Abr 18, 2017 | COHESION matters, Mozambique, news, Team, Updates
Meu regresso a Moçambique – My return to Mozambique Mozambique is a special place for me. It was the first country I visited in sub-Saharan Africa, my first project in looking at diabetes management in a low-income country and also a country where I was able to work...
Mar 27, 2017 | COHESION matters, Eduardo Mondlane University, Meetings, Mozambique, news, policy analysis, Research, Team, Updates
The COHESION team meets in Mozambique. Three members of the Swiss team (Dr. David Beran, Dr. Claire Somerville and Mrs. Sarah Lachat) join the Mozambique team this week at Eduardo Mondlane University. Policy Analysis and gender are at the top of the agenda, but the...
Feb 22, 2017 | COHESION matters, Household Survey, Nepal, news, Research
For the first time, in the rural area, Baniyani VDC, Jhapa district, South-western Nepal, a major household survey on several health issues was conducted by the Nepalese COHESION team during the last week of November 2016. The aim of the survey was to collect baseline...
Nov 22, 2016 | capacity building, Meetings, news, Updates
The Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development organized an r4d Skills Mixed Methods Research Workshop with Alicia O’Cathain, on integration and quality assessment. The full-day workshop took place in Bern on 28 October 2016 and congregated project...
Jul 23, 2016 | news, NTD, Peru, Updates
“Selecting the NTD in Peru: Engaging stakeholders in the difficult decision of selecting what underserved disease to prioritize” The COHESION Project aims to address the double burden of disease that face health systems and communities by improving capacities at the...
Jul 18, 2016 | Articles, COHESION matters, news, Publications
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has just published a commentary from the COHESION investigators on «The need to focus on primary health care for chronic diseases«. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30148-6 Beran, D., Chappuis, F., Cattacin, S.,...