Kapiriri receives CIHR funds to support ‘last mile’ adolescent research project
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Lydia Kapiriri is Principal Investigator on a project entitled “Reaching "last mile" adolescent populations to support equitable sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda” which has been awarded a $20,000 CIHR Planning and Dissemination grant.
Lydia Kapiriri is Principal Investigator on a project entitled “Reaching “last mile” adolescent populations to support equitable sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda” which has been awarded a $20,000 CIHR Planning and Dissemination grant.
“Last mile” populations are adolescents or young people living with disabilities, migrant populations, rural and remote populations, Indigenous youth, young people living in extreme poverty, and those living in minority communities with specific ethnic, religious and /or sexual beliefs and practices.
To read a summary of Kapriri’s research project, go to:
http://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.html?applId=411981&lang=en
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