Lead researcher: Richard Mangwi – Makerere University, School of Public Health, Uganda Globally, 298,000 women die due to pregnancy-related causes each year and half of these occur in Africa. In Uganda, maternal mortality has marginally reduced from 526/100,000 to 435/100,000 live births between 2001 and 2011. The presence of a skilled attendant during the entire continuum of care for maternal and new born health […]
Small grants programme
Worldwide, approximately 670 million people are visually impaired, among whom 269 million suffer from low vision and 45 million are blind. Nearly 90% of these people live in low- and middle-income countries (WHO 2014). With increases in life expectancy and population, the share of age-related non-communicable visual impairments within these regions continues to rise. India alone has almost 22% of the world’s visually-impaired population, while the country […]
RinGs held a competitive call among our three RPCs – Future Health Systems, ReBUILD and RESYST – to submit proposals for small research grants on gender, ethics and health systems issues relevant to low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We used the results of this research to put together a Case Study Reader which is a good introduction to gender analysis in health systems […]