A5007439015- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Global Health and Surgery
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Social Capital and Networks
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Regional Development and Innovation
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Community Health and Development
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Imperial College London
2017-2023
King's College London
2010-2023
University of Southampton
2015-2018
London School of Economics and Political Science
2010
Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in lower Caquetá River basin Colombia have experienced detrimental changes provision of important ecosystem services ways that significant implications for maintenance their traditional livelihoods. To assess these we conducted eight participatory mapping activities and convened 22 focus group discussions. We focused analysis on types change: (1) location provisioning areas (2) stock services. The focal include such as food, raw materials...
This paper reports on an evaluation of a domestic violence intervention in the maternity and sexual health services UK hospital. The encompassed guidelines, staff training, inclusion routine enquiry for with all patients, referral women disclosing to on-site advocacy service. An "assumption querying" approach was applied evaluate intervention. Programmatic assumptions were identified tested using interviews service providers review patient records, pre- post-training questionnaires. Domestic...
Although it has been hypothesized that men and women vary in the way they value ecosystem services, research on services rarely incorporates a gender dimension. We conducted with nine indigenous communities Colombian Amazon to understand which perceive as most important for their wellbeing rank them according locally-defined criteria of importance. Participants identified total 26 20 different ranking criteria. Ecosystem such land agricultural fields (a supporting service), provision fish...
Wildlife has been traditionally used by forest communities as a source of protein, and the Peruvian Amazon is no exception. The articulation colonist indigenous to urban centers markets results in changes livelihood strategies impacts on wildlife populations. To address threat overhunting conversion, we provide generalized characterization their hunting activities near Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru.A semi-structured household survey was conducted characterize hunters describe prey collections....
Despite the Amazon's natural wealth, food insecurity is a major concern among indigenous communities. Yet, little known about socio-ecological dynamics shaping contributions of local ecosystems to security. In this study we examine how ecological features interact with normative structures, lifestyles, and livelihoods expose peoples shortages they attempt cope worsening conditions through participatory exercises ten communities along Caquetá River, Colombia. Our results indicate that...
Local access to "wild," common-pool terrestrial and aquatic resources is being diminished by global resource demand large-scale conservation interventions. Many theories suggest the well-being of wild harvesters can be supported through transitions other livelihoods, improved infrastructure, market access. However, new argue that such benefits may not always occur because they are context dependent vary across dimensions well-being. We test these comparing how harvesting livelihoods have...
Millions of households globally rely on uncultivated ecosystems for their livelihoods. However, much the understanding about broader contribution to human wellbeing is still based a series small-scale studies due limited availability large-scale datasets. We pooled together 11 comparable datasets comprising 232 settlements and 10,971 in ten low-and middle-income countries, representing forest, savanna coastal analyse how nature contributes multi-dimensional benefits from are distributed...
Abstract As directed by the Sustainable Development Goals, principle of ‘leave no one behind’ is a pivotal approach to improving coverage and equity within neglected tropical disease (NTD) programme activities. Displaced populations are an at-risk group who often excluded from treatment services due their mobility marginalisation. This article reflects on experiences two countries Ascend programme, which responded need strategise implement approaches that lead more inclusive accessible...
Introduction Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected gynecological condition, putting women at-risk of poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including pregnancy complications or infertility. Early treatment with praziquantel important to avoid disease progression FGS as it not always possible reverse these symptoms. However, prevention programs have historically focused on school-aged children. Therefore, there gap provide services for young in endemic areas, Côte d’Ivoire....
Abstract Innovation plays a critical role in progress towards achievement of the World Health Organization's road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. As disease prevalence decreases, cost to identify and treat remaining cases goes up. Additionally, as programmes move surveillance phase, diagnostic tests need be highly sensitive affordable. Until early end Ascend West Central Africa programme, Learning Fund supported five projects from 2019 2021. Designed innovation, fund...
Although building social capital through participatory interventions is widely recommended in the development literature, limited attention has been paid to process of network expansion taking place such contexts. This article empirically examines Putnam- and Bourdieu-based approaches examine actors' investments relations. Beneficiaries a full-participatory intervention were followed over four-year period using mixed-methods data. Results showed that, despite existence substantive cohesion...
Global resource demand and large-scale conservation interventions are diminishing tropical communities’ access to food, fiber, fodder fuel from wild (e.g. uncultivated) resources. Theory disagrees on whether the wellbeing of harvesting households will thus be diminished, or if it can improved by a transition non-wild livelihoods other economic development. Here we present cross-sectional analysis identifying in which contexts with have experienced superior food security life satisfaction...