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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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    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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    Rape victims in Ugandan camps need better health care

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The protracted war between the Ugandan Government and Lord’s Resistance Army rebels has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes. Women living in camps are at risk of forced marriage, sexual harassment and abuse and rape, often by their partners. Services for victims of sexual violence are woefully inadequate. 
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    Delayed care seeking for fatal pneumonia in children aged under five years in Uganda: a case-series study

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2008
    This research paper in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization reviews individual case histories of children who have died of pneumonia in rural Uganda and investigates why these children did not survive. The research was conducted in the Lganga/Mayuge region in Uganda where 67,000 people were visited once every three months for population-based data.
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    Health Policy and Development Journal

    The Journal Health Policy and Development is published by the Faculty of Health Sciences of Uganda Martyrs University three times a year: in April, August and December.
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    IPPF HIV Prevention Report Cards

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2008
    Under the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), together with the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and Young Positives are developing 23 country Report Cards with the aim to strengthen HIV Prevention strategies for girls and young women.
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    Food assistance programming in the context of HIV

    Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2007
    This guide from the FANTA project outlines key steps for integrating food assistance and nutrition into HIV programmes.
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    No quick fixes: rebuilding health systems after armed conflict

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    In the late twentieth century, 15 of the 20 poorest countries in the world experienced armed conflict. This has had devastating social and economic impacts, with public health one of the main casualties. Relief efforts provide short-term help but how do countries rebuild their health systems in the long term?
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    Mental illness and exclusion

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    This policy brief by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, examines the link between mental health and chronic poverty in Uganda. It outlines challenges to implementing effective services for people affected by mental disorders and actions that are needed to promote mental health in the country.
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    Alcohol, gender and drinking problems: perspectives from low and middle income countries

    Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2005
    The central theme of this book argues that in order to understand alcohol consumption and its consequences, we need to better understand social and cultural influences on the differences between men and women. The countries specifically under discussion are: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Uganda, Mexico, India, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.

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