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 …
Uganda’s off-grid solar expansion programme has been granted $500,000 (about Shs 1.9 billion) by the US government-funded initiative, Power Africa Uganda Accelerator. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Power Africa Uganda Accelerator and the Uganda Solar Energy Association (USEA) to boost access to solar energy solutions. The USEA …
Kampala — About 46,000 Ugandans contracted HIV last year, according to new Uganda Aids Commission (UAC) study findings released yesterday. These infections are, however, a drop from the 52,000 recorded the year before, according to UAC Director General, Dr Nelson Musoba. "The number of new infections stood at 46,000 in …
Kampala — Government must improve public spending on agriculture, implement policies and regulations, build and strengthen the current institutions if the country is to realise its agricultural output potential, a new World Bank report has recommended. The report titled "Closing the potential performance divide in Ugandan agriculture" says weak public …
Conservationists have called for a review of the National Policy for the Conservation and Management of Wetland Resources 1995 and the draft Wetlands Bill 2009 if Uganda's wetlands are to be safeguarded. At a dialogue held held in Kampala and organised by the wetlands management department in the ministry of …
Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of employment, overwhelmingly on small farms; occupies half of all land area, and provides half of all exports and one-quarter of GDP in Uganda. It is considered a leading sector for future economic growth and economic inclusion in the current National Development Plan. Yet despite …
All too often, the well-intentioned efforts of journalists and development organizations to raise awareness of pressing humanitarian issues has the unintended effect of reducing its human subjects to little more than hapless victims of the latest calamity. Ugandans are hardly alone in having a portrait - spread through images on …
Kampala/Mbale — President Museveni yesterday ordered 45 plastic manufacturers in the country to stop making polythene bags or kaveera, reviving a shelved government ban on the environmentally hazardous product. "My message to the plastics industry is that you should manufacture, distribute and sell only permitted quality plastics. The continued manufacture …
WAKISO - Thousands of residents of Wakiso Sub County, Wakiso district have a reason to smile after they got access to safe water and improved sanitation facilities, ending years of water shortage. This follows the launch of a sh750m solar power water pumping system in Lukwanga village that benefited over …
The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21 century (GCP21) will hold a world conference on cassava in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, 11-15 June 2018. The conference is the fourth in a series coming after previous ones in Bellagio, Uganda and China, and will feature the latest results from research and …
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. This report presents the results of using Framework for Assessing EbA Effectiveness at the Mountain EbA Project, …
Sanitation is currently high on the international development agenda. But for policy to be effective, basic enabling factors are required – the right institutional environment and the right governance structures – which in many countries are not yet fully in place. It is even more important to get these basic …
Kidega, who has been in captivity for 15 years, said after returning from their hunting zone, they hand over the consignment to Joseph Kony’s immediate team that delivers it to Dafur where he’s suspected to be hiding. After Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels losing grip on guerilla warfare in South …
KAMPALA, Uganda–A device that detects malaria without drawing blood has made it into the finals of the prestigious 2018 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Ugandan innovation Matibabu tests for malaria quickly, accurately and without drawing blood. Matibabu, which means ‘medical centre’ in Swahili, was developed by computer scientist Brian Gitta. …
The department of health Kagandi district local government has commenced a district-wide sanitation campaign to prevent the spread of cholera and other water-borne diseases. District health minister, Peter Situma, said that the sanitation levels in the district are bothersome which motivated the district to start an operation to apprehend all …
Activists in Rwanda have raised concerns over the national budget allocated to food security and nutrition that has been declining over the five past years, saying that there is need for more public and private investment in food security for long terms turns. The observation was made after food security …
As fish stocks dwindle European Union has earmarked Shs45b to promote production of fish. The money will mainly seek to support fish production along in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, especially on the Lake Victoria stretch. Mr Liberat Mfumukeko, the East African Community secretary general, said last week during the commissioning …
KAMPALA - Uganda has moved steps in developing its use of nuclear by engaging experts from China as nuclear energy can enable rapid industrialisation. Nuclear power plants can produce large quantities of electrical power cheaply. Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on …
Uganda's ministry of health said on Sunday there is no Ebola outbreak in the country. Sarah Opendi, state minister for health, said in a statement that a 35-year-old man died on May 21 in the southwestern district of Kakumiro from Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), not Ebola. The man, who was …
Hundreds of residents in different sub-counties in Butaleja District have been displaced by floods from River Manafwa. Over 150 houses have been submerged and household items such as beddings, clothes, domestic birds and animals have been washed away by the floods leaving residents in tears following the Wednesday down pour …
Uganda's ministry of health on Thursday announced an outbreak of measles, one of the country's top killer diseases. Jane Ruth Aceng, minister for health, told Xinhua that the measles outbreak has been reported in 29 districts in the east African country. She said children are the most affected. Aceng said …
