Healing South Africa – Improving Social Equality, Public Safety and Education in the Republic of South Africa

Healing South Africa – Improving Social Equality, Public Safety and Education in the Republic of South Africa
Author: Dr. Mark O'Doherty
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2017-11-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 138736264X

Malawi has discovered a mass grave in the north of the country containing the remains of 25 people suspected to be migrants from Ethiopia, police said on Wednesday. "The grave was discovered late on Tuesday but we cordoned it off and started exhuming today. So far, we have discovered 25 bodies," police spokesman said. Police were alerted by villagers in the Mzimba area, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of the capital Lilongwe, who stumbled on the grave while collecting wild honey in a forest. Malawi is a popular route for illegal immigrants from East Africa being smuggled to South Africa -- the continent's most industrialised country and a magnet for poor migrants from elsewhere on the continent. Police often catch trucks transporting migrants passing through the country en route to South Africa, via Mozambique. Kalaya said that between January and September this year, authorities had intercepted 221 illegal immigrants, 186 of whom were Ethiopians. Two years ago immigration authorities in neighbouring Mozambique made a grim discovery, finding 64 migrants from Ethiopia dead inside a freight container loaded on a truck. They were presumed to have died from suffocation. A few survivors were among the group. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief in Malawi Nomagugu Ncube said they were still gathering information about the latest incident. The IOM report found that close to 51,000 Ethiopian migrants had gone missing since 2016. According to official statistics, 4,265 deaths and 1,707 disappearances from the districts of Hadiya and Kembata Tembaro were recorded along the southern route to South Africa between 2012 and 2019. An overwhelming number of migrants said they had experienced a severe lack of food, water or shelter on their journey, the IOM researchers found. Most had suffered abuse, violence, assault or torture, while one in four had been asked to find additional money for bribes, despite already paying an average of US$5,000 for the journey. So this kind of criminal activity in Africa is unacceptable. Hence African law enforcement agencies - together with the assistance of the International Intelligence Community - must bring the perpetrators of these severe crimes to justice. Furthermore, the International Community must provide greater assistance to disadvantaged communities who are challenged with socioeconomic deprivation - so that abductions, kidnapping and murder through forced migration can be stopped.

Healing Nigeria – Improving Human Rights, Social Equality and Public Education in the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Healing Nigeria – Improving Human Rights, Social Equality and Public Education in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Author: Dr. Mark O'Doherty
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2017-09-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 138722834X

Dear All, As the leader of the Intelligence Community - including MI6, the African Intelligence Community, the CIA, the National Intelligence Agency of Israel (Mossad), the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the German Intelligence Community, the DGSI, the Russian SVR, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Federal Protective Service (FSO), the Glawnoje Raswedywatelnoje Uprawlenije (GRU), NATO and the Russian Armed Forces - we encourage Russia to withdraw all troops from Ukraine, so that the UDHR and UNCRC can be restored in the world. The death and killing of officers, soldiers, civilians, journalists, reporters and innocent children - in both Ukraine and Russia - is so unnecessary and must be stopped. Hence it is imperative that Vladimir Putin is graciously removed from office - so that Peace and Diplomacy can be restored in the International Community - including Africa. At the UN, Putin is more isolated every day. The UN General Assembly voted to reject his annexation of Ukrainian territory by a margin of 143 to five, with 35 abstentions. That's an even greater margin than previous UN resolutions condemning Russia's actions, also overwhelmingly approved. The daily images of bombed out schools, hospitals, playgrounds and apartment buildings, and the determined, successful pushback by Ukraine, makes it imperative that Russia withdraws all forces from Ukraine. Once Russia withdraws all forces from Ukraine, Diplomacy and International Law can be restored in the world - and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) can be manifested in the International Community. On that note, we would like to encourage all people on Earth to join us in Meditation and Prayer to manifest Peace on Earth. God Bless / ibukun ọlọrun / Бог благословил / Бог благословить / Love and Light / inkosi ikusikelele / inkosi ikubusise / Aw ni san kura / Dieu vous bénisse / بارك الله Acting President of Российская Федерация and the US: Mark O'Doherty, BTB-Global Peacebuilding 3. December 2022 NB: As the acting president of Russia I will do everything in my power to restore Peace between Russia and Ukraine. Once Peace has been restored and all Russian troops are back home, we intend to implement the replacement of NATO by a new International Peacebuilding Alliance (IPA). In the IPA the top priority will be Peace and Nuclear Disarmament - where Russia, Africa, Asia, the EU and the US will be instrumental to manifest the UDHR and the UNCRC in the world.

