Background Avante Zambéziais an initiative of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Friends in Global Health, LLC (FGH) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) to provide technical assistance to the Mozambican Ministry of Health (MoH) in rural Zambézia Province. Avante Zambézia developed a district level Health Management Mentorship (HMM) program to strengthen health systems in t...

This article seeks to establish a conceptual framework for understanding the nature of ‘NGO management’ as a field of research and practice. It argues that NGOs have become a prominent feature of the policy landscape, but that little attention has so far been given to their organization and management. Since more is increasingly being asked of NGOs by both governments and citizens, this is a ga...

Hypertension is the leading risk for premature death in the world. High dietary sodium is an important contributor to increased blood pressure and is strongly associated with other important diseases (e.g., gastric cancer, calcium containing kidney stones, osteoporosis, asthma and obesity). The average dietary sodium intake in Canada is approximately 3400 mg/day. It is estimated that 30% of hyp...

Afetler, ilk çağlardan bu yana insan yaşamının ayrılmaz bir parçasıdır. Başta depremler olmak üzere yangınlar, büyük kazalar, patlamalar, sel baskınları, heyelan, terör olayları, salgınlar gibi afet olayları tarih boyunca fiziksel çevrede ve topluluklarında çok kayıplara yol açmıştır. Bu kayıpları en aza indirmek olası afetleri önlemek için sistemli yönetimi gerekmektedir. Felaketlerin çeşitlil...

Abstract Background Process evaluations of public health programs are critical to understand if were delivered as intended and identify improvements for future implementations. Here we present a mixed methods process evaluation the Sundara Grama intervention , which sought improve latrine use safe child feces disposal among latrine-owning households in rural Odisha, India. Methods The was 36 vi...

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is an exemplar result of global health diplomacy, based on its global reach (binding on all World Health Organization member nations) and its negotiation process. The FCTC negotiations are one of the first examples of various states and non-state entities coming together to create a legally binding tool to govern global health. They have demons...

Israeli non-governmental organizations (NGOs) resisting the security fence and other Israeli security measures are in ‘virtual isolation’ in networks dedicated to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and especially to the criticism of Israeli governmental policies and the construction of the security fence.The research reported is a hyperlink and term analysis of select issue networks on the Web a...