Uganda and HIV
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- Universities in sub Saharan Africa need to formulate their responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Bertil Egero / African Higher Education Research Online, 2006
- Many sub Saharan African universities have been slow to respond to HIV/AIDS pandemic. This report from African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO) analyses why universities respond the way that they do and in particular focuses o...
- Home based ART associated with large reduction in HIV mortality in rural Uganda
- J. Mermin; J. P. Ekwaru / The Lancet, 2008
- Whilst antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the most effective clinical intervention for reduction of mortality in people with HIV-1 infection, access to ART in resource poor settings is very low. This article from the Lancet looks at whet...
- Report cards detail plans to strengthen HIV prevention strategies in 23 countries
- International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2008
- Under the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), together with the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and Young Positives are developing 23 country Report Cards with the...
- Food assistance and HIV: a step-by-step guide to integrated programming
- Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2007
- This guide from the FANTA project outlines key steps for integrating food assistance and nutrition into HIV programmes. It identifies key challenges to integrated HIV programming: inadequate understanding of how to address the overlap...
- Increasing adolescent Ugandan's knowledge about sexual and reproductive health
- S. E. Adamchak; K. Kiragu; C. Watson / Population Council, 2007
- This study, published by the Population Council, looks at the impact of Straight Talk (ST), a mass media initiative focused on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) in Uganda. The report finds that exposure to th...
- Increased pressure on NACs means more clarity is needed in roles and relationships
- C. Dickinson; J. Mundy; J. Whitelaw Jones / HLSP Institute, UK, 2007
- This paper from HLSP presents a synthesis of institutional arrangements and issues currently facing National AIDS Commissions (NACs) in 2007. The paper is a work in progress and is based on a literature review and informant interviews...
- IMF policies undermine HIV/AIDS initiatives in Malawi and Uganda
- African Forum and Network on Debt and Development, 2007
- Have traditional restrictive macroeconomic policies and budget ceilings limited some governments from giving HIV/AIDS the attention it deserves? This paper analyses the links between macroeconomic frameworks provided by the Internatio...
- Are HIV/AIDS funds being used effectively in Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia?
- N. Oomman; M. Bernstein; S. Rosenzweig / Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
- Donor funding for HIV/AIDS has skyrocketed in the last decade: from US$ 300 million in 1996 to US$ 8.9 billion in 2006; yet, little is understood about how these resources are being spent. This paper analyses the policies and practice...
- Supporting educators affected by HIV and AIDS
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2008
- East and southern Africa are the two regions in the world which are the most highly affected by HIV and AIDS. A significant number of people with HIV are educators, ranging from primary school teachers to head teachers and university ...
- Reproductive health in Northern Uganda
- S. Krause / Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
- What does the reproductive health (RH) situation among the conflict-affected populations of northern Uganda look like? The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children and the United Nations Population Fund assessed this qu...
- 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
