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  Violence against children affected by HIV/AIDS: a case study of Uganda

  World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2005

  Through participatory research this study examined the nature of violence, including psychological abuse, against orphans in parts of Uganda devastated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.The report highlights the types, causes and psychological impact of stigmatisation of and discrimination against orphans; World Vision programme responses to orphans and vulnerable children; and recommendations for deali
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  Assessment of violence against children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This study provides an extensive picture of violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa, providing regional and country specific information on national legal and policy frameworks and enforcements.
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  A conference on girl mothers in fighting forces and their post-war reintegration in Southern and Western Africa

  Rockefeller Foundation, 2005

  This conference paper summarises discussions and conclusions reached at the conference on "Girl mothers in fighting forces and their post-war reintegration in southern and western Africa" held at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy, from April 12th through 18th 2005.
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  Violence against children: the voices of Ugandan children and adults

  Raising Voices, 2005

  This study examines the stories and opinions of children about their experiences of the violence against them, and adults about their perspective of violence against children from five districts in Uganda.The main findings include:more than 98 percent of children reported experiencing physical or emotional violence.
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  Youth speak out: new voices on the protection and participation of young people affected by armed conflict

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the problems and challenges young people face during and after armed conflict and also offers youth-driven solutions for addressing these problems. The report draws on participatory research conducted by more than 150 adolescents in Kosovo, northern Uganda and Sierra Leone.
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  Child protection in the context of displacement: Ntoroko county, Bundibugyo district

  Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2004

  This paper examines child protection issues of refugee children living in Ntoroko County, Bundibugyo District in western Uganda, an area characterised by conflict, displacement and poverty.The paper specifically looks at the main issues affecting children in the county, assesses community responses to date and analyses gaps in policy and programming.
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  Improving management of childhood malaria in Nigeria and Uganda by improving practices of patent medicine vendors

  Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival, USAID, 2004

  This report, produced by Basics II, describes the design, implementation and preliminary results of interventions in Nigeria and Uganda to improve practice and product quality among private providers, or patent medicine vendors (PMV). The two interventions related specifically to child survival strategies and used different strategies for behaviour change.
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  Priority service provision under decentralization: a case study of maternal and child health care in Uganda

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 1999

  This paper from Partnerships for Health Reform reports on a study to examine the impact of health sector decentralisation in Uganda on maternal and child health (MCH) services.
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  Coping with paediatric referral: Ugandan parents’ experience

  The Lancet, 2004

  This article, published in The Lancet, reports on a study examining the constraints faced by caretakers in completing referrals of severely ill children to hospital in Uganda. The study found that only 28 per cent of children had completed referral after two weeks, and at an average cost of US$8.85.
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  Mothers' education but not fathers' education, household assets or land ownership is the best predictor of child health inequalities in rural Uganda

  International Journal for Equity in Health, 2004

  This article, published in the International Journal for Equity and Health, reports on the factors influencing child health inequalities in rural Uganda.

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