Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication
In 1998, a $34 million World Bank loan for the Nutrition and Early Child Development Project (NECDP) was approved to support the National Program of Action for Children. The NECDP covered about 8,000 communities in 20 of Uganda's 39 districts,...
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okr-10986-96672021-04-23T14:02:46Z Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia AFFECTION ATTENTION BASIC NEEDS BEHAVIOR CHANGE BELIEFS BREASTFEEDING CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COUNSELING DIETS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ENROLLMENT RATES HEALTH SERVICES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTIONS INTRANET LEARNING MALNUTRITION MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEDICINE MODELING MORTALITY MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARENTS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT RADIO REPETITION RATES SANITATION SKILLS TRAINING STUNTING TEACHERS VITAMIN A WORKERS In 1998, a $34 million World Bank loan for the Nutrition and Early Child Development Project (NECDP) was approved to support the National Program of Action for Children. The NECDP covered about 8,000 communities in 20 of Uganda's 39 districts, selected based on levels of malnutrition, infant mortality, and primary school enrollment rates. The project sought to halve malnutrition among preschool children, raise primary school enrollment, reduce dropout and repetition rates, improve psycho-social and cognitive development, and increase the number of mothers practicing appropriate childcare. 2012-08-13T09:14:10Z 2012-08-13T09:14:10Z 2005-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/6210106/ugandas-nutrition-early-child-development-project-counting-communication http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9667 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 111 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Uganda |
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AFFECTION ATTENTION BASIC NEEDS BEHAVIOR CHANGE BELIEFS BREASTFEEDING CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COUNSELING DIETS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ENROLLMENT RATES HEALTH SERVICES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTIONS INTRANET LEARNING MALNUTRITION MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEDICINE MODELING MORTALITY MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARENTS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT RADIO REPETITION RATES SANITATION SKILLS TRAINING STUNTING TEACHERS VITAMIN A WORKERS |
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AFFECTION ATTENTION BASIC NEEDS BEHAVIOR CHANGE BELIEFS BREASTFEEDING CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COUNSELING DIETS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ENROLLMENT RATES HEALTH SERVICES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTIONS INTRANET LEARNING MALNUTRITION MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEDICINE MODELING MORTALITY MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARENTS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT RADIO REPETITION RATES SANITATION SKILLS TRAINING STUNTING TEACHERS VITAMIN A WORKERS Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication |
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In 1998, a $34 million World Bank loan
for the Nutrition and Early Child Development Project
(NECDP) was approved to support the National Program of
Action for Children. The NECDP covered about 8,000
communities in 20 of Uganda's 39 districts, selected
based on levels of malnutrition, infant mortality, and
primary school enrollment rates. The project sought to halve
malnutrition among preschool children, raise primary school
enrollment, reduce dropout and repetition rates, improve
psycho-social and cognitive development, and increase the
number of mothers practicing appropriate childcare. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia |
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Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia |
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Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia |
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Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication |
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Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication |
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Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication |
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Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication |
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Uganda’s Nutrition and Early Child Development Project - Counting on Communication |
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uganda’s nutrition and early child development project - counting on communication |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/6210106/ugandas-nutrition-early-child-development-project-counting-communication http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9667 |
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