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Commentary
What Street Food Vendors in Uganda Need to Succeed
Street vendors in Kampala, Uganda, would benefit from infrastructure development, food safety standards, rules of hygiene, and greater focus on healthy products. The city's growing population also would benefit from increased access to nutritious and affordable foods.
May 16, 2017
Commentary
A New Ugandan Cuisine: Showcasing Superfood Qualities of Millet and Sorghum
The results of a series of cooking contests in Uganda to promote the use of drought-tolerant, nutritious traditional grains—millet and sorghum—signal that a new food trend may be on the horizon.
May 9, 2017
Commentary
Lessons from Northern Uganda: Post-Conflict Integration of 'Children Born of War'
Children conceived as a result of sexual violence during armed conflict face socioeconomic marginalization, family rejection, stigmatization, and violence. Grass-roots women's organizations in northern Uganda are helping to integrate these children in post-conflict societies.
Apr 12, 2017
Journal Article
Effects of Depression Alleviation on Work Productivity and Income Among HIV Patients in Uganda
Alleviation of major depression among a sample of Ugandans with HIV was associated with better work functioning, which suggests that integrating care for depression and HIV may improve the economic well-being of people living with HIV.
Mar 16, 2017
Report
Reimagining the Character of Urban Operations for the U.S. Army: How the Past Can Inform the Present and Future
Provides a historical analysis of how militaries have deployed light and mechanized infantry with armored forces during close urban combat, to identify the comparative advantages and costs of this warfighting approach and lessons learned.
Mar 13, 2017
Periodical
RAND Review: January-February 2017
This issue highlights ways that RAND researchers on the ground in Uganda are having a measurable impact on the lives of men and women struggling with HIV and depression. The issue also features a tribute to the late economist Charles Wolf Jr.
Jan 12, 2017
Essay
Improving HIV and Mental Health Care in Uganda
A small team of RAND researchers has spent years working with local clinics in Uganda to help people not just survive HIV, but learn to live with it, and even thrive.
Jan 5, 2017
Journal Article
Depression at Treatment Initiation Predicts HIV Antiretroviral Adherence in Uganda
Presence of depression at the start of HIV antiretroviral therapy can affect whether patients take their medications, which suggests that screening and early treatment could help boost rates of medication adherence.
Dec 8, 2016
Journal Article
Household Shocks and Education Investments in Madagascar
This paper investigates the impact of exogenous shocks to household income, assets and labour supply on children's school attendance in Madagascar.
Oct 31, 2016
Journal Article
Schooling, Marriage, and Age at First Birth in Madagascar
The low school attainment, early marriage, and low age at first birth of females are major policy concerns in less developed countries. This study jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age, and age at first birth among females aged 12-25 in Madagascar.
Oct 31, 2016
Journal Article
A Microfinance Program Targeting People Living with HIV in Uganda: Client Characteristics and Program Impact
Ugandans living with medically stable HIV are able to repay microcredit loans; paired with business training, the loans can help this vulnerable population improve their weekly income and build assets.
Sep 30, 2016
News Release
Al Shabaab Weakened but Not Defeated in Somalia
Efforts to weaken the al Qa'ida-linked terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia have had some success, but the U.S. campaign there is in jeopardy. Urgent steps are needed to address the political, economic, and governance challenges at the heart of the conflict.
Sep 13, 2016
Report
Al Shabaab Is Weakened but Not Defeated in Somalia
Efforts to weaken the al Qa'ida-linked terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia have had some success, but the U.S. campaign there is in jeopardy. Urgent steps are needed to address the political, economic, and governance challenges at the heart of the conflict.
Sep 13, 2016
Journal Article
Effects of Depression Alleviation on ART Adherence and HIV Clinic Attendance in Uganda, and the Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Motivation
Alleviating depression in people living with HIV may improve their HIV care adherence and clinic attendance.
Aug 29, 2016
Journal Article
Blindness, Cataract Surgery and Mortality in Ethiopia
Cataract-blind Ethiopian villagers who did not receive cataract surgery had significantly higher mortality risk than villagers who were blind from other causes, particularly if they were over 75 years old or were unmarried.
Jun 27, 2016
Journal Article
Multi-level Correlates of Safer Conception Methods Awareness and Attitudes Among Ugandan HIV Clients with Fertility Intentions
We examined awareness and attitudes towards SCM, and the correlates of these constructs among 400 HIV clients with fertility intentions in Uganda.
Jun 5, 2016
Journal Article
Barriers to Linkage to HIV Care in Ugandan Fisherfolk Communities
High population mobility, competing needs, low or inconvenient access to healthcare, and HIV stigma all play a role in impeding linkage to HIV care among fisherfolk in Uganda.
Mar 18, 2016
Commentary
After Decades of Conflict, Learning to Reap the Benefits of Taxes in Northern Uganda
A women's community organization is trying to get Ugandans to pay taxes while teaching them how to get the local government to spend tax money on improving public services. The post-conflict regions of northern Uganda need more health care, legal services, psychological support, and counseling.
Mar 17, 2016
Journal Article
Attitudes, Knowledge, and Correlates of Self-Efficacy for the Provision of Safer Conception Counseling Among Ugandan HIV Providers
This study examines high rates of childbearing desires and serodiscordant partnerships among people living with HIV PLHA in Uganda and highlights the need for safer conception counseling.
Dec 3, 2015
Commentary
Flirting with Genocide in Burundi: Paying Attention Could Save Lives
Burundi has been afflicted by political violence since April. President Pierre Nkurunziza, who helped bring peace to the country in the last decade, is risking everything for the sake of staying in power. He is dragging the country backwards after 10 years of progress.
Nov 18, 2015

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