In Syria, for instance, armed actors instrumentalized humanitarian aid as a “means of control, exclusion, and intimidation” (Parkinson and Behrouzan, 2015, 329), while governments from the Philippines to Uganda used strategic portraits of domestic rivals to capture foreign aid (Bhatia, 2005; ...
"“When clients visit, I said Sabaidee ‘hello sir’ while smiling. I immediately invite them for a seat. I serve a glass of cold water first, talk to them softly and show my respect throughout the service. It doesn’t matter if I go for sex but in the end I usually have a very...
Our first step in Kenya was to meet local organizations. They included theFaculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Nairobi, theOIE Sub-Regional Office for East Africa, government veterinarians, representative fromSIDAI– a local veterinary service provider –, and theMeru University of ...
most probably highlights the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria service delivery during the years 2019–2021 [9,10]. Further, it underscores the increased need for additional innovative tools in malaria vector-control in order to achieve elimination of the disease [11]. In this...
Participants observed that online platforms could also be useful in giving HCPs anonymous feedback that HCPs could use to improve service delivery. “If there is a way a clinic has a platform online where it doesn’t reveal who texted this or that thing, yeah it can be good because they ...
This qualitative study explores factors enabling or preventing parents from seeking care for sick under-five children in Nigeria’s Kogi and Ebonyi states, including gender-related roles and social norms. Interviews were conducted with parents of sick under-five children and service providers, and foc...
among young adolescent school-going women in Uganda, where if young women appear to be too interested in money they may be stigmatised as ‘loose’. On the other hand, if they are not interested in money at all they may be suspected of being infected and wanting to spread HIV [56]....
“Consumption' means that the person cannot control himself anymore. That's it, so we must consider him as a sick person and not as a social offender.” (Interview 5, participant 12) This perceptual change was instigated, according to PCPs, by increased drug circulation and consumption since...