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India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh

Connecting Citizens to Science - S4E1 - Storytelling and visual methods with people living in informal settlements

In this week’s episode we are talking to Inviolata Njoroge from LVCT Kenya and Shrutika Murthy from The George Institute for Global Health (TGI), India. They have shared their experiences of using visual methods and storytelling to bridge the power-laden distances between lived realities of waste pickers, child headed households, the elderly and people with […]
S4E1 - Storytelling and visual methods with people living in informal settlements
India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh

Implications of COVID-19 for safeguarding in international development research: learning, action and reflection from a research hub

Abstract COVID-19 brings uncertainties and new precarities for communities and researchers, altering and amplifying relational vulnerabilities (vulnerabilities which emerge from relationships of unequal power and place those less powerful at risk of abuse and violence). Research approaches have changed too, with increasing use of remote data collection methods. These multiple changes necessitate new or adapted […]
Implications of COVID-19 for safeguarding in international development research: learning, action and reflection from a research hub
India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh

Economics of healthcare access in low income and middle-income countries: a protocol for a scoping review of the economic impacts of seeking healthcare on slum-dwellers compared with other city residents

People living in slums face several challenges to access healthcare. Scarce and low-quality public health facilities are common problems in these communities. Costs and prevalence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) have also been reported as high in studies conducted in slums in developing countries and those suffering from chronic conditions and the poorest households seem […]
Economics of healthcare access in low income and middle-income countries: a protocol for a scoping review of the economic impacts of seeking healthcare on slum-dwellers compared with other city residents
Sierra Leone

Understanding the Health and Wellbeing of Young People in Informal Settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone - A Community-based Participatory Study

The world population is becoming increasingly urban with an expected growth of over 60% by 2050. Young people account for a large proportion of the population in low and middle-income countries particularly in informal settlements, and face several challenges to their health and well-being, including good housing, basic healthcare services, and education. Yet, little research […]
Understanding the Health and Wellbeing of Young People in Informal Settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone - A Community-based Participatory Study
Sierra Leone

Informal Healthcare Provision: Exploring Health Seeking Priorities for people Living with Chronic Health Conditions in Informal Settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone

The aim of this study is to apply theories of intersectionality and political economy to better understand how informal health service provision, utilization and governance is organised within informal urban settlements in Freetown, and how these impact on the health and healthcare access of people living with chronic health conditions. Download poster 
Informal Healthcare Provision Exploring Health Seeking Priorities for people Living with Chronic Health Conditions in Informal Settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone.pdf
Sierra Leone

Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown has over 1 million residents, many of whom live in about 68 crowded informal settlements. Residents of these settlements struggle daily to access basic services such as water, sanitation, and health-care services. We found that the government’s COVID-19 response measures (curfews, lockdowns, and travel restrictions) excluded informal residents from contributing to its design, and […]
Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone
India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh

Improving safeguarding in the ARISE Hub and beyond

Much of the current discussion on safeguarding comes from the perspective of the humanitarian sector, and direct service provision and implementation. Additionally, researchers working in global health also experience safeguarding challenges, and research funders and donors require assurance that safeguarding processes and policies are developed and implemented to protect participants and researchers, yet governance in […]
Improving safeguarding in ARISE Story of Change
Sierra Leone, Bangladesh

ARISE co-researchers: Working collaboratively to build capacity

One of our core strategies to affect change is to support capacity strengthening of urban marginalised co-researchers to generate, collect, and use evidence as new localised knowledge to instigate change. Strengthening capabilities of urban marginalised people to engage with research processes is central to the principles of CBPR and meaningful participation of marginalised communities. ARISE […]
ARISE co-researchers Story of change

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