Martin was speaking at a ceremony to give the Uganda government 450 billion shillings donated by the Irish Government. The funding is aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS, improving education, ensuring better delivery of justice, promoting adult literacy, health services and Karamoja development among others.

Irish Foreign Affairs minister, Michael Martin

The Irish Minister says that Uganda is on the right path to achieving the MDG goal of Universal access to free education because of the introduction of free Universal primary and secondary education.

Experts believe that Uganda free education doesn’t provide the necessary skills required in the Uganda job sector which leaves many unemployed. The Uganda Universal free education has been facing problems of inadequate funding to enable the setting up of better infrastructure and recruitment of more teachers making the provision of quality free education extremely hard.

Uganda finance minister Syda Bbumba says the Irish funds will be used well to enable the country get out of poverty.

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African Union Chairman and Malawi President, Bingu wa Mutharika

This comes as Uganda prepares to host the 15^th Africa Union summit slated for 25th to 27^th July, 2010.

She says that despite Africa’s limited resources to provide quality healthcare to mothers, infants and children, focus on issues of violence, human rights, education and poverty can help reduce maternal and infant mortality to manageable levels.

Agena says that the main causes of mother’s deaths like bleeding, infections, abortions and obstructed labour can be prevented with increased African government’s support.

She also appealed to African governments to invest in mobile phone technology and e-health application gadgets to allow mothers easily get information on treatment and other health related services.

According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Over 137 children out of every 1,000 born in Uganda die before their fifth birthday, while 76 infants out of every 1,000 die before their first birthday.

Also see

Uganda’s infant mortality rate still high

Maternal death (definition, causes, risk factors, maternal mortality ratio, maternal death rates)

Study on maternal mortality and neonatal morbidity in Africa (WHO study)

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