Description: 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

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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Main Author:	Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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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Summary:	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.