Gilborn, L. Z.; Nyonyintono, R.; Kabumbuli, R.; Jagwe-Wadda, G.

Making a difference for children affected by AIDS: baseline findings from operations research in Uganda
2001, Washington D.C, Kampala, Population Council, Horizon Program, Makere University, Department of Sociology, p. 35 p.

Keywords : Age Factors; AIDS; Child; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Diseases; Education; Health; HIV Infections; Interviews; Nutrition; Operations research; Organization and Administration; Orphans; Planning; Policy Development; Population; Population Characteristics; Program evaluation; Programs; Research Methodology; Study Design; Summary report; Viral Diseases; Youth
Countries : Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Subsaharan Africa; Uganda

Abstract : This paper reports on baseline findings from a study of two programs for AIDS-affected children and their families implemented by PLAN International in the Luwero and Tororo districts of Uganda. It presents selected program and policy recommendations that emerged from the study that seek to identify effective ways to meet the needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS both before and after parental death. (Author's modified)

Notes : English; Reprinted with the permission of population council