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Severe complications during pregnancy impose high costs on mothers in West Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Benin and Ghana have high maternal mortality rates. ‘Near-misses’, where mothers survive a potentially fatal crisis, are even more common. Research involving the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine assesses the costs of such emergencies and reveals the important role played by households in financing obstetric services in both countries.DocumentPesticide use in Africa: doing more harm than good?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Pesticide use in Africa has increased dramatically in recent years, despite the escalating costs and the fact that they are becoming less effective. This is creating a dependency on pesticides amongst farmers, threatening food safety, causing health risks, deepening the inequality between rich and poor farmers and creating environmental problems.DocumentExploring energy-poverty linkages for poor urban households
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Fuel represents the most important item of expenditure for poor households, next to food. Yet, the urban poor face limited, inefficient and expensive energy options to meet their heating and lighting needs. Often forced to live in the most polluted neighbourhoods, they suffer most from combustion-related pollution.DocumentGrim future for girls - primary school attendance in Sub-Saharan Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003In the year 2000 the probability of an African child attending primary school was no higher than it had been in 1980. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the lowest primary enrolments of any major region in the developing world and the number of African children out of school is increasing at a faster rate than anywhere else.DocumentDo marginal communities make good markets for telecommunications services?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Historically, companies have regarded marginal areas as unprofitable for telecommunications services. As a result, these areas have been excluded from most services. However, decisions regarding service provision are based on rather vague information and prejudices.DocumentTrade unions in Africa
National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2004This booklet examines the legal, economic, and political environment in which trade unions operate in Africa and attempts to identify the key challenges facing them. It describes country case studies from Zambia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Namibia, and South Africa.DocumentImproving the quality of malaria diagnosis and laboratory services in resource poor countries
Malaria Knowledge Programme, 2005This policy brief from the Malaria Knowledge Programme highlights the need for improved laboratory testing and accurate diagnosis of malaria at community level in order to save lives and avoid wastage of valuable resources.DocumentMigration and pro-poor policy in West Africa
Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2004This paper reports on the findings of a survey conducted on migration and pro-poor policy in West Africa. The paper identifies the importance of migration to the poor, discusses migration policies, key issues and policy gaps in each country, as well as the region as a whole.DocumentUnder pressure: the challenge of hypertension in Ghana
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Hypertension, or persistently high blood pressure, is the most common cause of cardiovascular disease in Africa and rates are rising as urban centres expand. How are health services coping with this growing problem? Researchers looked at rates, detection, treatment and control of hypertension in Ashanti, Ghana.