PPDARO - Partners in Population Development Africa Regional Office PPP - Public Private Partnership PRAU - Public Relations Association of Uganda RDT - Rapid Diagnostic Test RHU - Reproductive Health Uganda RM&E - Research Monitoring & Evaluation RO - Result Objective RTP - Return to Project RUTF - Ready to Use Therapeutic Food SBU - Strategic Business Unit SGHI - Sprinkles Global Health Initiative SML - Senior Management Level SMS - Short Message Service SOMARK - Social Marketing STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection TAG - Technical Advisory Group TASO - The AIDS Support Organization TNA - Training Needs Assessment INTRODUCTION This report covers activities undertaken from January 2013 to March 2013, or the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 (FY13) of the AFFORD Health Marketing Initiative in Uganda, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement 617-A-00-05-00011-00. The award was made on September 21, 2005, to The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP). The AFFORD Health Marketing Initiative that ended its 5 year USAID funded project in September 2010 (AFFORD I) received a 3 year extension until September 2013 (AFFORD II) with the primary responsibility of strengthening UHMG into a sustainable entity. During the project extension period AFFORD II has the primary responsibility to ensure that UHMG is strengthened to become sustainable and develops cutting edge competencies in technical, marketing, financial and institutional areas. AFFORD II through UHMG will continue to consolidate its activities and will focus on the 3 key result areas. Specifically, AFFORD II will build on the foundation of AFFORD I to achieve: Increased organizational sustainability of UHMG;
PPDARO - Partners in Population Development Africa Regional Office PPP - Public Private Partnership PRAU - Public Relations Association of Uganda RDT - Rapid Diagnostic Test RHU - Reproductive Health Uganda RM&E - Research Monitoring & Evaluation RO - Result Objective RTP - Return to Project RUTF - Ready to Use Therapeutic Food SBU - Strategic Business Unit SGHI - Sprinkles Global Health Initiative SML - Senior Management Level SMS - Short Message Service SOMARK - Social Marketing STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection TAG - Technical Advisory Group TASO - The AIDS Support Organization TNA - Training Needs Assessment INTRODUCTION This report covers activities undertaken from January 2013 to March 2013, or the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 (FY13) of the AFFORD Health Marketing Initiative in Uganda, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement 617-A-00-05-00011-00. The award was made on September 21, 2005, to The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP). The AFFORD Health Marketing Initiative that ended its 5 year USAID funded project in September 2010 (AFFORD I) received a 3 year extension until September 2013 (AFFORD II) with the primary responsibility of strengthening UHMG into a sustainable entity. During the project extension period AFFORD II has the primary responsibility to ensure that UHMG is strengthened to become sustainable and develops cutting edge competencies in technical, marketing, financial and institutional areas. AFFORD II through UHMG will continue to consolidate its activities and will focus on the 3 key result areas. Specifically, AFFORD II will build on the foundation of AFFORD I to achieve: Increased organizational sustainability of UHMG;
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