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I want to say that as ACORD Uganda, it was a pleasure for us to be part of this study because it was reviving the ‘R’ in our ACORD name.

What is in our children’s food environment? What are food environments? According to the Food Environment Health (FEH) experts, food environments are defined as “the collective physical, economic, policy and socio-cultural surroundings, opportunities and conditions that influence people’s food and beverage choices and nutritional status” (Swinburn et al., 2013). In our study context, we are

Food Choices Ever heard about the phrase” You are what you eat?”I mean, if it doesn’t taste good then we won’t eat it. Even when it seems like the easiest decision to make, it is not about what we actually eat but more of what our bodies become as we eat. I believe that as

Dealing with Children in the face of COVID A Parent’s Perspective. One afternoon I got a circular and call from the Headteacher of my children’s school, telling me that the children will have to stay home following an announcement – by the President, Minister of Health and Minister of Education- to send the children back

COVID-19: How I experienced it. I wake up one day to a video of a colleague next to whom I had sat in a meeting battling with breathing and on oxygen at one of the regional COVID treatment centres. On seeing this video, I go into panic mode – so scared about what was happening

Education experiences of slum communities in COVID-19. The continued spread of COVID-19 has virtually brought most service sectors to a grinding halt. The Education sector is one of those sectors which, inevitably, have had to greatly slow down. With over 290.5 million learners affected by school closures across the world, the threat of a drastic

COVID-19: The myths, beliefs and falsehoods in Kampala slums. Given the infectious nature of COVID-19, the need to understand prevailing myths, beliefs and falsehoods is so vital in efforts to combat the virus. Some questions require answers: for example, who do people think are most at risk? What are community perspectives on factors that facilitate

Violence Against Men. “Turning the Tables” in COVID-19: Violence Against Men in Kampala Slums Conventionally, women have been portrayed as the victims or survivors of domestic violence and the men as the perpetrators with in heterosexual relationships. The measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic have had direct and indirect severe consequences with evidence from the

Food adverts targeting children and childhood obesity, is there a link? Food adverts targeting children and childhood obesity, is there a link? It is natural for parents and care givers to be protective of children. It is the role of parents and other adults entrusted to care for children e.g. relatives, family friends, nannies, health

Outside my bubble. REFLECT and ALERTS, these are acronyms of studies that literally changed my life. Given the push by the CHASE I team and other stake holders, to use and avail the evidence from these studies to inform policy, I sure hope the lives of refugees and slum communities in Uganda change for the