National Child-Focused Policy Research Agenda: 2016-2020

Sophie Busi, in close collaboration with the National Council for Children (NCC), the AfriChild centre, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS), and UNICEF

Although not conclusive or exhaustive, this agenda represents a bold attempt to identify and prioritise key areas/research themes stemming from the Situation Analysis (2015) and other available evidence on the status of children in Uganda.

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USAID/Uganda OVC Portfolio Review

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This portfolio review of OVC programming in Uganda focuses on several priority issues, including: (1) targeting case management and referral mechanisms; (2) graduation; (3) links with HIV/AIDS care and treatment partners; and (4) overall coordination amongst implementing partners.

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Technical Advisory Paper: Towards the National Children Policy Uganda

Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development, Uganda

This technical advisory paper is prepared for the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to guide the scope of the National Children Policy expected to replace the existing National Policy on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Uganda which has been in existence for past 12 years.

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Capacity building of community based child care workers: A National Training Manual for Para Social Workers (2nd Edition)

Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development - Uganda

This manual is intended to train Para-social workers who are a non-formal “workforce” that constitute the largest but yet undefined group of caregivers who provide support and services to vulnerable children and families, particularly in low and middle income countries (GSSA, 2016).

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A Holistic Approach to Psychosocial Support: A national training manual for caregivers of orphans and other vulnerable children in Uganda

Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development, Uganda

The focus of this manual is on translating theoretical knowledge about policies into practical actions to provide psychosocial support to orphans and vulnerable children.

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Interventions to Reduce Violence Against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Evidence and Gap Map Research Brief 1 Overview of findings

Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White - UNICEF

This brief summarizes the key findings from the Evidence Gap Map on interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries.

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