Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Author "Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik"

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    • The access paradox: abortion law, policy and practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia 

      Blystad, Astrid; Haukanes, Haldis; Tadele, Getnet; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Sambaiga, Richard; Zulu, Joseph M.; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)
      Introduction: Unsafe abortion is a major contributor to the continued high global maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Legal abortion frameworks and access to sexuality education and contraception have been pointed out ...

    • Beyond the Law - An Ethnography of Zambian Abortion Politics 

      Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik (Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-18)
      Every year, as many as 25 million women are estimated to resort to unsafe abortion worldwide. Many of these abortions lead to severe complications and death. Nevertheless, abortion remains a contentious issue that is ...

    • “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 ...

    • Shaping the abortion policy – competing discourses on the Zambian termination of pregnancy act 

      Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Haukanes, Haldis; Zulu, Joseph M.; Moland, Karen Marie; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Munakampe, Margarate Nzala; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-28)
      Introduction: The Zambian Termination of Pregnancy Act permits abortion on socio-economic grounds, but access to safe abortion services is limited and this constitutes a considerable problem for rights to sexual and ...

    • 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 ...

    • "We shall count it as a part of kyogero": acceptability and considerations for scale up of single dose chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care in Central Uganda 

      Mukunya, David; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Tumwine, James K.; Ndeezi, Grace; Namugga, Olive; Tumuhamye, Josephine; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Rujumba, Joseph; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Moland, Karen Marie; Nankabirwa, Victoria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-04)
      Background: Cleansing the umbilical cord with chlorhexidine reduces neonatal morbidity and mortality, particularly in communities where newborn deaths and home births are common. As a result, the World Health Organization ...

    • 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 ...

    • Why teach sexuality education in school? Teacher discretion in implementing comprehensive sexuality education in rural Zambia 

      Zulu, Joseph M.; Blystad, Astrid; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Michelo, Charles; Haukanes, Haldis; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)
      Background: Reproductive health problems such as HIV, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion among adolescents are closely linked to insufficient knowledge about sexuality and reproduction and lack of access to contraceptives. ...