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Helpdesk Report: National - and district - level funding in the health sector
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014Contact with health financing experts and a rapid literature search found no research that compares district level and national level donor funding. The literature suggests that effectiveness of funding at the national-level is likely to depend on how well central funds are disbursed and on the capacity of local services receiving the funds.DocumentIllegal timber trade and REDD+ Interface in Eastern Africa: A Pilot
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015This report is a desk appraisal of the following programme proposal: “Illegal Timber Trade and REDD+ Interface in Eastern Africa: A pilot” (hereafter ‘ITT-REDD’). The programme’s objective is to enhance national and regional capacity to combat the illegal timber and charcoal trade in East Africa.DocumentLegislation on the for-profit private health sector in east and southern Africa
EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2013International evidence shows that, if left unregulated, the for-profit sector may lead to distortions in the quantity, distribution and quality of health services, as well as anti-competitive behaviour (Marriott 2009).DocumentAssessing progress towards equity in health in Tanzania
EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2013An Equity Watch is a means of monitoring progress on health equity by gathering, organizing, analyzing, reporting and reviewing evidence on equity in health. Equity Watch work is being implemented in countries in East and Southern Africa in line with national and regional policy commitments.DocumentAfrican participation and partnership in performance-based financing: A case study in global health policy
EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2014Participation is a key policy concept in global health, and relates to the ability of stakeholders to engage with and shape health policy at four intersecting levels: local, national, regional and global.DocumentThe effect of folic acid, protein energy and multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy on stillbirths
BMC Public Health, 2011Pregnancy is a state of increased requirement of macro- and micronutrients, and malnourishment or inadequate dietary intake before and during pregnancy, can lead to adverse perinatal outcomes including stillbirths. Many nutritional interventions have been proposed during pregnancy according to the nutritional status of the mother and baseline risk factors for different gestational disorders.DocumentEnhancing food production and food security through improved inputs: an evaluation of Tanzania's National Agricultural Input Voucher Scheme (NAIVS) with a focus on gender impacts
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014Raising agricultural productivity is the principal challenge facing African agriculture, including in Tanzania. Agriculture in Tanzania accounts to 27 percent of GDP, 80 percent of employment, 75 percent of household income and is a key component for the country strategy for poverty reduction.DocumentEffect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on maternal and birth outcomes
BMC Public Health, 2011Given the widespread prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries, supplementation with multiple micronutrients rather than iron-folate alone, could be of potential benefit to the mother and the fetus.DocumentEffect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on pregnancy and infant outcomes: a systematic review
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2012Supplementation with multiple micronutrients (MM) during pregnancy may result in improved pregnancy and infant outcomes. The study conducted meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials that evaluated the effects of prenatal supplementation with MM (defined as containing at least five micronutrients and typically included iron or iron and folic acid).DocumentNHRI: defenders of human rights, managers of conflict, builders of peace? National Human Rights Institutions in Afric
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2005The period since the 1990s has been called the age of national human rights institutions. During this time, the world has witnessed a rapid proliferation of state-sponsored bodies mandated to protect and promote human rights. One kind of institution has become particularly popular: the national human rights commission.Pages