Social Security in Zimbabwe : Phase II: &lt;i&gt;Zunde raMambo&lt;/i&gt; and Burial Societies

Dhemba, Jotham; Gumbo, Perpetua; Nyamusara, J

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“…Social barriers, such as norms and disapproval deterring net use were mentioned most frequently with regard to funerals, reflecting their highly public nature. Over the past several decades, burial societies or funeral associations have emerged in Uganda and other African countries to provide financial and social support to family members of the deceased [ 14 - 17 ]. Funerals now involve entire communities and are meant to offer dignity and respect to the dead [ 18 ].…”

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“People will say that I am proud”: a qualitative study of barriers to bed net use away from home in four Ugandan districts

Monroe

Harvey

Lam

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Malar J

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BackgroundDespite increased access and ownership, barriers to insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) use persist. While barriers within the home have been well documented, the challenges to net use when sleeping away from home remain relatively unexplored. This study examines common situations in which people sleep away from home and the barriers to ITN use in those situations.MethodsTo explore these issues, a group of researchers conducted 28 in-depth interviews and four focus groups amongst adults from net-owning households in four Ugandan districts.ResultsIn addition to sleeping outside during hot season, participants identified social events, livelihood activities, and times of difficulty as circumstances in which large numbers of people sleep away from home. Associated challenges to ITN use included social barriers such as fear of appearing proud, logistical barriers such as not having a place to hang a net, and resource limitations such as not having an extra net with which to travel. Social disapproval emerged as an important barrier to ITN use in public settings.ConclusionsUnique barriers to ITN use exist when people spend the night away from home. It is essential to identify and address these barriers in order to reduce malaria exposure in such situations. For events like funerals or religious “crusades” where large numbers of people sleep away from home, alternative approaches, such as spatial repellents may be more appropriate than ITNs. Additional research is required to identify the acceptability and feasibility of alternative prevention strategies in situations where ITNs are unlikely to be effective.

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“People will say that I am proud”: a qualitative study of barriers to bed net use away from home in four Ugandan districts

Monroe

Harvey

Lam

et al. 2014

Malar J

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“…This support is referred to as social security in this study. The institutions within which hearth-holds derive social security occur at the level of the family, village, wider formal and informal networks comprising friends and neighbours, the church and the State (Murray, 1980;Sharp and Spiegel, 1985;Guyer and Peters, 1987;Pankhurst, 1991;Dhemba et al, 2002;Hartnack, 2005).…”

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“…In the mid-1990s, the Zimbabwe government tried to revive the concept of zunde in response to concerns about growing malnutrition and orphans. The success of the programme has been hampered by a shortage of land, inputs and labour (Dhemba et al, 2002). In Gokwe, Zunde raMambo land was appropriated by individuals (Nyambara, 2001a).…”

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“…The social security system has been changing due to increasing mobility, individualisation of property, the weakening of traditional beliefs in sanctions from ancestors against those who neglect the needy, and feelings of abuse and exploitation among the different parties (Schott, 1988;Rwezaura, 1989;Bourque, 1997;Dhemba et al, 2002). A study by Pankhurst (1991:612) in villages located in the same province as the present research area concluded that villages in the communal areas of Zimbabwe had changed from the core of men related through agnatic kinship with their wives and children to include far more unrelated people and many people who were considered members but did not live there.…”

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“…In some cases, traditional forms of assistance have been replaced by monetised services (Scoones et al, 1996;Huisman, 2005:260). Zunde raMambo is no longer being implemented in all communities because of problems such as lack of fertile land and inputs, and poor community mobilisation (Dhemba et al, 2002). The traditional authorities, custodians of Zunde raMambo land, have begun selling zunde land on the informal market to obtain the proceeds for their own use.…”

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