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Technical and institutional capacity in local organisations to manage decentralised forest resources in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: N. Turyahabwe C.J. Geldenhuys S. Watts A.Y. BananaUganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries that has devolved the management of forest resources. Meaningful devolution, however, requires that local governments and other community organizations should have capacity in terms of adequate and competent human resources, finance, information,... -
HIV/AIDS messages in Malawi and their implications for effective responses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Vanessa Houston Alice HovorkaThis paper explores the nature of HIV/AIDS education and information networks in Malawi, with a focus on Dedza district. We consider the role of institutional and personal actors involved in Malawi's recently instated and decentralised behaviour-change intervention strategy, as well... -
Adherence by a primary healthcare clinic in KwaZulu-Natal to the national HIV guidelines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Nnaemeka Uzodike --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Andrew Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Ogbonnaya Harbor --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The decentralisation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to primary health care (PHC) was rolled-out in South Africa in March 2010. PHC staff members are expected to initiate ART, monitor patients, and detect and refer patients with adverse events or virological... -
Political economy of decentralising HIV and AIDS treatment services to primary healthcare facilities in three Nigerian states
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chinyere Mbachu --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Obinna Onwujekwe --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Nkoli Ezumah --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Olayinka Ajayi --- , Nigeria Olusola Sanwo --- , Nigeria Benjamin Uzochukwu --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, NigeriaDecentralisation is defined as the dispersion, distribution or transfer of resources, functions and decision-making power from a central authority to regional and local authorities. It is usually accompanied by assignment of accountability and responsibility for results. Fundamental to understanding decentralisation... -
An appraisal of the coloniality of the proposed rural property tax in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Goemeone E.J. Mogomotsi --- Department of Legal Services, Office of the Vice Chancellor, Botswana Patricia Kefilwe Mogomotsi --- Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, BotswanaThe government of Botswana has recently announced the introduction of property rates in order to generate revenue to address rural-urban migrations. The revenue base is intended for local authorities to generate employment in their areas of administration. This article probes...