Karamoja health services frustrated by insecurity and poor roads

Health workers in the Karamoja sub-region are facing significant challenges in providing essential health services to the population due to persistent insecurity and poor road networks. The insecurity and poor roads are particularly affecting health workers’ ability to reach people in remote villages. Dr. Salome Tino, the Abim District Health Officer, says that insecurity and poor…

Uganda: Poor Nutrition evades suppressing HIV for Children living with HIV

Experts are concerned that Uganda may not meet its commitment to defeating HIV as an epidemic by 2030, as children living with the virus struggle to stay on treatment.    Michael Byamukama, the Country Director of the Regional Psycho-social Support Initiative (REPSSI), reports that the biggest reason children abandon treatment is lack of food.  When…

Scientists Call for Integration of Alcohol Use Interventions in HIV Care

There are high levels of alcohol use among people living with HIV, affecting their adherence to HIV medications, this is according to researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health. In a study conducted among fishermen operating around Lake Victoria, researchers screened over a thousand fishermen and individuals who closely work with them and found…

Rwanda to receive part of £4 million from UK govt for sustainable food cold chain solutions project

The Government of Rwanda, the United Nations Environment Programme, University of Birmingham and fellow project partners will receive  £4 million to drive down harmful emissions from outdated air conditioning units, cooling refrigeration and cold supply chains. The funding will be provided this summer as part of Defra’s £21 million Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain Solutions programme. Announcing…

Activists Call for Reintroduction of Breathalyzers to Curb Drunk Driving

Activists are asking the Uganda  Police to reintroduce enforcement measures  that curb drunk-driving.  Dr David Kalema, a Consultant at Safer Initiative Uganda, an entity created by the World Health Organisation to find solutions for alcohol-related harms, says the breathalyzers campaign which came to be popularly known as ‘Kawunyemu’  had helped reduce drunk-driving.  He explains that…

MPs and Attorney General Clash over Anti-Gay Bill

Members of Parliament have accused the Attorney General of frustrating the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was unanimously passed by the House last month. It has emerged that the Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Karugaba Kafuuzi, also the Kyaka South County Member of Parliament wrote to the President ‘disassociating’ the Attorney General’s office from the Bill and advised the…