'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi
We describe representations of bodily (pre)dispositions for fertility and reproduction, such as the 'natural' capacity for birth spacing or the bodily capacity to use 'natural' (having a regular cycle) and 'modern' methods (not having negative side effects) that contribute collectively to an understanding of 'the body is difficult'. We found that despite these bodily constraints, women enact embodied agency to ensure livelihoods and social status, thus framing their reproductive intentions and practices. In the context of Burundi where corporeality is key to gendered social belonging, family planning programmes fail to res...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - January 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ëlle Schwarz Sonja Merten Source Type: research
'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi
We describe representations of bodily (pre)dispositions for fertility and reproduction, such as the 'natural' capacity for birth spacing or the bodily capacity to use 'natural' (having a regular cycle) and 'modern' methods (not having negative side effects) that contribute collectively to an understanding of 'the body is difficult'. We found that despite these bodily constraints, women enact embodied agency to ensure livelihoods and social status, thus framing their reproductive intentions and practices. In the context of Burundi where corporeality is key to gendered social belonging, family planning programmes fail to res...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - January 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ëlle Schwarz Sonja Merten Source Type: research
'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi
We describe representations of bodily (pre)dispositions for fertility and reproduction, such as the 'natural' capacity for birth spacing or the bodily capacity to use 'natural' (having a regular cycle) and 'modern' methods (not having negative side effects) that contribute collectively to an understanding of 'the body is difficult'. We found that despite these bodily constraints, women enact embodied agency to ensure livelihoods and social status, thus framing their reproductive intentions and practices. In the context of Burundi where corporeality is key to gendered social belonging, family planning programmes fail to res...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - January 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ëlle Schwarz Sonja Merten Source Type: research
'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi
We describe representations of bodily (pre)dispositions for fertility and reproduction, such as the 'natural' capacity for birth spacing or the bodily capacity to use 'natural' (having a regular cycle) and 'modern' methods (not having negative side effects) that contribute collectively to an understanding of 'the body is difficult'. We found that despite these bodily constraints, women enact embodied agency to ensure livelihoods and social status, thus framing their reproductive intentions and practices. In the context of Burundi where corporeality is key to gendered social belonging, family planning programmes fail to res...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - January 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ëlle Schwarz Sonja Merten Source Type: research
'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi
We describe representations of bodily (pre)dispositions for fertility and reproduction, such as the 'natural' capacity for birth spacing or the bodily capacity to use 'natural' (having a regular cycle) and 'modern' methods (not having negative side effects) that contribute collectively to an understanding of 'the body is difficult'. We found that despite these bodily constraints, women enact embodied agency to ensure livelihoods and social status, thus framing their reproductive intentions and practices. In the context of Burundi where corporeality is key to gendered social belonging, family planning programmes fail to res...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - January 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ëlle Schwarz Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cancer in Patients Referred Abroad For Health Care and Related Foreign Currency Expenses
CONCLUSION: There is a good number of cancer patients among patients referred abroad for health care. The estimated costs incurred by patients referred abroad for cancer care are far greater than funds needed to setup modern cancer care centres in Burundi.PMID:35036843 | PMC:PMC8751540 | DOI:10.24248/eahrj.v5i2.668 (Source: Cancer Control)
Source: Cancer Control - January 17, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ruben Niyonsaba Ast ère Manirakiza Laurent Irakoze Source Type: research
Reaching for the ‘first 95’: a cross-country analysis of HIV self-testing in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Conclusion:
HIVST awareness and uptake were low. Rural, less educated, and lower income populations were least likely to have heard of or used HIVST. Efforts to scale-up HIVST in these settings should aim to reach these less advantaged groups. (Source: AIDS)
Source: AIDS - January 4, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Epidemiology and Social Source Type: research
Key factors influencing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients under anti-tuberculosis treatment in two centres in Burundi: a mixed effect modelling study
Despite the World Health Organization efforts to expand access to the tuberculosis treatment, multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains a major threat. MDR-TB represents a challenge for clinicians and ... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - November 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Arnaud Iradukunda, Gabin-Pacifique Ndayishimiye, Darlene Sinarinzi, Emmanuel Nene Odjidja, Nestor Ntakaburimvo, Innocent Nshimirimana and Cheilla Izere Tags: Research Source Type: research
Introduction to the Special Issue: Disproportionate trauma, stress, and adversities as a pathway to health disparities among disenfranchised groups globally
AbstractGlobally, individuals and communities that are marginalized based on their identities are at heightened risk for exposure to traumatic stress and socioeconomic hardship. Marginalization and disproportionate risk for many types of adversities correspond with disparities in physical health, mental health, and overall well-being. Together, the 12 empirical studies, one systematic review, and commentary in this special issue of theJournal of Traumatic Stress highlight the impact of discrimination and disproportionate adversity among groups marginalized based on race, ethnicity, nativity, caste, gender identity, sexual ...
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress - October 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maureen A. Allwood,
Julian D. Ford,
Alytia Levendosky Tags: SPECIAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Government effectiveness and early childhood development in 33 countries
ConclusionsTo date, this study presents the most practical spatial correlation analysis of child development and Government effectiveness using an instrument specially developed for national health surveys. The multifactorial aspect of early childhood development and the significant gaps we found only adds to the challenge of not leaving any children behind.Key messagesTo date, this study presents the most comprehensive spatial correlation analysis of child development and Government effectiveness.The multifactorial aspect of early child development and the large gaps we found only add to the challenge of not leaving any c...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Characterization of bacterial strains from bacterial culture collection of rice sheath in Burundi highlights an Alcaligenes species strain with antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas fuscovaginae rice pathogen
The sheath rot rice disease is known to be associated to Pseudomonas fuscovaginae and a recent study on the symptomatic of sheath rot revealed that this bacterial pathogen is abundant in highland rice ecology cultivation in Burundi. From asymptomatic samples of sheath rice, a collection of bacterial isolates and culturable microbiome have been carried out. A comparison between the culturable... (Source: African Journal of Microbiology Research)
Source: African Journal of Microbiology Research - October 14, 2021 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
Intergenerational maltreatment in parent –child dyads from Burundi, Africa: Associations among parental depression and connectedness, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and aggression in children
AbstractStudies investigating the associations between histories of childhood maltreatment (CM) in parent –child dyads have primarily involved samples from high-income countries; however, CM rates are higher in low- and middle-income countries. The present study aimed to examine the (a) association between maltreatment in parents and maltreatment of their children through risk (i.e., parent depression ) and protective (i.e., parent–child connectedness) factors and (b) associations between CM in children with aggression through posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and peer/sibling victimization. Participants were 227 pa...
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress - October 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ruby Charak,
J.T.V.M. De Jong,
Lidewyde H. Berckmoes,
Herman Ndayisaba,
Ria Reis Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Introduction to the Special Issue on Disproportionate Adversity: Disproportionate trauma, stress, and adversities as a pathway to health disparities among disenfranchised groups globally
AbstractGlobally, individuals and communities that are marginalized based on their identities are at heightened risk for exposure to traumatic stress and socioeconomic hardship. Marginalization and disproportionate risk for many types of adversities correspond with disparities in physical health, mental health, and overall well-being. Together, the 12 empirical studies, one systematic review, and commentary in this special issue of theJournal of Traumatic Stress highlight the impact of discrimination and disproportionate adversity among groups marginalized based on race, ethnicity, nativity, caste, gender identity, sexual ...
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress - October 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maureen A. Allwood,
Julian D. Ford,
Alytia Levendosky Tags: SPECIAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
