THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON MATERNAL NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH (MNCH) SERVICES IN BANGLADESH, NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA: CALL FOR A CONTEXTUALISED PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN LMICS

The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa: call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs

Abstract Global response to COVID-19 pandemic has inadvertently undermined the achievement of existing public health priorities and laregely overlooked local context.Recent evidence suggests that this will cause additional maternal and childhood mortality and morbidity especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Here we have explored the

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Locating Fire Stations using Deterministic and Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methods and GIS Information: A Case Study of Isfahan City

This paper aims to identify the optimal locations for new fire stations in Isfahan city using multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods and geographic information system (GIS) data.AHP, fuzzy AHP, and TOPSIS methods are used to identify potential locations for new fire stations based on decision criteria such as population density, proximity

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For a decolonial social epistemology

Abstract The visualization of Information Science as a postmodern science must aim at overcoming borderline dominant models, surpassing Round Bar Table simplistic methodological impasses, and covering complex phenomena.In this regard, the article is inserted in the epistemological discussions, selecting social epistemology and decolonial thought as

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