Denis Porignon

Biographic Data

ID1405538
NAMEDenis Porignon
GIVEN NAMESDenis
FAMILY NAMEPorignon
SIGNATUREPORIGNON D
AFFILIATIONSWorld Health Organization
ORCID0000-0002-0843-5696
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Use of Results-Oriented Monitoring tools to enhance global health accountability

    Open AccessMaria Roura, Eva Capa et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    Governments and organisations must demonstrate accountability and delivery of results. Results-Oriented Monitoring (ROM) is a European Commission mechanism aiming at enhancing internal control and management. The Health System Strengthening (HSS) for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme provides support towards achieving UHC through policy dialogue in 115 countries. Drawing from the ROM review of the HSS for UHC programme, we examine the val…

  • Mentorship to strengthen health system leadership

    Open AccessRosine Bigirinama, Ghislain Bisimwa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    From 2015 to 2019, the "RIPSEC" program launched a mentorship program, transforming the Walungu health zone, in eastern crisis-affected Democratic Republic of Congo, into a “Learning and Research Zone” (LRZ). As part of the program, a local university was tasked with strengthening the LRZ manager’s leadership capacities, including efforts to troubleshoot challenges related to the proliferation of informal healthcare facilities (IHFs). IHFs are un…

  • A synthesis of concepts of resilience to inform operationalization of health systems resilience in recovery from disruptive public health events including Covid-19

    Open AccessGeraldine McDarby, Redda Seifeldin et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    This article is part of the Research Topic ‘ Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict ’ Health systems resilience has become a ubiquitous concept as countries respond to and recover from crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, war and conflict, natural disasters, and economic stressors inter alia . However, the operational scope and definition of health systems resilience to inform health systems recovery and the b…

  • Developing technical support and strategic dialogue at the country level to achieve Primary Health Care-based health systems beyond the Covid-19 era

    Open AccessJeremy Cheong Chi Mo, Archana Shah et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    This article is part of the Research Topic ‘ Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict ’. Pursuing the objectives of the Declaration of Alma-Ata for Primary Health Care (PHC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and global health partners are supporting national authorities to improve governance to build resilient and integrated health systems, including recovery from public health stressors, through the long-term…

  • Policy dialogue as a collaborative tool for multistakeholder health governance

    Open AccessEmilie Robert, Dheepa Rajan et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    INTRODUCTION: Health system governance is the cornerstone of performant, equitable and sustainable health systems aiming towards universal health coverage. Global health actors have increasingly been using policy dialogue (PD) as a governance tool to engage with both state and non-state stakeholders. Despite attempts to frame PD practices, it remains a catch-all term for both health systems professionals and researchers. METHOD: We conducted a sc…

  • The contribution of primary care to health and health systems in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMargaret E Kruk, Denis Porignon et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2010

  • The response to flexibility

    Open AccessL Goeman, B Galichet et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2010Cited by: 2References: 12

    Since December 2005 the GAVI Alliance (GAVI) Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) window has offered predictable funding to developing countries, based on a combined population and economic formula. This is intended to assist them to address system constraints to improved immunization coverage and health care delivery, needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals. The application process invites countries to prioritize specific system constraint…

  • La recherche en santé

    Denis Porignon, Philippe Hennart et al.ARTICLECivilisations2006References: 8

    Les activités de recherche font partie du modèle de coopération développé par le Cemubac. Les fondements de la recherche sont établis sur le renforcement du fonctionnement des systèmes et des services de santé aboutissant à l'amélioration de la qualité des prestations offertes aux communautés. Qu'elle soit quantitative ou qualitative, cette recherche à composante participative élevée a pu se développer à la faveur d'un partenariat établi avec les…

  • The unseen face of humanitarian crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Denis Porignon, Isu Katulanya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2000Cited by: 2References: 5

    STUDY OBJECTIVE: Comparison of children's nutritional status in refugee populations with that of local host populations, one year after outbreak refugee crisis in the North Kivu region of Democratic Republic of Congo. DESIGN: Cross sectional surveys. SETTING: Temporary and other settlements, in the town of Goma and surrounding rural areas. SUBJECTS: Anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and presence or absence of oedema were measured am…

  • Humanitarian Aid and Health Services in Eastern Kivu, Zaire

    Philippe Goyens, Denis Porignon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Refugee Studies1996Cited by: 2References: 1

    The population of eastern Kivu, like that of Rwanda, has been surviving in critical conditions for many years. The Rwandan refugees of 1994 fled into an area with its own serious problems. The Zaïrean health services in the health districts of Rutshuru, Kirotshe and Masisi, in spite of the political and socioeconomic disintegration of the country, were still functioning, and the local hospitals and health centres, although overwhelmed, contribute…

  • The Role of the Zairian Health Services in the Rwandan Refugee Crisis

    Open AccessDenis Porignon, Jean‐pierre Noterman et al.ARTICLEDisasters1995Cited by: 3References: 8

    In July 1994, a stream of Rwandan refugees entered the southern part of North Kivu Region, Zaire. The public health consequences of this crisis for the host population and health services have not been analysed up to now. The lack of human and financial resources did not prevent Zairian health structures and personnel from taking care of the many refugees settled outside the camps, following their arrival. The public health consequences of the cr…