ACRES looked at similar misoprostol distribution programs worldwide but realized the value of locality. They spent time understanding and interpreting local norms, beliefs, and power dynamics, allowing them to reflect how this drug would impact the women who needed it, broader community members who would now have more access, and the government program’s implementation of these services.
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The Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis (ACRES) is a knowledge brokering institution in Uganda. The Center builds on work that was begun in 2010 at the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University
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