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    Conflict Experiences and Household Expectations on Recovery ...

    Microcon, 2011
    This paper analyses the role of mass violent conflict in influencing individual expectations. It hypothesises that individuals are likely to report negative expectations if they were exposed to conflict events in the past.
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    NACS Meeting Report 2011

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2011
    Ninety-eight participants from 18 countries met to share tools and experiences and to disseminate promising approaches in nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) programming. NACS is the primary model supported by the United States President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for integrating nutrition services into clinical HIV care and treatment services.
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    Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    This report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is aimed as a handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatlands. The publication informs on management and finance options to achieve emission reductions and enhance other vital ecosystem services from peatlands.
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    Changing Patterns of Access to Education in Anglophone and Francophone Countries in Sub Saharan Africa: Is Education for All Pro-Poor?

    Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2011
    This paper explores patterns of growth in participation in six Anglophone and seven Francophone countries in SSA with Universal Primary Education programmes. The results show that progress has been patchy and sometimes disappointing. Access remains strongly associated with household wealth despite commitments to pro-poor policies.
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    Climate-proofing Energy Systems

    HELIO International, 2009
    This document analyses energy systems in a climate change context. Many energy policies are driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However current mitigation measures fail to take into account the full impact of increased climatic variability.
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    Climate impacts, forest-dependent rural livelihoods and adaptation strategies in Africa: A review

    2010
    This article looks at the impacts of climate change on African forest ecosystems and forest-related sectors and the implications for rural livelihoods. The review looks at case studies from Botswana, the Gambia, Ethiopia, Republic of Congo, Malawi and Uganda for impacts, underlying causes of vulnerability, and coping and adaptation strategies.
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    Information and Communication Technologies and Continuing Medical Education in East and Southern Africa

    International Institute for Communication and Development, 2003
    This report presents some of the background materials prepare for the meeting held in April 2003 and coorganised jointly by IICD, Cordaid and CEDHA jto explore ways in which ICTs can be used to develop and deliver continuing medical education to rural healthcare workers in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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    Local governance and ICTs in Africa: Case studies and guidelines for implementation and evaluation

    International Development Research Centre, 2011
    This volume provides information on and analyses of e-governance at the municipal and the local level in Africa, thereby opening up the possibility of further research on how new technologies can be used to change the governance architecture in Africa.
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    Uganda: NAPA project profile

    UNFCCC National Adaptation Programme of Action, 2012
    This paper outlines 9 National Action Plan for Adaptation (NAPA) priority projects in Uganda: 1. Community Tree Growing Project 2. Land Degradation Management Project 3. Strengthening Meteorological Services 4. Community and Water Sanitation Project 5. Water for Production Project 6. Drought Adaptation Project 7. Vectors, Pests and Disease Control Project 8.
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    Using verbal autopsy to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among deaths in the ART period in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study, 2006-2008

    Population Health Metrics, 2011
    Verbal autopsy is important for detecting causes of death including HIV in areas with inadequate vital registration systems. This paper uses verbal autopsy to compare the proportion of HIV-positive adult deaths in rural Uganda in the periods before and after antiretroviral therapy (ART) introduction.

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