In Kisumu, local brew dens and porn video halls facilitate risky sexual encounters between youth. These places should be regulated and monitored by the government. Our study strongly points to female vulnerabilities and the role of men in perpetuating the local epidemic. Young men should be target...
Ministry of Local Government of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia G. M. Pelekamayo (Permanent Secretary) Harare City Council, Zimbabwe J. C. B. Taylor (Director of Community Services ( Social Planning and Housing for Low Income Residents) Editor information Editors and Affiliations Habitat Forum, Faculty of...
the local levels. Consequently, over the years subsequent governments have sought responsiblefor Local Government at least sixty (60) days before the commencement its adoption in 2006 asa pilot council out of the then 72 districts in Zambia (MDP- ESA, 2008).S Gumboh...
Respondents are asked if they, during the past year, have ‘had to pay a bribe, give a gift, or do a favor to government officials in order to’ a) ‘Avoid a problem with the police (like passing a checkpoint or avoiding a fine or arrest)’, b) ‘Get a document or a permit’....
acknowledge the Victorian State Government Operational Infrastructure Support and Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council Independent Medical Research Institutes Infrastructure Support Scheme (NHMRC IRIISS). S.A. and R.N.P. are funded by the Wellcome Trust (Senior Fellowship in ...
Although overall spending on development assistance and investments to address malnutrition from government donors have remained steady, those from multilateral institutions have increased since 2013, amounting to US$856 million in overseas development assistance in 2016 (ref. 15). These investments, howeve...
mother visited by LHW and told about vaccination; mother has not heard of any bad effects of vaccination; mother has discussed immunisation in the family; mother participates in decision about vaccinating the child; government health facility offering immunisation within 5 km; vaccination team visits ...
Studies show that despite trends towards decentralisation in local government in many endemic countries, feedback and responsiveness to local needs within the general health systems are limited; this is perpetuated by planning and managerial spheres being heavily centralised with little decision-making ...
1 The British colonial government regularly attempted to counter these practices and to grow high-quality cotton in the subcontinent in order to break the Lancashire spinning mills dependency on American cotton imports. However, these endeavours failed, even after the opening of railway lines and the...
The few countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, such as Tanzania, Namibia and Zambia, whose maize prices are not affected by ENSO, are classified as “highly-intervention” countries (Minot 2014). In these countries, the government intervenes actively in the maize market via marketing boards....