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A new study carried out in Northern Uganda indicates that the number of women who are delivered by Traditional Birth Attendants has doubled. The study which was conducted by World Vision early this year indicates that every month monthly close to 20 women are delivered by Traditional Birth Attendants down from 10 recorded last year […]
There is an acute shortage of doctors and nurses in Public hospitals in northern Uganda following mass resignations. Arua and Pader Districts hospitals are the worst hit as doctors and nurses there opt to resign once they are posted to areas they consider as hardship areas, according to sources in the ministry of […]
Makerere University has appealed to Government through the office of the Prime Minister to provide affirmative action for scholarships to girls in the greater Northern Uganda. The chancellor of Makerere Prof. Mondo Kagonyera says that the cost of university education is so high for rural communities to afford. He says while the Government upheld policies including […]
Food prices in northern Uganda have continued to rise as farmers from eastern Uganda report good harvest and dropping food prices. The price of cassava millet, Banana, potatoes, beans and rice has continued to rise in most of the west Nile district. A kilogram of beans is selling at 3500 from 2500 shillings a month […]
African swine fever a viral disease that kills pigs has been reported to have broken out in northern Uganda. 12 sub-counties in Gulu district have so far reportedly to have already been hit by the disease. It was first reported in odeki sub-county in july last year (2010) after killing more than 200 pigs. The […]
The Minister of State for northern Uganda Rebecca Otengo has promised to work hard for the development of vulnerable people in northern Uganda. She says her main focus once approved by parliament will be to ensure that all children in the area access education and health services. Otengo says she will also work hard to […]
The World Bank representative in Northern Uganda Veronica Bitature has said that more assessment of the region is underway to directly help the Former Internally Displaced People (IDP) who have gone back to their lands. Ms. Bitature says that Northern Uganda has the potential for development unlike other regions because the north still has vast […]
Water crisis in northern Uganda has worsened forcing residents of Olano village in Gulu to share the same water source with Animals. The parish Chief Michael Opoka Orala Oguru says over 4000 households has to waste almost 3-5 hours each day in search of clean water. Over 90% of the residents of Olano are formally […]
The local leaders of northern Uganda region have asked government to put more emphasis on poverty eradication in the region. The Gulu district woman Member of Parliament Acan Aol says that since the containment of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) wars of Joseph Kony, the government has reduced funding to northern Uganda hence the escalating […]
The UK Department for International Development DFID has within 2010 given 100 million pound sterling to Uganda under government led Peace Recovery and Development Plan to support social and economic recovery programs in northern Uganda. This was revealed by Lazarus Ochira, the National Coordinator of Recovering, Peace building and conflict prevention in the office of the […]