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Uganda begins rollout of provider-initiated HIV testing
30 January 2013
(IRIN
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All people who seek treatment in health centres in Uganda will be offered HIV testing and counselling under a new plan to increase access to HIV prevention and treatment.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97367/Uganda-begins-rollout-of-provider-initiated-HIV-testing
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Analysis: Cash-strapped ICC takes on Mali
29 January 2013
(IRIN
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Concerns are being raised that the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged war crimes in Mali is placing a serious strain on an already over-stretched and cash-strapped institution.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97359/Analysis-Cash-strapped-ICC-takes-on-Mali
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Ugandan HIV campaign targets "cheaters"
23 January 2013
(IRIN
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A new Ugandan HIV-prevention campaign that frankly addresses sexual infidelity is generating heated debate over the direction the country's HIV strategy should take.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97317/Ugandan-HIV-campaign-targets-cheaters
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In Brief: Staples, not export crops, key to tackling Africa’s poverty – report
18 January 2013
(IRIN
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Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97278/In-Brief-Staples-not-export-crops-key-to-tackling-Africa-s-poverty-report
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Rehabilitation centre for Uganda’s LRA returnees to close
18 January 2013
(IRIN
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One of the only two remaining reception centres in northern Uganda helping reintegrate former members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is threatened with closure. This would greatly reduce psychosocial support available to those directly involved - often as a result of abduction - in one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97276/Rehabilitation-centre-for-Uganda-s-LRA-returnees-to-close
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Peace restored, but northern Uganda’s children still struggle
9 January 2013
(IRIN
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It has been years since northern Uganda's children had to troop to town centres at night for safety from abduction by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), and most have moved on from the crowded displacement camps where they were born. But while they can sleep at night and look forward to a peaceful future, their lives are rarely easy.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97206/Peace-restored-but-northern-Uganda-s-children-still-struggle
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The urban challenge for refugees
9 January 2013
(IRIN
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Sequestering refugees in rural camps is no longer the norm: The most recent estimates indicate that almost half of refugees flock to urban areas and just one third to rural camps, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). But while agencies are adjusting their approaches, they are still struggling to match their response with their policies.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97203/The-urban-challenge-for-refugees
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HIV/AIDS: Uganda still behind on ARV target
7 January 2013
(IRIN
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Uganda continues to fall short of achieving its goal of ensuring that 80 percent of people living with HIV receive antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) by 2015, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97184/HIV-AIDS-Uganda-still-behind-on-ARV-target
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Analysis: From emergency aid to early recovery in northern Uganda
2 January 2013
(IRIN
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Fleets of NGO-owned 4x4s crisscross northern Uganda, as they did during the region’s two-decade war, but now, rather than provide emergency relief, they are supporting economic activities for hundreds of thousands of formerly displaced people.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97165/Analysis-From-emergency-aid-to-early-recovery-in-northern-Uganda
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UGANDA: Aid cuts threaten vital public services
17 December 2012
(IRIN
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Hundreds of millions of dollars in donor aid have been withheld from Uganda in recent months, threatening post-war rehabilitation in the northern region and key public investments across the country.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97059/UGANDA-Aid-cuts-threaten-vital-public-services
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