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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Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia
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Document Date
2005/04/01
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Document Type
Brief
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Report Number
33176
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Volume No
1
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1
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Disclosure Date
2005/08/09
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Uganda's nutrition and early child development project: counting on communication
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Keywords
nutrition and early child development;knowledge and learning;behavior change;economic and sector work;channels of communication;health and nutrition;primary school enrollment;communication strategy;malnutrition among children;child rearing practice;delivery of service;behavior change communication;community health worker;vitamin a supplements;behavior change interventions;nutritional status;cognitive development;advocacy effort;high school;
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Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia
Uganda's nutrition and early child development project: counting on communication (English). Africa Region findings and good practice infobrief,no. 111 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/715231468310726837/Ugandas-nutrition-and-early-child-development-project-counting-on-communication