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  Poverty Knowledge and Policy Processes in Uganda: Case Studies From Bushenyi, Lira and Tororo Districts

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This report concerns the poverty reduction policy process in three Ugandan districts, Bushenyi, Lira and Tororo.
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  The Moroto cross border peace meeting

  Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2003

  This report documents the 3rd of a series of meetings dealing with the conflicts between the Karamajong, Turkana and Pokot pastoral communities.
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  Safe delivery: preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Up to 43 percent of babies born to HIV- positive mothers in developing countries become infected with the virus. In wealthier countries, intensive treatment of both mother and baby with the drug zidovudine (AZT) is used to reduce HIV transmission. Is there an alternative to this costly treatment in resource-poor settings?
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  Parents are the key to services for children with communication disabilities

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  How many children suffer from communication disabilities in Uganda? What services are available for these children? How can parents get more involved in their child's progress? Researchers from the UK Centre for International Child Health report on a study in three districts in Eastern Uganda.
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  Lessons from conflict: a participatory review of a Ugandan refugee project

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  As violence in northwest Uganda seemed to be waning in 1994, international agencies and Ugandan authorities agreed to provide Sudanese refugees with land to grow their own food. The Ikafe project ultimately fell prey to ongoing conflict and the refugees fled back to Sudan. What can we learn from its demise?
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  Decentralisation in Uganda: is the jury still out?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Decentralisation is trendy. Enthusiasts in donor agencies and academia see political legitimacy, democratisation, economic efficiency, lean government and poverty reduction as likely consequences of a decentralised government. Yet, is there hard evidence that decentralisation delivers the goods?
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  No women, no peace: gender perspectives on positive peace initiatives

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Many UN and European Commission resolutions have recognized that marginalisation and neglect of women have stymied peace initiatives. Why, then, is gender analysis still conspicuously absent from peacebuilding programmes?
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  Cutting the risk? Male circumcision and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

  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 the risk of HIV infection?
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  Couple negotiation of sex and family planning in Uganda

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Unmet need for contraception in developing countries is often attributed to a lack of family planning services. Yet the problem of unmet need persists in urban areas with reasonable access to services. Is poor communication between couples responsible for continuing unmet contraceptive need?
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  Death, data and demographics: AIDS and adult mortality in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Adult mortality is increasing in many parts of Africa. Is this due to AIDS? Can existing data answer this question? What other statistics are needed to document the spread of the AIDS epidemic in Africa?

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