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Guide to ICT policy in IST-Africa partner countries
IST-Africa Initiative, 2012This guide looks at the current status of National ICT policies in each of the current IST-Africa Initiative partner countries. It identifies what has been achieved to date and provides insight into what implementation challenges remain. Specifically, the report reflects analysis of existing National ICT plicies for: Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, NDocumentThe future research agenda for ICTs, climate change and development
Centre for Development Informatics, 2011A more holistic and flexible development approach is required to support the agency of people adapting to climate change. Since climate change adds another layer of complexity to development challenges, interventions must, at all stages, consider the ways in which people might engage with them in a range of possible future climate scenarios.DocumentIdentifying opportunities for climate-smart agriculture investments in Africa
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011It is clear that, in the face of climate change, the agriculture sector in Africa is being called on to increase food production to meet the food demand for a growing population.DocumentCountry survey on health and climate change
Commonwealth Secretariat, 2009This paper highlights analysis of current vulnerabilities, threats strategy and policy in Uganda that include the health risks, population groups that are most vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change strategy and policy, priority in addressing the impacts of climate change on health strategies developed current policy gaps in addressing climate change and health and how well equipped thDocumentFertility in African communities affected by HIV
Knowledge Services, IDS, 2011This "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'", which was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partners in the ALPHA Network, includes findings and recommendations around the topic of fertility in African communities affected by HIV. This publication is based on the research which came out of the ALPHA Network's seventh workshop on 'HIV & Fertility: an examinationDocumentGetting research into policy and practice
Knowledge Services, IDS, 2009The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change.Development actors are paying increasing attention to the question of how research, despite barriers, can fulfil its potential to improve policy and practice.DocumentCase management of severe malaria - a forgotten practice: experiences from health facilities in Uganda
PLoS ONE, 2011This journal article describes a study which highlights the serious challenges faced in the management of severe malaria in a resource limited setting like Uganda. The study was conducted to evaluate the management practices for severe malaria in Ugandan health facilities, using instruments adapted from the WHO hospital care assessment tools.DocumentDealing with HIV and AIDS: id21 insights, issue 64
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Twenty-five years of knowingly living with HIV, the global community is still falling behind the virus in its alarming, complex and often hidden progress. Despite many diverse and creative successes in committed peoples’ responses and many lessons drawn along the way, few have been widely adopted. What can we learn from this diversity of response?Document“As if we weren’t human”: discrimination and violence against women with disabilities in Northern Uganda
Human Rights Watch, 2010This report describes abuse and discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in the post-conflict northern region of Uganda. Human Rights Watch conducted the research, interviewing people about issues such as access to basic provisions like shelter in camps for displaced persons or in their own communities.