Millions Saved

Millions Saved
Author: Amanda Glassman
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1933286938

Over the past fifteen years, people in low- and middle-income countries have experienced a health revolution—one that has created new opportunities and brought new challenges. It is a revolution that keeps mothers and babies alive, helps children grow, and enables adults to thrive. Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health chronicles the global health revolution from the ground up, showcasing twenty-two local, national, and regional health programs that have been part of this global change. The book profiles eighteen remarkable cases in which large-scale efforts to improve health in low- and middle-income countries succeeded, and four examples of promising interventions that fell short of their health targets when scaled-up in real world conditions. Each case demonstrates how much effort—and sometimes luck—is required to fight illness and sustain good health. The cases are grouped into four main categories, reflecting the diversity of strategies to improve population health in low-and middle-income countries: rolling out medicines and technologies; expanding access to health services; targeting cash transfers to improve health; and promoting population-wide behavior change to decrease risk. The programs covered also come from various regions around the world: seven from sub-Saharan Africa, six from Latin America and the Caribbean, five from East and Southeast Asia, and four from South Asia.

Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa

Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa
Author: Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004436421

In Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta and Tabi Chama-James Tabenyang unpack the contentious South African government’s post-apartheid policy framework of the ‘‘return to tradition policy’’. The conjuncture between deep sociopolitical crises, witchcraft, the ravaging HIV/AIDS pandemic and the government’s initial reluctance to adopt antiretroviral therapy turned away desperate HIV/AIDS patients to traditional healers. Drawing on historical sources, policy documents and ethnographic interviews, Pemunta and Tabenyang convincingly demonstrate that despite biomedical hegemony, patients and members of their therapy-seeking group often shuttle between modern and traditional medicine, thereby making both systems of healthcare complementary rather than alternatives. They draw the attention of policy-makers to the need to be aware of ‘‘subaltern health narratives’’ in designing health policy.

Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume II

Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume II
Author: Mario J. Azevedo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2017-01-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 3319325647

This book focuses on Africa’s challenges, achievements, and failures over the past several centuries using an interdisciplinary approach that combines theory and fact and evidence-based practices and interventions in public health, and argues that most of the health problems in Africa are not a result of scarce or lack of resources, but of the misconceived and misplaced priorities that have left the continent behind every other on the globe in terms of health, education, and equitable distribution of opportunities and access to (quality) health as agreed by the United Nations member states at Alma-Ata in 1978.

Sociological Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2001
Genre: Sociology
ISBN:

CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

Combating Violence and Discrimination Against Women

Combating Violence and Discrimination Against Women
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2015
Genre: Discrimination in education
ISBN:

Counseling People of African Ancestry

Counseling People of African Ancestry
Author: Elias Mpofu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2011-06-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1139498762

This volume advances a uniquely Afro-centric, sociocultural understanding of health maintenance and risk reduction in African cultural heritage populations. It unites a diverse group of leading African and Africanist scholars in an exploration of common cultural values in African heritage communities and their practical applications in contemporary counseling. The chapters highlight the prominent health issues faced in Africanist settings today and use real-world experiences to illustrate core lessons for effective community action. The approach spans complex cultural milieus, from diversity counseling to conflict resolution. Each chapter includes field-based experiential tasks, discussion boxes, research boxes and case studies, which serve as valuable resources in both coursework and casework. Counseling People of African Ancestry is an essential primer for community health workers, counselors and educators seeking a better understanding of African cultural heritage settings to promote community health, well-being and development.