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Bicycle Ambulances in rural Uganda - Analysis of factors influencing its usage
No full textThis article reports on a study undertaken to analyze the usage of the bicycle ambulances in Uganda. Since 1997, approximately 400 bicycle ambulances have been distributed to villages in rural Uganda to improve accessibility to health centers. Approximately 20% of the population of Uganda have to travel more than 5 km to a health center, in a country where most transportation is by foot. A bicycle ambulance is a bicycle with an attached trailer used to transport seriously sick patients up to 15 km. The author conducted guided interviews with receivers and the distributors of bicycle ambulances in selected villages. Factors have been defined that influence the usage of bicycle ambulances, including individual village characteristics, the features of the bicycle ambulance, the system of distribution, and the organization of the groups using the bicycle ambulances. The distance to the health center, nor the distance to the main road and quality of the road itself significantly influenced the usage of the bicycle ambulance. The frequency of usage of the bicycle ambulances was limited to a few cases in a month or year. The only significant influence on the frequency of usage was observed based on the different organizational structures of the bicycle ambulance groups. The author considers some of the barriers to use, including long distances to health centers and costs of repairs, but notes that these and other barriers can be overcome through the positive attitude of group members
Bicycle Ambulances in rural Uganda - Analysis of factors influencing its usage
No full textThis article reports on a study undertaken to analyze the usage of the bicycle ambulances in Uganda. Since 1997, approximately 400 bicycle ambulances have been distributed to villages in rural Uganda to improve accessibility to health centers. Approximately 20% of the population of Uganda have to travel more than 5 km to a health center, in a country where most transportation is by foot. A bicycle ambulance is a bicycle with an attached trailer used to transport seriously sick patients up to 15 km. The author conducted guided interviews with receivers and the distributors of bicycle ambulances in selected villages. Factors have been defined that influence the usage of bicycle ambulances, including individual village characteristics, the features of the bicycle ambulance, the system of distribution, and the organization of the groups using the bicycle ambulances. The distance to the health center, nor the distance to the main road and quality of the road itself significantly influenced the usage of the bicycle ambulance. The frequency of usage of the bicycle ambulances was limited to a few cases in a month or year. The only significant influence on the frequency of usage was observed based on the different organizational structures of the bicycle ambulance groups. The author considers some of the barriers to use, including long distances to health centers and costs of repairs, but notes that these and other barriers can be overcome through the positive attitude of group members
Vergleichende Kulturgeographie – Empirische Befunde zu regionalen Integrationsprozessen in tropischen Agrarkolonisationsräumen Boliviens, der Elfenbeinküste und Indonesiens
No full textKarl Husa, Rüdiger Korff, Helmut Wohlschlägl (Hrsg.): Südostasien – Gesellschaften, Räume und Entwicklung. Buchreihe Edition Weltregionen, Band 25. Wien: new academic press (2018).
No full textShort-Cut - "A Park Divided". Naturschutz contra Landnutzung
No full textWieder ein Bild aus den Tropen, dass die Abholzung des Regenwaldes zeigt, „... eigentlich nichts Ungewöhnliches“, denkt man, „... schade zwar, aber na ja, es spiegelt eben den weltweit anhaltenden Konflikt zwischen Naturschutz und ökonomischen Interessen wider“, den man auf jeder (internationalen) Klimakonferenz miterleben kann. Die Abholzung des tropischen Regenwaldes zur Holznutzung oder für die Anlage von „Cash Crops“ wie Mais, Kakao- oder Kaffee findet trotz der Konservierungsansprüche von Naturschützern weiterhin statt
Vergleichende Kulturgeographie – Empirische Befunde zu regionalen Integrationsprozessen in tropischen Agrarkolonisationsräumen Boliviens, der Elfenbeinküste und Indonesiens
No full textDie Vernichtung des tropischen Regenwaldes
No full textViele Publikationen zum globalen Umweltwandel sind plakativ und populistisch. Häufig ist der Alarmismus von ideologischen Vorurteilen, redundanten Stereotypen und widersprüchlichen Machtinteressen geprägt. Daher bemüht sich dieser Artikel, die Transformation des tropischen Regenwaldes zeitlich und räumlich differenziert mit ihren Ursachen, Wirkungen und Handlungsoptionen anhand von wissenschaftlichen Quellen darzustellen. Die Komplexität der Ursachen, die internationalen ökonomischen Zusammenhänge sowie die Erkenntnis, dass es keine einfache absolute Lösungsstrategie geben kann, bilden die Schwerpunkte der Analyse
Verstädterung in Fiji - Besonderheiten in den Stadt-Land-Beziehungen eines insularen pazifischen Entwicklungslandes
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