The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID. Summary Community-based programs designed to discourage the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in Egypt started as early as the 1920s and have continued to the present day. However, the battle against FGC gained its greatest momentum after the 1994 United Nations International Confere...

The non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rescuing migrants off the coast of Libya have been increasingly criminalised. We investigate discursive underpinnings this process by analyzing all articles on sea rescue NGOs published between 2014 and 2019 two major Italian newspapers located at opposite sides political spectrum: Il Giornale La Repubblica. Our discourse analysis shows that media salie...

296 BioScience • March 2012 / Vol. 62 No. 3 www.biosciencemag.org Environmental challenges transcend disciplinary, institutional, and political borders. The complex character of these challenges stems from diverse value systems, political differences, and economic and technological disparities (MA 2005, Perz et al. 2010). Solutions must come from varied disciplines, including social and natural...

BACKGROUND Despite progress in improving health outcomes in Afghanistan by contracting public health services through non-governmental organizations (NGOs), inequity in access persists between the poor and non-poor. This study examined the distributive effect of different contracting types on primary health services provision between the poor and non-poor in rural Afghanistan. METHOD Contract...

In Ethiopia, deforestation rates remain high and the gap between demand and domestic supply of forest products is expanding, even though government-initiated re-greening efforts began over a century ago. Today, over 3 million hectares (ha) of degraded forest land are under area exclosure; smallholder plantations cover 0.8 million ha; and state-owned industrial plantations stagnate at under 0.25...

This study examines the factors influencing accountability practices in funds management of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Yemen. A total 75 NGOs operate Yemen, receiving and foreign funding. structured online questionnaire was employed for data collection. found that not widely practiced among The level these significantly influenced by funding competition perceived motive. result...

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BACKGROUND Promoting national health research agendas in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires adequate numbers of individuals with skills to initiate and conduct research. Recently, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have joined research capacity building efforts to increase research leadership by LMIC nationals. Partners In Health, an international NGO operating in Rwanda, impl...

BACKGROUND It is estimated that the standard, passive case finding (PCF) strategy for detecting cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Myanmar has not been successful: 26% of cases are missing. Therefore, alternative strategies, such as active case finding (ACF) by community volunteers, have been initiated since 2011. This study aimed to assess the contribution of a Community Based TB Care Programme (CB...