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  Sustaining good governance in water and sanitation in Uganda

  Institute for Security Studies, 2010

  Uganda is blessed with many rivers and lakes, and abundant groundwater. Yet this plentiful supply of water is not easily accessible to many Ugandan families in both urban and rural areas. Access to safe drinking water and sanitation are fundamental to the health, human survival and development of any society.
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  Implementation of the Maputo Plan of Action: opportunities and challenges for CSO action in promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010

  The Maputo Plan of Action (MPoA) for the operationalisation of the Continental Policy Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, which was endorsed by the summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government in January 2007 to serve as a short -term plan of action for the period 2007 to 2010.
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  Self-reported drunkenness among adolescents in four sub-Saharan African countries: associations with adverse childhood experiences

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010

  Consumption of alcohol is associated with acute and chronic adverse health outcomes. There is a paucity of studies that explore the determinants of alcohol use among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular, that examine the effects of adverse childhood experiences on alcohol use.
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  Civil society participation in Uganda's APRM process

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008

  Ugandan NGOs faced challenges in influencing their national APRM process, but this paper shows that with resourcefulness, focus and energy, motivated groups can make a difference. In Uganda, umbrella organisations were appointed to represent civil society on the APRM National Commission.
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  Lessons from citizen activism in Uganda: saving Mabira forest

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008

  In August 2006, the Ugandan Cabinet proposed to give away 7,100 of the 30,000 hectares of Mabira forest to the Mehta group of companies – producers of sugar – to expand their sugar plantation acreage. This free land offer was expected to boost sugar production and increase government tax revenue and foreign exchange from exports.
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  Decision-making patterns and contraceptive use: evidence from Uganda

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Literature on the effect of decision-making patterns on contraceptive use often does not (1) distinguish between women participating in decisions and controlling them, and (2) account for effects of common decision-making patterns within the community. In Uganda where high fertility persists, both of these factors may be relevant to adoption of contraception.
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  Male youth and voluntary counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT): the case of Uganda and Malawi

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Voluntary Counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT) is defined as a process by which an individual undergoes counseling, enabling him or her to make an informed choice about being tested.
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  The experience of South African firms doing business in Africa: a preliminary survey and analysis

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2007

  A key challenge for Africa in the 21st century is to develop an enabling business environment.
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  From fatigues to three-piece suits: East African guerrillas in power

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009

  Since decolonisation in African countries ethno-political differences have led to guerrilla warfare. Through these movements, authoritarian regimes have been created.
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  Urbanization and education in East Africa

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012

  The objective of this book is to pull together contributions on how education provision is affected by the rapid urbanization and to highlight the practice and policy gaps in the education of those who live in the urban areas.

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