Participatory Geographic Information Systems (P-GIS) for natural resource management and food security in Africa : ict4d article, March 2011
The Lower Tana River Forest (LTRF) Complex faces a major threat from human encroachment.
The Lower Tana River Forest (LTRF) Complex faces a major threat from human encroachment.
People in southern Africa are facing escalating levels of risk, uncertainty and consequently vulnerability as a result of
This article addresses the link between research on adaptation to climate change and the related policy environment in which it operates.
Concern over future food security in southern Africa has led to various studies that assess the
impact of climate change on crops in the region. The results vary according to applied methods and
This case study of one urban sub-district in Cape Town was developed as part of a wider action learning project partnership – the District Innovation and Action Learning for Health System Development (DIALHS) project – which aims to understand and
Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) addresses systemic challenges in order to improve service delivery while supporting implementation of public health priority programmes, and thus contributing to improved population health.
Systems thinking in health encompasses linkages, interactions, feedbacks, and processes between elements that comprise a whole system, including the complexity of a disease or condition itself (such as neonatal mortality) and the systems within wh
Sub-district managers recognize the challenge of having to address the passivity of primary health care (PHC) managers and their staff, as well as their role in empowering them.
As countries work towards Universal Health Coverage, there is a need to design, implement, and manage provider payment methods reforms, but from a systems perspective, rather than traditional linear models.
The aim is to compare use of sustainability indicators developed through the Sustainability Analysis Process in two rehabilitation sectors, one in Nepal and one in Somaliland, and analyse the contextual factors influencing the use of sustainabilit