Uganda and HIV
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- Uganda’s success in creating access to ARV therapy: independent from external assistance
- World Health Organization, 2003
- This case study is part of a series entitled Perspectives and Practice in Antiretroviral treatment, which aims to analyse how governments, civil society organisations, private corporations and others are successfully providing antiret...
- Domestic violence increasing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda
- Human Rights Watch, 2003
- This paper argues that women are becoming infected with HIV because the state is failing to protect them from domestic violence. It bases the report on 120 interviews with Ugandan women. The paper argues that many women are vic...
- Film, book or play? Community-based HIV prevention in rural Uganda
- K. Mitchell; S. Nakamanya; A. Kamali; J. Whitworth / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
- Behavioural change interventions still offer the best chance of preventing the spread of HIV in developing countries. But which methods are most effective? Researchers at the MRC Programme on AIDS in Uganda assess four HIV education s...
- Knowledge is power: AIDS education for Ugandan schoolchildren
- J. Kinsman; J. Whitworth / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
- Comprehensive AIDS education can make pupils aware of the need to protect themselves against infection. It can also bring about gradual changes in the wider social environment, making safer sex more acceptable. But what is the best wa...
- Conjugal risks - HIV transmission within marriage in Uganda
- Lucy Carpenter; James Whitworth / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- In the developed world, the male-to-female HIV transmission rate appears to be higher than the female-to-male rate. Is this also true in sub-Saharan Africa? What is the best way to measure this? A study by the Medical Research Council...
- Cutting the risk? Male circumcision and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
- Helen Weiss; Maria Quigley; Richard Hayes / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- HIV prevalence varies both within and between countries in Africa. How can these differences be explained? Within Africa, male circumcision appears to be more common in regions with relatively low HIV rates. Does circumcision reduce t...
- Injecting caution: re-thinking vaccination for HIV-positive Ugandans
- Neil French; Charles Gilks / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Infection with the bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, is a frequent and serious problem for HIV-infected adults. A polysaccharide vaccine is currently licensed and available, and is recommended in the USA and Europe. But should this...
- Workplace HIV/AIDS programs
- Horizons, 2003
- The June 2003 biannual newsletter of the Horizons Program, highlights findings from operations research studies conducted in workplaces in South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand. Study themes include how to mobilise management to support...
- The pivotal role of NGOs in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- J. White / Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2002
- This paper reports on a project designed to bring together the experiences of development workers in mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS. A number of interventions were selected for analysis and individuals who were involved in ...
- The importance of integrating the HIV/AIDS dimension in African universities: teaching, collaboration and research
- A.M. Ennals; E.C. Rauan / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2002
- The report looks into the status, impact and preventive actions taken by some of the partner universities and colleges in Africa of Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Countries included in the stud...
- Ministry of Education & Sports, Republic of Uganda (MoES)
- The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) controls primary and other levels of education in Uganda. It trains, registers and supplies all required teachers, prescribes a national curriculum and provides textbooks, administrators and inspectors. It's mission is “to provide for, support, guide, coordinate, regulate and promote quality education and sports to all persons in...
- African Palliative Care Association (APCA)
Tanzanian organisation promoting affordable and culturally appropriate palliative care in Africa
