Prioritizing and Funding the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4_suppl, 2016, Pages S124-S141

  Pomeroy Stevens, Amanda ^a,b   D'Agostino, Alexis ^a,b   Adero, Nancy ^c   Merchant, Hannah Foehringer ^b   Muzoora, Abel ^c   Mupere, Ezekiel ^d   Agaba, Edgar ^e   Du, Lidan ^a,f  

^a SPRING Project   (United States)

^b JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^c SPRING Project   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

multisectoral nutrition; nutrition financing; policy; priority setting; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PLANNING; MALNUTRITION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIORITIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER;

BUDGET; COORDINATION; FUNDING; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; NUTRITION; UGANDA; VALIDATION PROCESS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY;

UGANDA;

FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; UGANDA;

EID: 85000460288     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116674554     Document Type: Article

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