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Primary healthcare services in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: Evaluating a service-support project

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020
Background: In 2012, 38% of the South African population resided in the rural areas of the country. The professional healthcare services are concentrated in the urban areas, resulting in an imbalance between urban and rural healthcare services.
Angela A. Morris-Paxton, Stephen Reid, Rose-Marie G. Ewing   +2 more
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Using organisational memory in evaluations

African Evaluation Journal, 2014
This article uses the case of a regional intermediary organisation to investigate organisational memory (OM) and its contribution to knowledge management and activities in evaluations.
Madri S. Jansen van Rensburg
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‘Our courage has grown’: a grounded theory study of enablers and barriers to community action to address violence against women in urban India

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Transforming communities into supportive environments for women facing risks of violence requires community members to play an active role in addressing violence against women (VAW).
Lu Gram, David Osrin, Nayreen Daruwalla, Beniamino Cislaghi, Sukanya Paradkar   +4 more
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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Providing Cataract Surgeries at a Rural Primary Health Centre through Non-governmental Organisation Collaboration: An 8-year Experience

Preventive Medicine: Research & Reviews
The National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment aims to reduce blindness and visual impairment in India. Despite these efforts, rural areas still have high numbers of cataract patients due to inadequate healthcare services ...
Shruti K Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Reena Yadav   +2 more
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The contribution of volunteerism to monitoring and evaluation of NGO projects in Chegutu district, Zimbabwe

Cogent Social Sciences, 2020
The study discusses the contribution of volunteerism to monitoring and evaluation (M and E) of NGO projects using the case study of a NGO in Chegutu district, Zimbabwe.
Itai Kabonga
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of state-civil society relationships in Botswana : a case of the Women's Affairs Department and women non-governmental organisations [PDF]

, 2011
Interactions between the state and Non-governmental Organisations have been heightened globally. This has led to states engaging civil society more than ever before. However, tendencies to control NGOs by the state seem common in African countries.
Mooketsane, Keneilwe
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The International Activity of Ordo Iuris. The Central European Actor and the Global Christian Right

Religions, 2021
Much of the research dedicated to recent political changes in Poland emphasises the conservative agenda pursued by the ruling Law and Justice party. Many of the articles briefly mention Ordo Iuris (OI).
Alicja Curanović
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