STRENGTHENING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE THROUGH PRIMARY CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (SNNP) OF ETHIOPIA: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
ABSTRACT Ethiopia’s healthcare system strives to make numerous efforts to improve the primary healthcare system. The fragmentation of the public health and healthcare systems, challenges in accessing comprehensive care, and repeated epidemics are becoming increasingly complicated. The study aimed to examine the integration of essential public health functions in the primary care provided in the […]
RESOLVING THE GAMBIA POLITICAL IMPASSE OF 2016 – THE ROLE OF STATES AND NON-STATE ACTORS
ABSTRACT The paper explored the role of states and non-state actor in resolving the political impasse after the fall of the the 22 years dictatorial regime of Yahya Jammeh as a result of the 2016 presidential elections. The election of a new government led by Adama Barrow in December 2016 was the first democratic transition […]
THE QUEST OF HYDROCARBON RESOURCES AS A CATALYST OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS: AN EPIC LESSON FROM THE BAKASSI QUESTION
ABSTRACT Although recent research has increasingly questioned the link between natural resources and international conflict, the quest for hydrocarbons is peculiarly significant in igniting conflicts. Since a conflict-ridden oil producer is highly dependent on such resources, its revenue is hardly spent on distributional policies and the security apparatus – with less impact on the producing […]
THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PUBLIC HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH
ABSTRACT Globally, the physical, social, and economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic are overt and palpable. For healthcare workers (HCWs) and health systems, psychological corollaries may pose a more insidious threat. The approximately 9500 HCWs in the Trinidad and Tobago ( T&T) public heath sector were tasked with the job of flattening the epidemic curve. […]
CITIZENSHIP CRISIS: CHILDREN BORN TO ILLEGAL HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, SINGLE BAHAMIAN MEN AND FOREIGN WOMEN IN THE BAHAMAS
ABSTRACT The problem of illegal immigrants in The Bahamas has been ongoing for decades, especially from the Haitian diaspora. It has resulted in children being born in The Bahamas with no rights to automatic citizenship. A corresponding issue is children of single Bahamian men and foreign women with no rights to citizenship. It has led […]
THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON NUTRITION: SIGNALS FROM SUB-SHARAN AFRICA, WEST AFRICA, AND NIGERIA
ABSTRACT The incidence of malnutrition and its prevalence in the poor economies of the world is shocking. Globally, malnutrition affects more than 2.3 billion people. Additionally, 928 million more to 2.3 billion people are expected to be undernourished. Of these, 2 billion lack sufficient vitamins and minerals, 149 million children under five are underweight, and 45 million […]
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Curse or Blessing for African Countries
Abstract The Chinese- sponsored Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an ambitious strategic program aimed at the development of infrastructure platforms connecting China with the rest of the world. The initial plan was announced by the Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 as an economic initiative to revitalize some of the medieval overland trading routes […]
Christianity, Capitalism and the Global Economic Order
ABSTRACT Historians have established that Christianity has played a significant role in the history of globalization. The relevance of Christianity in the global economic order has been a subject of criticism because of its overarching influence in contemporary international economic order—reflecting a general orientation toward regulated market capitalism—a cause significantly arising from Christian theological, moral, […]
Vaccine Hesitancy in the post-COVID-19 era: An interdisciplinary approach for a Trust-and-Risk paradigm with governmental and intergovernmental implications
ABSTRACT Vaccine hesitancy was described as a major global health challenge by the World Health Organization before the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic (Ten Health Issues WHO Will Tackle This Year, 2019). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the introduction of several new vaccines (notably Pfizer, Moderna, J&J) and with them new vaccine technologies (mRNA) under emergency […]
Climate Change and Ghana’s Foreign Policy: Redefining the role of Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Climate Diplomacy
Abstract This paper explores the role of foreign policy in fostering a more effective national response to the challenges of climate change and how the Foreign Affairs Ministry can enhance Ghana’s engagement in global climate diplomacy. It concludes that climate change has become a foreign policy issue, sharing central features with other major foreign policy […]
