Browsing by Subject "Guatemala"
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Assessing Community Based Water Organization Performance in Central America
(2017-06-26)What are the effects of household, community, technical, and environmental variables on the performance and resilience of CWOs in dry regions? Since 2014, drought has severely affected Central American economic and health ... -
Coffee and Civil War: The Cash Crop That Built the Foundations for the Mass Slaughter of Mayans during the Guatemalan Civil War
(2017-05-08)This thesis explores the connections between coffee production and genocide in Guatemala. This thesis centers its analysis in the 19th and 20th centuries when coffee was Guatemala’s main cash crop. Coffee became Guatemala’s ... -
Economic Analysis of Pediatric Surgical Financing and Universal Health Coverage in Guatemala
(2020)Background: Financing of surgical care in low- and middle-income countries remains challenging and poses challenges for implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This study is an exploration of financing of surgical ... -
Family and Provider Perceptions of Barriers to NGO-Based Pediatric Surgical Care in Guatemala
(2014)Background: Globally, there is often a gap between medical need and access to care, and this is particularly true for surgical care for children. In Guatemala, for instance, families frequently pursue care outside of the ... -
Rings of Fire: Assessing the Use of Efficient Cook Stoves in Rural Guatemala
(2010-12)More than half of the world’s population still depends on open-fires for cooking, causing an alarming array of health and environmental concerns. Over the past few decades, many efforts have been made around the world to ... -
Through the Lenses of Q’eqchi Maya: (Re)Framing the Story of Development in a Guatemalan Indigenous Community Through Participant-Created Photographs
(2016-08-24)The question of evaluations of development projects has been widely debated within the field of international development, with scholars and development practitioners calling for increased community-driven evaluations. ... -
Whole genome sequencing identifies circulating Beijing-lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Guatemala and an associated urban outbreak.
(Tuberculosis (Edinb), 2015-12)Limited data are available regarding the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains circulating in Guatemala. Beijing-lineage Mtb strains have gained prevalence worldwide and are associated with increased ...