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  Retail pharmacy chains: setting standards for quality and price

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009

  Retail pharmacy chains and franchise networks have the potential to change the way drug markets work in low and middle-income countries, standardising quality, lowering prices, and increasing access to medicines for people across all income levels.
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  Uganda: atlas of our changing environment

  Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2009

  This atlas uses remotely sensed data, ground photographs and graphics to provide evidence on both positive and negative environmental changes in Uganda. The report aims at serving as a tool for informing decision-making processes in Uganda.
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  Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2009

  This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a sample of children in five African countries.
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  A cluster-randomised trial to compare home-based with health facility-based antiretroviral treatment in Uganda: study design and baseline findings

  PubMed Central, 2007

  Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being scaled up in Africa but the number of people receiving treatment remains far less than those needing it. In most countries, the scale up of ART is progressing rapidly but with a limited evidence-base.
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  Malaria misdiagnosis in Uganda – implications for policy change

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2009

  This article examines the effectiveness of the current methods for the diagnosis of malaria in Uganda. Diagnosis has mainly been through presumptive management – that is diagnosis on the basis of episodes of fever.
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  Operational accuracy and comparative persistent antigenicity of HRP2 rapid diagnostic tests for plasmodium falciparum malaria in a hyperendemic region of Uganda

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2008

  The management of malaria largely depends on the accuracy and timeliness of diagnosis. The authors recognise that microscopy is seen as the ‘gold standard’ in the diagnosis and treatment of malaria.
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  Malaria case-management under artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy in Uganda

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2008

  This article published in the Malaria Journal explores the use of medications for the treatment of malaria in Uganda. Malaria is an infectious disease that is prevalent in tropical countries. The disease has significantly impacted on the morbidity and mortality of a number of countries in the African region.
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  Review of the Embassy’s development assistance portfolio: environment and climate change “greening and climate proofing of the portfolio”

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2009

  This paper tries to identify possible ways and means of addressing appropriate climate change and environmental concerns in existing Norwegian programmes and projects in Uganda. For Norway, the priority areas are:
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  Review Phase I and appraisal Phase II of the UETCL-Statnett twinning arrangement for capacity development Uganda

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2008

  This paper reviews the achievements of Phase I of the twinning arrangement that started in 2006 between the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company and Norway’s Statnett SF, and appraises Phase II of it. The overall objective of the cooperation was to contribute to a viable electricity sector in Uganda.
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  Appraisal of the peace, recovery and development plan for Northern Uganda

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2008

  This report presents the findings from an appraisal of earmarked budget support to the “Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda” (PRDP) which was launched in September 2007 to cover the fiscal year 2007/08 – 2009/10. The appraisal has covered, among others, an assessment of:

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