The attainment of global development programs, such as SDG-3, which focuses on ensuring good healthcare and well-being of the people by 2030, depends on the quality of services provided by the healthcare facilities [8] under the Local Government Authorities. To attain quality health service ...
Advancing Local Governance: Zambia’s Fiscal Transition Jacqueline Muthee is a Democratic Governance Specialist at USAID Zambia, supporting the Zambian government’s efforts to decentralise fiscal management and transfer decision-making power to local governments. As the donor co-chair for the Decentralisa...
For generations, debates over what level of government should pay for local government services-most notably school funding-have largely boiled down to a simple pair of assumptions. Having the state or federal government pay for services promotes equality across rich and poor areas, but hampers loca...
Chamisa also encouraged teachers to continue fighting for their rights, demanding better salaries. He promised that his "government-in-waiting" would improve their conditions of service when it assumes power. Teachers have been on strike since schools reopened two weeks ago, demanding better salaries...
In the semi-arid zone of West Africa, forests, pastures, and fallows are resources that are used by multiple groups (herding cattle, cutting wood, gathering, hunting, and bee keeping) with competing interests. Since colonial times, central government has sought to control access and use of for...
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 ...
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health issue disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. In Tanzania, multi-drug-resistant bacteria (MDR) are highly prevalent in clinical and community settings, inhibiting effective treatmen
According to him, a government must base its policies on scientific research, but this was not done in LoI changes in Zanzibar. The analysis provides a basis for examining how the curriculum in Zanzibar is perceived and used in school, and the ways that local people and governments interpret ...