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Giving voice to clients of post-rape services: building and piloting a feedback mechanism in Tshwane
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017This practice paper reflects on the development of an appropriate and confidential feedback mechanism for users of post-rape services at Thuthuzela Care Centres / Rape Crisis Centres in Tshwane, South Africa.DocumentFeasibility and acceptability of a mobile phone intervention to improve post-rape service delivery in South Africa
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017Mobile health (mHealth) interventions – in which mobile phones are used to advance positive health outcomes – have only recently been applied to addressing broader questions of health governance.DocumentICT-facilitated accountability and engagement in health systems: a review of Making All Voices Count mHealth for accountability projects
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and mHealth innovations hold great potential to improve health systems and health outcomes while at the same time enhancing citizen engagement and accountability. Yet there has been little assessment of the impact of mHealth innovations on the ground.DocumentHow are young people in South Africa using mobile phones to bridge healthcare gaps?
University of Durham, 2015Young people account for 30% of the population in South Africa, with just under 15 million young people aged 10 – 24 years.DocumentChildren’s mobility in Ghana: An overview of methods and findings from the Ghana research study
Society, Biology and Human Affairs, 2011This paper is part of a collection forming A Special Issue, which covers selected themes from a larger project on child mobility in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. The themes are those which individual members of the Ghana research team identified as of particular interest and on which they have reflected, drawing on material collected and analysed by the team as a whole.DocumentSharing of social sectors experiences in IBSA: assessment of initiatives and way forward
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015The establishment of the India-Brazil-South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum (IBSA), formalised by the Brasilia Declaration in 2003 is a distinctive international trilateral development initiative to promote South- South cooperation among these countries.DocumentOccupational health and safety and the poorest
Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing, 2011This report addresses the role of employment in efforts to reduce poverty in the context of increased globalisation and its impacts on labour markets. Worldwide, countries are experiencing a decline of jobs with secure and lasting contracts and work-related social benefits.DocumentImproving Access to Health for Women and Girls in Low-income Urban Settlements
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. Over one third of urban dwellers now reside in low-income urban settlements, where living conditions are often inadequate and there exist multiple barriers to access to health services for women and girls.DocumentThe One Man Can model: Community mobilisation as an approach to promote gender equality and reduce HIV vulnerability in South Africa’ EMERGE Story of Change 6
BRIDGE, 2015This story of change pulls out the key findings and recommendations from EMERGE case study 6, which focuses on the One Man Can model in South Africa. One Man Can uses a community mobilisation approach to question gender norms and improve knowledge and practices around sexual and reproductive health.DocumentReflections on femininity, love and HIV: the story of 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls
Center for Communication Programs, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 20134Play: Sex Tips for Girls was a television drama that brought a rare touch of glamour and a distinctly feminine sensibility to the HIV communication genre in South Africa.Pages