• “The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda 

      Mukunya, David; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-04)
      Background: Infections account for a quarter of all newborn deaths and the umbilical cord has been identified as a major route of newborn infections. Objective: To explore the meanings and practices related to the umbilical ...
    • Silent politics and unknown numbers: Rural health bureaucrats and Zambian abortion policy 

      Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Haukanes, Haldis; Zulu, Joseph; Moland, Karen Marie; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This article addresses the gaps between knowledge, policy and practice in reproductive health by exploring the processes involved in translating Zambian abortion policy from paperwork to practice in a predominantly rural ...
    • When abortion becomes public - Everyday politics of reproduction in rural Zambia 

      Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This article takes the public reaction to the discovery of an aborted foetus in a rural Zambian community as the empirical starting point for exploring the everyday politics of reproduction. It builds on eleven months of ...