Makerere University School of Public Health has launched the “One Health” initiative, which is aimed at bridging the gap between the human and veterinary medicine through enhanced educational and communication campaigns and strengthening of public health systems especially in developing countries like Uganda. As part of creating more awareness on the scheme, the school of public […]
Food shortages are reported in different parts of Uganda year in year out. But the government has always insisted that Uganda is not food insecure, arguing that while some regions have food shortages due to drought and other reasons, many other regions in the country have surplus food. As a solution to this anomaly, the […]
The role of information and communication technologies in development will further be underscored by the recent improvement of internet services and the decrease in internet access fees in Uganda. According to MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Themba Khumalo, the decrease in costs of internet access is going to lead to economic improvements at the individual, […]
The biggest number of cases of maternal deaths in Uganda occurs as a result of hemorrhage (acute bleeding during delivery). According to a policy brief of the Uganda Women’s network, excessive bleeding is responsible for 26% of the maternal deaths in Uganda. UWONET says Sepsis (infections) cause 22% of the maternal deaths , while13% of […]
The National Service Delivery Survey has revealed that 57% of Ugandans interviewed in the survey think health services in Uganda had improved since 2004 when the last survey was carried out. The 2008 Survey results released on Friday also reveals that 36 of household members reported that they fell sick or sustained an injury 30 […]
Uganda has been selected to host the AgriBusiness Forum 2010 which will take place at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort from 3-6 October. The Agribuisness Forum is organised by the Brussels-based nonprofit organisation EMRC (European marketing Research Center) in partnership with the Government of Uganda. A statement from the organizers indicates that Uganda President Yoweri Museveni […]
The Prime Minister Prof. Apollo Nsibambi has hailed Dr. Chris Baryomunsi for having braved the storm and moved a Private Member’s Bill on Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation that was passed by Parliament last year, assented to by the President and has thus become an act of Parliament. Speaking to journalists in Kampala, Prof. Nsibambi has […]
President Yoweri Museveni has urged all African Heads of State and government to adopt multiple and cheaper ways of health services in solving the challenges of most of diseases afflicting the common person. He cited immunization, hygiene, nutrition and behaviour change as some of the cheaper ways used by the Government of Uganda in combating […]
By Lorenzo Cotula Two years since the media spotlight turned on the so-called ‘land grab’ – whereby agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies acquire farmland in Africa, Latin America and Asia – the debate rages on. And rightly so. Private sector expectations of higher food and commodity prices and government concerns about longer-term food and […]
Internships, Graduate Student positions and Postdoctoral Research Positions are available in the area of biological/biomedical signal processing and mathematical modeling. Job Description: Students with research interests at the interface of electrical engineering and biology are especially encouraged to apply. Topics include: o modeling of epileptic seizures (from abstract network models to detailed biophysical models); o […]