Limited access to services for the urban poor in Windhoek, Namibia

Karuaihe, S.; Wandschneider, Philip R.

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2018.1475219

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“…Between 2012 and 2016, an additional 15,000 shacks were built, i.e., around 3,500 new structures per year [49,50]. While most households have access to public piped water, accessibility to electricity, private toilets, and garbage removal is much more limited [51]. Formal unemployment in all three areas was close to 40% in 2011.…”

Section: Windhoek's Informal Settlementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal Food Deserts and Household Food Insecurity in Windhoek, Namibia

Crush

Kazembe

2018

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Informal settlements in rapidly-growing African cities are urban and peri-urban spaces with high rates of formal unemployment, poverty, poor health outcomes, limited service provision, and chronic food insecurity. Traditional concepts of food deserts developed to describe North American and European cities do not accurately capture the realities of food inaccessibility in Africa’s urban informal food deserts. This paper focuses on a case study of informal settlements in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, to shed further light on the relationship between informality and food deserts in African cities. The data for the paper was collected in a 2016 survey and uses a sub-sample of households living in shack housing in three informal settlements in the city. Using various standard measures, the paper reveals that the informal settlements are spaces of extremely high food insecurity. They are not, however, food deprived. The proximity of supermarkets and open markets, and a vibrant informal food sector, all make food available. The problem is one of accessibility. Households are unable to access food in sufficient quantity, quality, variety, and with sufficient regularity.

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Section: Windhoek's Informal Settlementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal Food Deserts and Household Food Insecurity in Windhoek, Namibia

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Kazembe

2018

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“…Research examining the disparity can be a consideration for the government to improve health facilities in rural areas. The government must be responsible for minimizing the disparity (Fu et al, 2018;Karuaihe and Wandschneider, 2018;Wong and Szeto, 2018;Li, Yao and Yin, 2018;Song, Shin and Kim, 2018).…”

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Urban-Rural Disparities in The Utilization of Primary Health Care Center Among Elderly in East Java, Indonesia

Wulandari¹,

Laksono²

2019

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Introduction: Urban always attracts investors to invest. Health facilities in urban areas are growing rapidly compared to villages. This condition is estimated to contribute to the disparity of urban-rural areas in the utilization of health services. Studying the utilization of health services is a way to evaluate the performance of the health care system through its output. Aim: This study was intended to analyze urban-rural disparity in the utilization of primary health care or puskesmas use by the elderly.Methods: This study was used the 2013 Riskesdas (Indonesian Basic Health Survey) raw data. The 2013 Riskesdas was designed a cross-sectional survey. With the multi-stage cluster random sampling method, 25,813 elderly people in East Java Province were obtained. Data were analyzed using Multinomial Logistic Regression tests.Results: Elderly people in urban areas have a better probability of outpatient use of 1.208 than those living in rural areas (OR 1.208; 95% CI 1.057-1.380). The elderly who have a primary school and under education have the possibility of 1.558 times more utilizing outpatients in the puskesmas than the elderly who have college education levels (OR 1.558; 95% CI 1.001-2.424). Conclusions: There was a disparity between urban and rural areas in the utilization of outpatient puskesmas in East Java by the elderly. Policy makers in East Java are recommended to improve facilities and infrastructure of the puskesmas in rural areas by paying attention to the results of this study.

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“…This is because of the denser population density, so it is more profitable economically (Johar et al, 2018) (Dewi and Mukti, 2018). The government must be able to respond to this condition, it needs ongoing evaluation to ensure efforts to minimize the disparity between the two regions, and ensure better access in rural areas (Karuaihe and Wandschneider, 2018) (Dong, 2019) (Laksono, Wulandari and Soedirham, 2019a).…”

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“…A study found that there are differences in health, access to and quality of healthcare between rural and urban areas in the United States (Anderson et al, 2015) (Zahnd and McLafferty, 2017) (Croft et al, 2018). Several studies in Africa and the European Union also revealed the same thing (Ravit et al, 2018) (Karuaihe and Wandschneider, 2018) (Piotrowska et al, 2018) (Yaya et al, 2019). Thus it can be concluded that the disparity in health services between urban and rural areas is still a global problem.…”

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Urban-Rural Disparities of Facility-Based Childbirth in Indonesia

Laksono¹,

Wulandari²

2019

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Background: Equitable distribution of health services between areas is still a problem in various countries. Even in developed countries. This condition also applies to the utilization of healthcare facilities for childbirth.Objective: To analyze the urban-rural disparities of facilities-based childbirth in Indonesia.Methods: The analysis in this study uses raw data from the 2017 IDHS. With stratification and multistage random sampling, 17,769 women aged 15-49 years with live births in the last 5 years were sampled. Data were analyzed using a Binary Logistic Regression test.Results: Women in urban areas were probably 2.417 times more utilizing healthcare facilities for delivery than those in rural areas. Women with tertiary education were likely to be 1.709 times more utilizing healthcare facilities for delivery than those who don't. Richest women were probably 6.556 times more utilizing healthcare facilities for delivery than poorest women. Women who have health insurance maybe 1.437 times more utilizing healthcare for delivery than women who don't have. Women who know about the danger signs of pregnancy are more than 1.514 times more likely to utilize healthcare for delivery than those who don't know. Women who do ANC ≥ 4 times have the possibility of 1.729 times using healthcare facilities compared to those who do ANC less than 4.Conclusion: There were significant differences between women in urban and rural areas in utilizing healthcare facilities for delivery. Women who live in urban areas have a better chance to utilize healthcare facilities for delivery. The government needs to focus on women with low education and poor status. Interventions were needed by socializing the danger signs of pregnancy in rural areas. In addition, it was also necessary to expand the scope of membership of the National Health Insurance in rural areas.

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Limited access to services for the urban poor in Windhoek, Namibia

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

Informal Food Deserts and Household Food Insecurity in Windhoek, Namibia

Informal Food Deserts and Household Food Insecurity in Windhoek, Namibia

Urban-Rural Disparities in The Utilization of Primary Health Care Center Among Elderly in East Java, Indonesia

Urban-Rural Disparities of Facility-Based Childbirth in Indonesia

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