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Schistosomiasis messaging in endemic communities: Lessons and implications for interventions from rural Uganda, a rapid ethnographic assessment study

This study used a rapid ethnographic assessment to investigate sources, nature and perception of schistosomiasis-related health information in three lake-shore communities in Eastern Uganda. Through transect walks, observations, interviews and focus groups, the authors found that although the main source…
Central and East Africa Hub
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021
Research paper

Poisoning at the periphery: allocating responsibility across the Uganda/South Sudan borderlands

This paper presents ethnographic evidence from three sites across the Uganda/South Sudan borderlands. At each location, procedures to identify alleged poisoners were documented. Novel voting processes were initiated by hybrid local authorities. Addressing widespread anxiety about proximate wrong-doing seemed to…
Central and East Africa Hub
Taylor & Francis Online
2017
Research paper

Spatial accessibility to basic public health services in South Sudan

This article develops a GIS model of spatial health access metrics nationally and sub-nationally in South Sudan. Using publicly available data on health facilities, population, land cover and use, road networks and elevation, the authors found that in 2016 only…
Central and East Africa Hub
PAGEPress
2017
Article

Borders areas should be used, not feared, in pandemic responses

This report moves beyond abstract assumptions and global-level debates to understand the reality of the struggles and strategies of local and national organisations during complex emergencies. We focus on the histories, politicoeconomic dynamics and everyday realities of South Sudanese NGOs…
Central and East Africa Hub
2022
Working paper

An enquiry into the use of Covid-19 herbal medicines in Uganda

This working paper explores the use of herbal medicines as reported prevention and cures for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We focus particularly on interviews with residents of Arua City, West Nile sub-region, Northern Uganda.
Central and East Africa Hub
London School of Economics
2022
Research paper

The Lord’s Resistance Army in Sudan: A History and Overview

The ongoing peace talks between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/M) in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, have created renewed international interest in the conflict in northern Uganda. While the negotiations have proved extremely difficult,…
Central and East Africa Hub
Small Arms Survey
2007
Research paper

Fettered Self-determination: South Sudan’s Narrowed Path to Secession

The interpretation of self-determination as a vote for secession shaped the state that South Sudan has become since the 2011 referendum. Self-determination, this paper argues, is a democratic political process in which citizens determine their preferred form of statehood and…
Central and East Africa Hub
Taylor & Francis Online
2017
Field notes

The Bukavu Series: Toward a Decolonisation of Research

This is a collection of blog posts produced by 30 researchers based in eastern Congo and Europe, where writers critically reflect on the research they’ve done and explore ethical dilemmas when conducting research in conflict-affected areas.
Central and East Africa Hub
PUL Presses
2020
Research paper

Dynamics of Care, Situations of Choice: HIV Tests in Times of ART

In the 1990s, African AIDS programs followed a voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) approach to HIV testing. In the wake of large scale AIDS treatment programs, policymakers opted for routine provider-initiated testing (PITC) with less emphasis on counseling, which led…
Central and East Africa Hub
Medical Anthropology
2011
Research paper

Routines, Hope, and Antiretroviral Treatment among Men and Women in Uganda

Antiretroviral treatment programs, despite biomedical emphases, require social understanding and transformations to be successful. In this article, the authors draw from a qualitative study of HIV treatment seeking to examine the drug-taking routines and health-related subjectivities of men and women…
Central and East Africa Hub
Medical Anthropology
2016
Research paper

Challenging the Paradigm: Anthropological Perspectives on HIV as a Chronic Disease

Recently HIV has been framed as a ‘manageable’ chronic disease in contexts in which access to effective care is reliable. The chronic disease paradigm emphasizes self-care, biomedical disease management, social normalization, and uncertainty. Data from a longitudinal study of patients…
Central and East Africa Hub
Medical Anthropology
2014

Communicative Health Promotion for Refugee Children in Uganda

Uganda’s refugee policy framework seeks to cover health care needs of refugees within a dynamic social context. Focusing on the ecosystem of urban refugees, the authors examine refugee health care expectations, support networks, and how health communication traditions and perspectives…
Central and East Africa Hub
2022
Background report

Aid Seen from the Bottom: Community realities and representations of aid in Eastern DRC

This report investigates community perceptions of the actions carried out by NGOs working to address intersecting crises in Eastern DRC, in Kalehe and Uvira (Ruzizi Plain) territories. These two areas are characterized by a significant presence of humanitarian, development and…
Central and East Africa Hub
Ghent University
2022
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