Taking local ownership: government and household contribution to indoor residual spraying in Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania

Alidina, Zainab; Colaco, Rajeev; Ali, Abdullah; Mcha, Juma H.; Mwalimu, Charles; Thawer, Narjis G; Lalji, Shabbir; Mutagahywa, Joshua; Ramsan, Mahdi; Kafuko, Jessica; Kaspar, Naomi; Magesa, Stephen; Reithinger, Richard; Ngondi, Jeremiah

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“…But there are myriad potential analyses involving nets. We could consider how the items are valued within the community (Alidina et al 2016); how they exist as objects with their own set of political economy and species entanglements; or how they have been constructed as "humanitarian goods" (Beisel 2015). Global health considerations of the net typically focus on what is considered effective use: having those most vulnerable to malaria sleeping under a net at night.…”

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African Studies Keyword: Malaria

Graboyes¹,

Alidina²

2021

Afr. Stud. Rev.

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From nearly any perspective and metric, the effects of malaria on the African continent have been persistent and deep. By focusing on the malady of malaria and the last century of biomedical interventions, Graboyes and Alidina raise critical historical, ethical, and scientific questions related to truth telling, African autonomy, and the obligations of foreign researchers. They provide a condensed history of malaria activities on the continent over the past 120 years, highlighting the overall history of failures to eliminate or control the disease. A case study of the risks of rebound malaria illustrates the practical and moral problems that abound when historical knowledge is ignored. In light of current calls for renewed global eradication efforts, Graboyes and Alidina provide evidence for why historical knowledge must be better integrated into global health epistemic realms.

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confidence: 99%

African Studies Keyword: Malaria

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Alidina²

2021

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“…Building resilient cities, as a major global development agenda, emphasizes the ability of communities to self-organize resources in building capacity to respond to stressors. Though governments and multilateral donors may fund large-scale malaria control interventions, such as the roll-back malaria programme, sustainability is assured when community members take responsibility and ownership of such programmes [ 9 – 12 ]. Social resilience to diseases through robust health systems, access to resources and community agency, provides communities adequate capacity to respond to epidemics [ 13 ].…”

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Sense of community and willingness to support malaria intervention programme in urban poor Accra, Ghana

Atiglo

Larbi

Kushitor

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Malar J

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BackgroundThe extensive research on community members’ willingness to support malaria interventions ignores the role of psychosocial determinants. This study assesses the impact of individuals’ sense of community (perceptions of community cohesion, altruism, seeking help from neighbours and migrant status) on their willingness to participate in a mosquito control programme using data on 768 individuals from the 2013 RIPS Urban Health and Poverty Survey in poor coastal communities in Accra, Ghana. A contingent valuation experiment was employed to elicit individuals’ willingness to support the programme by contributing nothing, labour time/money only or both.ResultsFindings show that different dimensions of sense of community related differently with willingness to support the programme. Perceived community cohesion was associated with lower odds while help-seeking from neighbours and being a migrant were associated with higher odds of supporting the programme. Altruism was the only dimension not linked to willingness to participate.ConclusionsDifferent dimensions of sense of community are associated with community members’ willingness to provide labour, time or both to support the malaria eradication programme. The findings of this study have implications for targeting social relational aspects, in addition to geographical aspects, of communities with malaria-resilient policy and intervention. They also warrant further research on psychosocial factors that predict willingness to support health programmes in urban poor settings.

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Taking local ownership: government and household contribution to indoor residual spraying in Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania

Abstract: Government involvement, particularly through budgetary allocations and increased in-kind contribution, needs to be encouraged for malaria control efforts to be locally owned, managed and sustained.

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African Studies Keyword: Malaria

African Studies Keyword: Malaria

Sense of community and willingness to support malaria intervention programme in urban poor Accra, Ghana

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