In Uganda, conditions in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) remain the primary drivers of morbidity and mortality, accounting for 60 percent of years of life lost. The high burden of these conditions can be attributed to a poor quality of care resulting from inadequate financial, human, and …
Four children have died and many more could starve to death as the hundreds of people who were forcefully evicted from Rwamutonga village, Hoima district continue to wait for court to decide their fate. According to the area Local Council Chairperson, Onzima Aloysius, four children have died of malaria in …
Cape Town — THOUSANDS of attendees from around the globe have converged in South Africa for the annual African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa to explore measures of securing the future development of the continent’s power and water industries. The event, said to be the biggest such gathering in …
RWANDA leads in the EAC as the best place for mothers and children, a report released in Nairobi by the Save the Children has revealed. According to the Save the Children 16th Annual State of the World’s Report entitled ‘The Urban Disadvantage’, Rwanda is ranked 121 out of 179 countries …
Uganda's ruling party has approved a bill that will give the green light to superbananas and other genetically modified foods. The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary caucus has agreed on the controversial National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, signaling that Uganda will soon adopt a "GMO bill", despite farmers' and …
The European Union has offered $972,000 (Shs 2.9bn) to incentivize the private sector to fight climate change effects, including unreliable weather patterns, droughts and floods. The money is to be channeled through the 'Low Emissions Capacity Building (LECB)' project, which is expected to reduce Uganda's gas pollution and carbon emissions. …
This work explores the implications of a potential international climate agreement on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Governments are due to negotiate a climate agreement at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP21) in Paris, France at …
Ebola virus and Marburg virus cause serious disease outbreaks with high case fatality rates. We aimed to assess the safety and immunogenicity of two investigational DNA vaccines, one (EBO vaccine) encoding Ebola virus Zaire and Sudan glycoproteins and one (MAR) encoding Marburg virus glycoprotein.
The most extensive genetic analysis of mountain gorillas ever conducted has found the critically endangered apes burdened with severe inbreeding and at risk of extinction but the researchers still see reasons for optimism about their survival. Twenty-three scientists from six countries unveiled on Thursday the first complete genetic map of …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the East Africa Community (EAC) today launched a new initiative to boost food production, job and income opportunities for farmers through advancing agriculture value chains in East Africa. The initiative spearheaded by UNDP's African Facility for Inclusive Markets (AFIM) and the EAC Secretariat …
The World Wide Fund for nature [WWF] has received Euros 2.1m [about Shs 6.3bn] from the European Union [EU] and the French Global Environment Facility [FGEF] to implement the 'Sustainable Financing of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park project' in the Rwenzori landscape. The money will be spent in the districts …
Gold miners in the country have expressed concern on the improper disposal of mercury within the industry. Mercury is used in all gold mines in the country to sieve or attract 'gold dusts' from soil. However, some miners have expressed concern that after its use, mercury is improperly disposed of, …
M-KOPA Solar today announced that it has connected over 20,000 off grid homes in Uganda to affordable solar power. The 'pay-as-you-go' energy service provider for off-grid homes, is now expanding its distribution nationwide and targeting to add 50,000 more homes by the end of 2015. Jesse Moore, Managing Director and …
A global phase 3 clinical trial named STAND (Shortening Treatment by Advancing Novel Drugs) in patients who are currently considered to have either drug-sensitive or multidrug-resistant TB has been launched by the TB Alliance and its partners. The Alliance announced that enrolment has begun in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, …
KAMPALA - Ugandan health authorities said Wednesday that they have intensified efforts against the deadly typhoid outbreak in the capital and two central districts. As of Monday 513 cases fitting the case definition had been identified in Kampala and in Wakiso and Mukono districts, the Health Ministry said in a …
Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda on Tuesday called for a more effective campaign against malnutrition, especially among children and women of child-bearing age. The government cannot make real gains in tackling poverty unless the problem of child stunting is urgently addressed, his office quoted him as saying at a meeting …
MUTUAL effort is needed to preserve the River Nile, leaders from Kenya and Uganda have said. Uganda's Water minister Flavia Munaba said that it's through a joint community initiative that the major water towers can be preserved. "As the Ugandan government, we have discouraged deforestation and encouraged locals to plant …
The world’s 1.2 billion poorest people, who are facing a long and perhaps endless wait for a connection to mains electricity, solar power could be the answer to their prayers. A further 2.5 billion are “underelectrified”, in development parlance: although connected to the grid, they can get only unreliable, scanty …
Fresh statistics from the ministry of Energy and Mineral Development indicate a steady increase in Uganda's mineral reserves, a development that could transform the country's outlook. Energy Minister Irene Muloni released the figures during the fourth Joint Sector Review meeting for the ministry of Energy and Mineral Development at Speke …
In a rapidly changing landscape highly impacted by anthropogenic activities, the great apes are facing new challenges to coexist with humans. For chimpanzee communities inhabiting encroached territories, not bordered by rival conspecifics but by human agricultural fields, such boundaries are risky areas. To investigate the hypothesis that they use specific …
Bankers have been urged to invest in projects that help to reduce the effects of drastic weather changes such as drought and floods, especially now that the hype about climate change appears to be going quiet. About 40 bankers recently met at Protea hotel in Kampala for the Climate Finance …
