AIDS, Citizenship and Global Funding: A Gambian Case Study
Published by: IDS
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Published by: IDS
Published by: IDS
This IDS Policy Briefing argues that policymakers and practitioners must pay close attention to local cultural understandings of vaccines, looking at how the dynamics of supply and demand interact in local settings, if they are to improve uptake, design appropriate health promotion approaches, and address so-called 'anti-vaccination rumours'.
This editorial for our special issue reflects on the fact that the emerging relationships between science, technology and processes of social change are providing a fertile field for analysts and practitioners engaged in the diversity of what we might define as development studies, yet also challenge them to engage more effectively with complex dynamics and multiple knowledges.
Published by: IDS
Making sense of an HIV-positive diagnosis is often a struggle. Across Africa this is mediated by a new globalism in public health; the last decade has seen an array of new international initiatives and funding mechanisms.
The interface between research and policymaking in low-income countries is highly complex. The ability of health systems research to...
Published by: IDS
This paper reflects comparatively on a series of case studies of citizen mobilisation in both north and south, arguing that the politics of knowledge are now central. The cases focus on issues ranging from genetically-modified crops, vaccines, HIV/AIDS and occupational health, to struggles around water, housing, labour rights and the environment.
Published by: STEPS Centre
This booklet gives a quick insight in to the STEPS approach as the Centre seeks to grapple with two of the most pressing challenges of our times: linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor.
Published by: STEPS Centre
The challenges of designing new frameworks for social appraisal aimed at sustainability and social justice are reviewed by this paper. Here, 'social appraisal' refers to the ways society gathers knowledges to inform policy decisions and discourse and a number of key features of potentially more empowering 'pathways' approaches are identified.
Published by: STEPS Centre
This paper argues that we are approaching a major turning point in the organisation of national and global health systems.
Published by: STEPS Centre
Dynamism, uncertainty and complexity dominate today's world. Yet many policy interventions ignore this, and so often fail. What is missing is a rigorous and systematic approach to addressing dynamics, one that encompasses an understanding of complex system dynamics and provides a useable guide to action.