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Mapping and quantifying the spatial and temporal composition of waste piles in informal settlements of urban Malawi. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Mwapasa T, Robertson T, Kazembe D, Mnkhwamba A, Kalonde PK, Feasey N, Quilliam RS, Morse T, Chidziwisano K.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Geopolitics and global strategy: Making money under anarchy

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Multinational firms conduct cross‐border trade and investment in a world of anarchy, where nation‐states must secure their survival in the absence of a world government. We develop a geopolitical‐economic order (GEO) framework to argue that the extent of geopolitical competition incentivizes states to create one of two types ...
Daniel J. Blake, Srividya Jandhyala, Quan Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Progress in Using Economic Policy Instruments to Improve Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economic policy can be a powerful instrument to influence food environments and support improved diets and health. Over the past 20 years, the use of fiscal policy to improve diets has increased dramatically. This paper reviews the trajectory of policy change, and explores the ways in which research has informed three different dimensions of ...
Anne Marie Thow
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward diseases related to water, hygiene and sanitation among inhabitants of informal settlements in French Guiana. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Mahé P, Thomas E, Van Melle A, Rabier S, Epelboin L, Oberlis M.   +5 more
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Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) Integration in Nova Scotia: A Provincial Realist Evaluation

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Canada is committed to supporting internationally educated nurse (IEN) integration into the healthcare system, as a strategy to address post‐pandemic nursing shortages. The province of Nova Scotia has emerged as a Canadian exemplar with the development of NICHE (Nova Scotia's International Community of Healthcare Workers Engagement)
Alyssa Indar, Meaghan Sim, Ruth Martin‐Misener, Annette Elliott‐Rose   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infrastructure deficits and informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

Nature
Bettencourt LMA, Marchio N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Decentralisation of the Healthcare Systems and the Functioning of Public Health Programmes in Single‐Party States: A Systematic Review

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Decentralisation is the transfer of authority from central to local governments, involving shared responsibilities in planning, management, and decision‐making. In public health, decentralisation might help improve service delivery by allowing local authorities to tailor interventions to the specific needs of diverse ...
Phonevilay Viphonephom, Ho Van Hoa, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Daniel Reinharz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intersectional inequalities in healthcare utilisation in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA). [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Sesay IJ, Sesay S, Wurie-Kamara H, Tengbe SM, Fullah S, Vangahun D, Gandi I, de Siqueira Filha NT, Lakshman R, Conteh A, Saidu S, Koroma B, Mansaray B, Elsey H, Whittaker L, Dean L, Georgi NW, Nganda M, Refell F, Macarthy JM, Leyland AH, Tolhurst R, Kibuchi E.   +22 more
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How Health Systems ‘Software’ Factors Affect Frontline Health Workers' Humanitarian Response Efforts During Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Rohingya Refugee Camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Humanitarian settings face a growing healthcare workforce crisis marked by staff shortages, unsafe working conditions, and limited professional development. Despite being critical intermediaries in outbreak responses, demands on health workers come at a substantial cost to their health and wellbeing.
Georgia Venner, Jennifer Palmer, Tasmia Aksi, Mahima Das Mumu, Mohammed Mirza Nu, Gillian McKay, Mahbub Ur Rahman Ujjal, Bhargavi Rao, Ahmed Hossain, Susannah Mayhew   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of sleep quality among women living in informal settlements in Kenya. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Ukoh E, Achieng SO, Plaxico L, Balakrishnan AK, Obara LM, Dzombo M, Ramchal M, Amponsah E, Brown H, Musyimi C, Witte SS, Winter SC.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source