The silencing of political context in health research in Ethiopia: why it should be a concern

MT Østebø, MD Cogburn… - Health Policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In 2004, the Ethiopian government launched what has been called an innovative and
groundbreaking solution to the country's public health challenges; the Health Extension …

Syndemic effects in complex humanitarian emergencies: A framework for understanding political violence and improving multi-morbidity health outcomes

BA Kohrt, L Carruth - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
A hallmark of complex humanitarian emergencies is the collective exposure, often over
extended periods of time, to political violence in the forms of war, terrorism, political …

Aid or exploitation?: Food-for-work, cash-for-work, and the production of “beneficiary-workers” in Ethiopia and Haiti

L Carruth, S Freeman - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
The distinct subject positions of “beneficiaries” and “aid workers” pervade global aid
vernacular, the grey development literature, and the field of development studies, but this …

Humanitarian governance and resilience building: Ethiopia in comparative perspective

D Hilhorst, I Desportes, CWJ de Milliano - Disasters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Humanitarian governance is usually understood according to the classic, Dunantist
paradigm that accords central importance to international humanitarian agencies. However …

“Wasting away”: diabetes, food insecurity, and medical insecurity in the Somali Region of Ethiopia

L Carruth, E Mendenhall - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Most research on diabetes has taken place in cities or in high-income countries, even
though most diabetes deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, and diabetes …

The humanitarian theatre: drought response during Ethiopia's low-intensity conflict of 2016

I Desportes, H Mandefro, D Hilhorst - The Journal of Modern African …, 2019 - cambridge.org
This article aims to rekindle the debate on the politics of aid in the increasingly common–yet
still under-studied–authoritarian and low-intensity conflict settings, detailing the case of …

Building one's own house: power and escape for Ethiopian women through international migration

L Carruth, L Smith - The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2022 - cambridge.org
This study uses ethnography along Ethiopian women's irregular migration routes through
Djibouti to analyse the complex reasons women leave home to seek labour opportunities in …

[HTML][HTML] Public health intervention amidst conflict: Violence, politics, and knowledge frames in the 2018-20 Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo

R Sweet, N Kasali - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Research, policy, and donor interest in health systems in conflict environments has grown
rapidly in recent years. The 2018-20 Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo is …

Diabetes in a humanitarian crisis: Atypical clinical presentations and challenges to clinical-and community-based management among Somalis in Ethiopia

L Carruth, MJ Ateye, A Nassir, FM Hosh… - Global Public …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study was designed to better understand the clinical presentations and challenges of
managing type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a humanitarian crisis-affected population …

Transnational blindness: International institutions and refugees' cross-border activities

A Betts, N Omata, O Sterck - Review of International Studies, 2021 - cambridge.org
The Dollo Ado refugee camps, located close to the Ethiopian-Somali border, have been a
major focus for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)'s attempts to build livelihoods …