CPAR Uganda Ltd
nonprofit URSB registration 102332
Category: Health
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Research – TB survivor testimony
“Twenty five years ago, I woke up early in the morning, around 05:00 a.m. and I went to the spring well to fetch water. It is good to fetch drinking water very early in the morning. As I tried to draw water from the well, I slid and fell into the well. I stayed in…
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Research – situation analysis world TB funding
One finds it surprising that countries such as Russia with a GDP per capita of US$ 13,011 and Brazil with a GDP per capita of US$ 11,734 are among the 22 tuberculosis (TB) disease burdened countries (TB countries), together with ‘poorer’ countries such as DR Congo with a GDP per capita of only US$ 442.…
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Research – situation analysis TB funding in East Africa
Considering that tuberculosis (TB) is among infectious diseases that are transmitted through the air, it is logical to expect that nations would consider its treatment and control of utmost priority. One would not expect, for example, inconsistency between a country’s ability to pay, in this context measured by its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita…
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Research – situation analysis TB funding in Uganda
One cannot assume that Uganda’s entire tuberculosis (TB) budget provision per capita wholesomely and directly reaches TB patients who most need it. In Uganda, for example, funding for the National TB Programme is intended to cover costs for policy making, advocacy, communication, production of technical guidelines, production of operational guidelines, procurement of drugs and supplies,…
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Research – theory of change for tuberculosis fight
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a major challenge for controlling tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda is there being insufficient reliable data or information which can be utilised to inform policy. CPAR Uganda’s approach in the fight against TB, therefore, is located within a theory of change (TOC) that is based on the assumption that…
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Research – situation analysis TB countries 2014
The 22 tuberculosis (TB) disease burdened countries (TB countries) in the world, in 2014, were home to a combined population of nearly 4.6 billion people. Nine of those 22 TB countries are in Africa and in 2014 those nine African countries were home to a combined population of 580 million people. The nine African TB…
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Research – determinants of TB detection & treatment
CPAR Uganda Ltd is interested in exploring the social cultural determinants of decisions at household level in Uganda that facilitate quick detection and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) or that delay the detection of TB. In essence, CPAR Uganda is interested in enabling quick and timely treatment for household members that are afflicted with TB. CPAR…
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Research – Tuberculosis in Uganda
CPAR Uganda is participating in a two-year (2016-2017) research and advocacy project on tuberculosis (TB) code-named: “Tuberculosis: Working to Empower Nations’ Diagnostic Efforts (TWENDE),” and is funded by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnerships (EDCTP) through the University of St. Andrews. We are in consortium with: TWENDE received approval from the Uganda National…
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Strategy – Advocacy Programming 2016-2020
Under our empirical evidence based Policy Advocacy Programme, CPAR Uganda Ltd will function as a consulting organisation. The thrust of the theory of change that informs the premise on which our policy advocacy programme is based, is the assumption that empirical data can be collected, analysed and used as the basis for more effective advocacy.…
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Strategy – Health Care Programming 2016-2020
Within the paradigm of the change agent model and of the social enterprise model, the work of CPAR Uganda Ltd, under our preventative healthcare programme, will focus on contributing to increased quantities, qualities and varieties of food crops that smallholder farmers produce at household level; in order to promote human nutrition and climate sensitive agriculture.…
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