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    The susceptibility and vulnerability of small-scale fishing communities to HIV/AIDS in Uganda

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004
    Why are fishing communities particularly susceptible to HIV/AIDS infection and its impacts? What can be done to address the epidemic? The Uganda Particpatory Poverty Process identified HIV/AIDS as the main cause of poverty in fish landing sites, but none of Uganda’s HIV/AIDS support services have focused on fishing communities.
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    United against AIDS: The story of TASO

    Strategies for Hope, 2007
    This book from Strategies for Hope tells the story of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) in Uganda. TASO was founded in 1987 by a group of 16 volunteers - including seven people who were living with HIV. TASO provides over 80,000 HIV-positive people and their families with services such as counselling, medical treatment and social support.
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    National plans of action for orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa: where are the youngest children?

    Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
    Although it is recognised that the focus of support must be on all children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, including those living with sick parents or in extreme poverty, the youngest are often invisible to programme planners, despite their vulnerability.
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    Acceptability of routine HIV counselling and testing, and HIV seroprevalence in Ugandan hospitals

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2008
    This report published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization examines the uptake of free HIV counselling and testing programmes in two large Ugandan hospitals. The report finds that of those offered HIV testing, 98 percent accepted. In those who had not previously tested HIV-positive, the overall HIV prevalence was 25 percent, with 81 percent being tested for the first time.
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    How to end child marriage: action strategies for prevention and protection

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007
    Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these girls are often subjected to domestic violence, sexual abuse and social isolation.
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    Ministry of Education & Sports, Republic of Uganda (MoES)

    The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) controls primary and other levels of education in Uganda.
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    The education sector HIV and AIDS workplace policy

    Ministry of Education & Sports, Republic of Uganda, 2006
    This document from the Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) details the HIV and AIDS workplace policy for the whole education sector. The scope of the Workplace Policy is the Ministry of Education and Sports Headquarters; state offices and commissions and schools, colleges and related Institutions.
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    The abstinence debate: condoms, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and ideology

    ActionAid International, 2007
    This report from ActionAid International discusses the viewpoints from a working group on abstinence only education for the reduction of HIV transmission.
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    Is poverty a driver for risky sexual behaviour? evidence from national surveys of adolescents in four African countries

    African journal of Reproductive Health, 2007
    This article, published in the African Journal of Reproductive Health provides evidence on the link between poverty and risky sexual behaviour. It examines the effect of wealth status on age at first sex, condom use, and multiple partners using data from more than 19,000 adolescents from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda.
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    The impact of social cash transfers on children

    Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme, 2007
    This paper analyses the degree to which social cash transfer schemes that do not explicitly target HIV and AIDS affected persons or households reach HIV and AIDS affected households. By comparing different schemes in Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, the study identifies the main factors that determine both the share of HIV and AIDS affected households reached, and the impact achieved.

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