Theme leader: Pierre Fournier, MD, MSc

Researchers

Globalhealth research is an emerging field which is experiencing significant development and which has a variety of research agendas in which this theme’s researchers are active.

Our various projects are focused on research questions related to the evaluation of changes to health systems (service delivery and mechanisms that facilitate access) and to world public health programs aimed at examining the links between poverty and health and at reducing disease burden (HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality).

These questions converge around a larger perspective of the analysis of the links between policies, vulnerability and health. These research activities have a significant knowledge-transfer component intended to promote good practices and to strengthen the capacities of low- and medium-income partner countries. The Teasdale Corti team – Vulnerability and health – groups many researchers working in these areas.

This research is conducted in Africa, Asia and Latin America and in connection with International Health Unit for operational and logistic considerations.

Some of our sub-themes :

• Evaluation of public health policies
• Health, poverty and vulnerability in the context of development
• Maternal mortality and obstetric care systems
• Equity and health services financing (exemptions, mutual health insurances, etc.)
• HIV/AIDS, access to anti-retrovirals
• Equity of access to vaccination and to health services
• Human resources (workforce planning, development of human resources)
• Chronic diseases and access to health care
• Health, basic education, and childhood development Graduate training and the development of young researchers are central to this theme’s activities.