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Kampala, like many other cities in sub-Saharan Africa, has a critical data gap on the scale and magnitude of air pollution.
Many of the tools needed to tap into the potential of Africa’s livestock sector exist already.
The fact that teachers in Uganda’s rural schools weren’t trained in the local language means they can’t teach children in their mother tongue and this leads to poor literacy acquisition.
Uganda’s COVID-19 task force would do well to embrace pop music in its public health communications.
African academics draw up a reading list that speaks to the vibrancy of contemporary as well as older African literature.
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Women need to be included in all matters of health.
Displaced by a landslide, Ugandan survivors could not speak the language of the region where they were relocated - but music allowed them a voice.
Uganda’s English language policy is at odds with the situation on the ground in the country’s rural schools.
Dans les zones urbaines défavorisées de Kampala, un réseau de petites structures valorisent les déchets pour en faire des briquettes combustibles.
There is a strong framework of international laws and conventions that defend free speech, but Uganda continues to limit freedom of expression especially when the people criticise their president.
Residents have come up with solutions to make usable products out of organic waste materials.
Given Africa’s projected population growth, management of its environment must be a global priority
Research found that only a quarter of anaesthetists working in main referral hospitals in East Africa used the WHO safe surgical checklist.
Uganda’s tourism ministry has launched a beauty pageant to use local women to attract tourists.
If women don’t have access to quality emergency surgery, they can develop dibilitating complications such as fistula.
In Uganda stand-alone clinics for HIV treatment persist because of stigma and overcrowding.
Remarkable progress is being made on HIV treatment. But African countries need to work on sustainable ways to ensure the treatment programmes are not entirely dependent on foreign aid.
Uganda’s primary healthcare system needs to be strengthened to provide long term care for older people with chronic conditions.
Sub-Saharan countries have unprecedented opportunities to substantially improve health outcomes within a generation, largely with their own resources.
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Researcher, Makerere University
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Lecturer, Department of Forestry, Biodiversity and Tourism, Makerere University
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Lecturer, Makerere University
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Lecturer, Makerere University
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Senior Lecturer of Health Systems Pharmacy and Researcher, Makerere University
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Lecturer & Researcher, Makerere University
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Professor of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University
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Health Systems Researcher, Makerere University
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Lecturer, Makerere University
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Professor of Economics, Makerere University
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Energy Economics Lecturer, Makerere University
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PhD Fellow, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University
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Senior Research Fellow and Field Director, Makerere University Biological Field Station, Makerere University
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Senior Lecturer, Makerere University
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Lecturer in Public Health, Makerere University
