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Corruption risks in health procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-corruption, transparency and accountability (ACTA) mechanisms to reduce these risks: a rapid review

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2023
Background Health systems are often susceptible to corruption risks. Corruption within health systems has been found to negatively affect the efficacy, safety, and, significantly, equitable distribution of health products.
Kari A. Griffore   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Future of Transparency: Power, Pitfalls and Promises [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The growing attention to transparency is not an accidental and fashionable wave, soon to be replaced by another timely topic in environmental governance.
Mol, A.P.J., Arthur P. J. Mol
core   +1 more source

‘The land has become empty’: The climate crisis, Somali nomadic pastoralists and livestock enclosures

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of Environmental Education
This paper contributes to scholarship on climate change education and action, sustainability, co-production, nomadic pastoralism, livestock enclosures and Somalia. It does so by examining the nomadic pastoralist practice in Somalia of cutting down bushes
Eric Herring, Jama Adam, Amal Ali
doaj   +1 more source

FORCEFUL EVICTIONS: AN INTERSECTION BETWEEN CORRUPTION, LAND AND HUMAN RIGHTS

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2018
Forced evictions violate a number of internationally and nationally recognized human rights. However, it directly translates to a denial of the right to adequate housing which forms the very foundational basis for the realization of other rights. In the
Samuel Mbithi Kimeu   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Urgent Need for Transparent and Accountable Procurement of Medicine and Medical Supplies in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed unprecedented and complex public policy issues. One that has emerged as a challenge for many countries globally is how to ensure the efficient and effective procurement of quality medical supplies.
Jillian Clare Kohler, Tom Wright
doaj   +1 more source

The transparent self [PDF]

open access: yesEthics and Information Technology, 2016
This paper critically engages with new self-tracking technologies. In particular, it focuses on a conceptual tension between the idea that disclosing personal information increases one’s autonomy and the idea that informational privacy is a condition for autonomous personhood.
openaire   +2 more sources

Luchando contra la corrupción y protegiendo el bien común en América Latina y el Caribe : acciones regionales [infografía] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Esta infografía, entre otros, anota que la corrupción vulnera a la democracia y a los derechos humanos, atenta contra la ley, fomenta la concentración de poder, produce pobreza e inequidad, exacerba el crimen, genera daño ambiental.
Transparency International, TI
core  

Recent Process and Application of Electrochromism

open access: yesJournal of Aeronautical Materials, 2016
Based on the research and development of electrochromism, its commercial applications have been realized in the areas of building windows, car rear-view mirrors and aircraft windows. In this paper, constructions, material category, working principles and
WEI Youxiu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the causal effect of a quality assurance program on quality of care in Germany

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research
Background Inpatient safety can benefit from effective policies for hospital quality assurance. Following legal reform to put quality of care more center stage in hospital capacity planning, a new quality assurance program was introduced in Germany in ...
Stefan Gehrig   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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