Founded in 1986 by health professionals, ACODESS is an international organization, specialized in consulting and technical assistance for the development of health care services and hospitals. Public health specialists, hospital chief executive officers, medical doctors (General practitioners and specialists), nurses, health information system specialists (including geographical information system), health economists and health financing specialists, architects, biomedical engineers, etc.

 

Areas of Expertise

Health policy planning and strategy,
Drawing-up of healthcare facilities master plan (including GIS mapping of the relevant criteria and indicators),
Primary healthcare and hospital strategy, planning, restructuring and organization,
Hospital programming, governance and management,
Healthcare delivery systems (referral system: primary healthcare facilities and hospitals; ),
Governance, management, decision-making process and accountability,
Social issues and health: population accessibility and equity to healthcare services,
Development of survey instruments; monitoring of data collection and analysis,
Health economic aspects of projects and programs appraisals,
Definition of healthcare investments plans including capital investment and impact on the future operation costs.

 

Research and Development

ACODESS devotes part of its activity to research carried out in close connection with its cooperation programs and technical assistance services in the field. This research has allowed ACODESS to improve its knowledge of the health and economic realities of southern countries, and thus offer innovative solutions and new means of action for development of health care services.