEvelopments on social media:          Disclaimer    Site notice    © 2010-2018 Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development