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The Adolescent Girls Vulnerability Index Guiding Strategic Investment in Uganda

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Adolescent Health

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The Adolescent Girls Multilevel Vulnerability Index (AGI) was developed based on a growing recognition of the need to channel resources to vital��yet highly vulnerable and vastly underserved��populations of adolescent girls in Uganda specifically, and the East and Southern Africa region in general. The AGI aims to be a summary indicator that can serve as an advocacy tool to draw attention to adolescent girls, a rigorous measure to inform decisions about policymaking and macro-level resource allocation, and an instrument for planning and monitoring progress. The project is a joint collaboration between the Government of Uganda, UNICEF, and the Population Counci

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