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 …
An MoU to this effect will be signed between the parties concerned and the Government of Guinea Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has completed a suitability study in Guinea for promoting corporate farming through its Agro Business Development (ABD) Directorate and an incubatee, Top Worth Group of Companies. A Memorandum …
Calcutta, Nov. 18: The world is likely to get 10 times hotter in the next 90 years, a report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said. The report links the rise in temperatures to the “high greenhouse gas emission scenario” caused by human activity. It says …
Parliament voted in an emergency session on Tuesday to halt development of Uganda’s nascent oil sector. The session was called on Monday to debate the potentially lucrative industry, in which foreign contracts have been kept secret and allegations of corruption are rampant. The session continued on Tuesday with members of …
The negative effects of climate change are already evident for many of the 25 million coffee farmers across the tropics and the 90 billion dollar (US) coffee industry. The coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei), the most important pest of coffee worldwide, has already benefited from the temperature rise in East …
The death toll from devastating landslides in eastern Uganda rose to 30 on Tuesday as bodies were retrieved from piles of sludge and rock, and officials warned that unseasonably heavy rains could cause more mudslides and floods. The landslides occurred early on Monday, engulfing the villages of Mabono and Meru …
Landslides killed at least 29 people on Monday in an eastern district of Uganda, including children buried in their homes, officials said. The bodies of 6 children and 13 others had been found, the Red Cross said, and the government said it had sent crews to help recover any remaining …
African countries and donors pledged more than $350 million Thursday at a fund-raiser in the Ethiopian capital to help millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. The African Development Bank offered $300 million to fund long-term projects, while African states and other private donors pledged …
Famine is set to spread to two new southern Somali regions with millions of people reeling from extreme drought, the top UN humanitarian aid official for the war-torn nation warned on Wednesday. "We are anticipating that two more areas of southern Somalia will be included," Mark Bowden, the UN Humanitarian …
Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, with some areas on the verge of famine and thousands on the march in seach of food and water, the UN said Tuesday. A poor rainy season coupled with rising food prices …
Bosco Acope and his family tend their farm in Atek, Uganda, where the government's use of DDT has threatened their livelihood. Growing up as a child here along the muggy, isolated plains of northern Uganda, life was not easy. His parents were poor. He did not attend secondary school. Many …
Bangladesh is planning to take lease of huge amounts of land in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania for farming aiming at ensuring its food security as well as creating jobs for its farmers. President Zillur Rahman was apprised of the developments in this regard by the newly appointed Bangladesh Ambassador to …
Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy announced that the experienced Sri Lankan engineers had assisted Uganda to set up a hydro power plant in that country. The US$ 26 million new hydro power plant located 305 kilometers away from the country's capital city Kampala was opened by Uganda's Energy …
In a ruling described as landmark by gay rights activists, Uganda’s high court ruled that media in the country should not publish identities of people they say are homosexuals. The verdict came in a case against the Rolling Stone newspaper, which last year published several lists of people it said …
In Madina village, outside Accra, Ghana, children tease each other about whose urine has a redder color. Apart from being strikingly thin, they look healthy. Yet they could be affected by Schistosoma haematobium, a parasitic disease common in Africa, where local prevalence rates can exceed 50%. Early diagnosis ensures inexpensive …
Environment groups have condemned President Yoweri Museveni's order to allow an investor to build a golf course in Uganda's biggest national park, saying it would disturb wildlife and hit tourism. Museveni earlier this month told the state-run Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to allow the Madhvani Group to build the golf …
Report reveals the need to reach target levels of coverage for life-saving interventions India has the highest number of pneumonia-related deaths in the world Only three countries reported coverage above the target level of 90 per cent for any vaccine NEW DELHI: Pneumonia, which is the world's leading infectious killer …
For several decades, a diverse literature has claimed that urban agriculture has the potential for hunger and poverty alleviation. This article reviews empirical data from equatorial Africa that touch on this assertion, updating the work on the subject published in the mid-1990s. Research, largely from East Africa but also including …
In a discovery that sheds new light on the history of AIDS, scientists have found evidence that the ancestor to the virus that causes the disease has been in monkeys and apes for at least 32,000 years
Home management of malaria (HMM), promoting presumptive treatment of febrile children in the community, is advocated to improve prompt appropriate treatment of malaria in Africa. The cost-effectiveness of HMM is likely to vary widely in different settings and with the antimalarial drugs used. However, no data on the cost-effectiveness of …
