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  Culture matters: working with communities and faith-based organizations: case studies from country programmes

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This paper reports on efforts by UNFPA’s to develop culturally sensitive programming in the area of gender equity and equality, and reproductive health and rights.
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  Nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: guidelines for service providers

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2004

  This document is a set of guidelines which outlines the nutritional needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and includes the steps that service providers can take to help PLWHA manage symptoms and improve health through nutrition.
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  Risk factors for diarrhoea and upper respiratory tract infections among children in a rural area of Uganda

  Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2004

  This article, published by the Centre for Health and Population Research (ICDDR,B), reports on a study of risk factors associated with diarrhoea and upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) among children in a district of rural Uganda.
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  Community-based environmental management for urban malaria control in Uganda – Year 1

  Environmental Health Project, 2003

  This Environmental Health Project (EHP) research brief reports on Year 1 of a two-year study, which assessed a community-based environmental management programme for malaria control in two Ugandan cities, Kampala and Jinja. Findings showed that mosquito breeding takes place in varied sites including tire ruts, brick pits, puddles and swamps.
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  Teacher training: essential for school-based reproductive health and HIV/AIDS education: focus on sub-saharan Africa

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2004

  For teaching information and skills related to HIV/AIDS, teacher training is essential, and complex. In sub-Saharan Africa, up to half of all new HIV infections are occurring among youth under age 25. Since most youth attend school at least for primary education, school-based programmes are a logical place to reach young people.
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  Crossing boundaries to reduce malnutrition? An institutional study of agriculture and nutrition in Uganda, Mozambique and Nigeria

  Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage Project, 2003

  This study examines how agriculturalists and nutritionists in Uganda, Mozambique, and Nigeria might work more closely together to reduce malnutrition, hunger, and poverty.The study concludes that the two professional communities are missing important opportunities to collaborate that would have a positive impact on people’s nutritional well being.
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  Transcending boundaries to improve the food security of AIDS affected households in rural Uganda

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2003

  This paper from the International Center for Research on Women provides information on the implementation of a collaborative project to improve household food security in rural Ugandan communities affected by HIV and AIDS. The aim of the project is increased collaboration between communities and specialists to improve the ability of households to meet their food security needs.
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  Study of faith based organizations responses to orphans and vulnerable children

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2004

  This study reveals how faith based organisations (FBOs) are supporting orphans and vulnerable children.
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  Men and reproductive health programs: influencing gender norms

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2003

  This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achieve this goal and presents findings from evaluations conducted to assess their efficacy.
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  Is over population still the problem?: global discourse and reproductive health challenges in the time of HIV/AIDS

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2002

  This paper looks at population and women’s reproductive health policies in Africa, specifically Tanzania and Uganda.

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