Nigeria presently has the second highest absolute number of maternal deaths and perinatal deaths (stillbirth and neonatal deaths) in the world. The country accounts for up to 14% of global maternal deaths and is second ...
Objective: To determine community member and policy maker priorities in improving maternal health in rural Tanzania. Methods: The present participatory action research project was conducted in Rorya District, Mara Region, ...
Salahub, Jennifer Erin; Gottsbacher, Markus; de Boer, John(RoutledgeIDRC, 2018-04)
While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequality. Yet, social theory, largely developed and tested in the ...
Background: Results-based financing (RBF) is emerging as a new alternative to finance health systems in many African countries. In Mali, a pilot project was conducted to improve demand and supply of health services through ...
The objective of the study was to investigate the results of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) conducted in three referral hospitals in Lagos State, Nigeria over a two-year period and to report ...
Es imprescindible abrir el debate de un tema de crucial importancia en al ámbito de la (in) seguridad ciudadana: las relaciones dialécticas entre violencia y política, expresadas en el hecho de que la violencia ha producido ...
El presente diagnóstico sobre la integración de los(as) inmigrantes centroamericanos(as) eri Belice fue elaborado para conocer la experiencia Beliceña en el tratamiento de la población inmigrante, con el propósito de apoyar ...
This policy brief is intended to aid policy for land management especially in Cross River State, Nigeria. Following the incessant cases of conflicts between communities and investors (individuals, companies, multinational ...
Depuis la Charte du Mandé, les droits fondamentaux qui sont la Terre, l’Eau pour vivre dans la Dignité et du fruit de son travail n’ont pas trouvé d’écho significatif dans nos textes de lois et encore moins dans leur ...
Ces dernières années, les communautés sont confrontées de plus en plus aux accaparements de terres tant au niveau urbain et périurbain qu’au niveau rural facilités par la complicité des élites et les dysfonctionnements ...
Briceño-León, Roberto(Fundacion Centro Gumilla, 2016-03)
El 2015 cerró como el año más violento y con mayor criminalidad: las cifras más grandes de homicidios, robos, secuestros, extorsiones en la historia del país. Sin embargo, las cifras oficiales no dijeron nada. El silencio ...
University of Zimbabwe; Institute of Environmental Studies(Southern & Eastern African Regional Centre for Women's Law, 2015)
With increasing urbanization worldwide over the past half-century, cities in sub-Saharan Africa have been completely changed. In this context, researchers present a comprehensive survey of the Zimbabwean cities of Harare ...
In order to address the high levels of poverty and violence experienced in Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro, local governments have been seeking evidence on which strategies and interventions are effective for the reduction ...
The South African state has an understanding of civic solidarity that seeks a common good. Referred to in the literature as “social cohesion,” this is an idea that is said to be a preventative force against violence in ...
While violence has been the subject of great study, data remains limited on the impacts and nature of interpersonal injury. Injury continues to be a global health issue, however. Through the analysis of injury surveillance ...