BACKGROUND The increase in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS patients in many countries in Africa including Tanzania, is outstripping the ability of public health services to cope. This calls for a closer collaboration between tuberculosis programmes and other stakeholders involved in HIV/AIDS care. OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility of establishing collaboration between the tuberculosis programm...

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...

During the 1990s, civil society emerged as the prime political force in the policy agenda of the major lenders and development agencies. An active civil society, it was believed, would enable choice, scrutinise errant governments, and ultimately lead to regularised, plural democracy. This article subjects this policy discourse to theoretical and empirical scrutiny. Theoretically, civil society ...

In October 2012, the Haitian Ministry of Health and the US CDC were notified of 25 recent dengue cases, confirmed by rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), among non-governmental organization (NGO) workers. We conducted a serosurvey among NGO workers in Léogane and Port-au-Prince to determine the extent of and risk factors for dengue virus infection. Of the total 776 staff from targeted NGOs in Léogane...

Sleep has many inherent benefits, including an important role in memory consolidation. In this issue of Neuron, Ngo et al. (2013b) demonstrate that appropriately timed sounds delivered during sleep can invigorate electrophysiological oscillations conducive to memory stabilization.

The article aims to explore the external and internal factors influencing activities of NGOs, in Lithuania. A qualitative empirical study was conducted (10 expert surveys) on this issue, what are that help hinder NGOs allowed us identify groups positively NGOs: human skills; infrastructure, as well organisation's relationship with public authorities, hindering were also identified: application ...