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FACTS - Field Action Science

Development, health, humanitarian action, education, environment - so many themes which, without being exhaustive, mobilize the intervention of numerous actors, NGO, governmental and multilateral agencies, academic institutions and consultancies world-wide.  

From all these activities emerge knowledge, know‑how, results from experiments and valuable problem solving, which are not adequately disseminated and shared between actors in the field. The FACTS initiative, launched by Professor Kourilsky, aims to enhance, capitalise and disseminate the knowledge resources produced by field actions and foster their take up by all in routine actions.

The finality of FACTS initiative is to collect and to disseminate knowledge, methodologies, and best practices. Today this takes the form of an international journal "FACTS Reports", functioning according the rules which prevail in the scientific community.

creation of the international review "FACTS Reports" was announced last March 12th 2007, in Lyons, during the Forum Biovision and was officially released in December 2008.

First articles are available !

Innovations in community physiotherapy
M. Ellangovin
Page(s) 93-100, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 8217 KB)

Access to microcredit for women living with, or vulnerable to, HIV in Haiti
C. Longuet, J. L. Machuron, M. M. Deschamps, R. Sinior, E. Brignoli, J. W. Pape, and B. Miribel
Page(s) 85-91, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 399 KB)

Emergence of an environmental citizenship in Senegalese rural areas: local development initiatives by the Fannabara association in Missirah (Fatick, Senegal)
M. Fall, M. N. Dimé, and C. O. Sarr
Page(s) 79-84, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 363 KB)

From research to field action: example of the fight against cholera in the Democratic Republic of Congo
R. Piarroux, D. Bompangue, P.-Y. Oger, F. Haaser, A. Boinet, and T. Vandevelde
Page(s) 69-77, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 3501 KB)

Using climate information in the health sector
T. A. Ghebreyesus, Z. Tadesse, D. Jima, E. Bekele, A. Mihretie, Y. Y. Yihdego, T. Dinku, S. J. Connor, and D. P. Rogers
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 63-67, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 68 KB)

Drinking water: a need met for the people of the commune of Bantè, Benin
T. R. Fousseni
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 57-62, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 1427 KB)

Rice-fish farming in Guinée Forestière - outcome of a rural development project
D. Simon and J. F. Benhamou
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 49-56, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 897 KB)

Living City: community mobilization to build active transport policies and programs in Santiago, Chile
L. Sagaris
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 41-48, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 2584 KB)

WÉGOUBRI, the sahelian bocage: an integrate approach for environment preservation and social development in sahelian agriculture (Burkina Faso)
H. Girard
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 33-39, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 1702 KB)

Biogas production using water hyacinths to meet collective energy needs in a sahelian country
O. Almoustapha, S. Kenfack, and J. Millogo-Rasolodimby
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 27-32, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 2410 KB)

Health logistics is a profession: improving the performance of health in developing countries
B. Silve
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 19-25, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 88 KB)

Technical support by Solthis for health-care workers in order to decentralise medical treatment for people living with HIV in the Ségou region of Mali
P. Teisseire, A. Akonde, C. Pizzocolo, S. Calmettes, N. Bodo, and L. Pizarro
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 9-17, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 158 KB)

Urban agriculture: multi-dimensional tools for social development in poor neibourghoods
E. Duchemin, F. Wegmuller, and A.-M. Legault
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 2, 1-8, 2009
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 621 KB)

Children aged 12-59 months missed through the National Vitamin A Capsule Distribution Program in Bangladesh: findings of the Nutritional Surveillance Project
N. Akhter, C. Witten, G. Stallkamp, V. Anderson, S. de Pee, and N. Haselow
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 1, 19-25, 2008
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 140 KB)

When will community management conserve biodiversity? Evidence from Malawi
Joy E. Hecht
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 1, 9-17, 2008
Abstract   Full Paper (PDF, 96 KB)

Mobile laboratory to improve response to meningitis epidemics, Burkina Faso epidemic season 2004
R. T. Ouedraogo, B.-M. Njanpop-Lafourcade, P. Jaillard, Y. Traoré, J. E. Mueller, J.-F. Aguilera, M. Dabal, S. R. Tiendrébéogo, W. Goehde, A. da Silva, B. D. Gessner, and P. Stoeckel
Field. Actions Sci. Rep., 1, 1-7, 2008
Abstract Full Paper (PDF, 1823 KB)

Events

Biovision

Further information on Biovision and the FACTS Reports Conference

World Life Science Forum Biovision 2009

Two years after its official announcement, a conference on FACTS Reports has been held on March 10th within the World Life Science Forum Biovision 2009 (which has focused on "the contribution of Life Sciences to sustainable urban development"). The FACTS Reports Conference has brought together 25 international field actors to discuss major development issues such as the global water crisis, the food crisis, governance and health.

A special session "FACTS Reports"

At this occasion, a special session "FACTS Reports:
a New and Unique Journal and an Instrument at the Service of Field Actors" presented FACTS Reports and highlighted major important issues raised in some of the published papers related to the Natural Resources and Development topic. 

"FACTS Reports" side event - GDN Kuwait 2009

Founded in 1997 by among others Joseph Stiglitz, the Global Development Network (GDN) is home to a multidisciplinary group of academics, researchers, and policy-makers, all working toward the common goals of bridging the gap between research and policy.

The Annual meeting of the GDN was held in Kuwait City from February 3rd to February 5th 2009. Each year, around 700 participants from across the world attend the Annual meeting which raises major issues related to development.

The general topic of the 2009 GDN annual Conference was "Natural Resources and Development".

Honorary Board

Highly-respected people, composing the Honorary Board, have already accepted to support the FACTS Initiative.

Dedicated Editorial Boards

Call for papers

Two editorial boards have already been constituted, related to the topics of Health and the Economy.

Health Economy

Call for papers

Contributions or information requests should be sent to Nadia CAID, Development Director, Institut Veolia Environnement

Position paper

Partners of the journal

For any query, remark or interest about FACTS: facts.initiative@institut.veolia.org