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, 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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Main Author: Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-04
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
https://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.