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Gordon Gillespie describes the family’s recent trip to Uganda… Why did we go? “An immensely humbling and challenging experience” “hugely inspiring people” “incredible welcomes and hospitality” “amazing Christian faith and love in action” “loving and reaching the poorest of the poor” “hope and joy amidst huge desperation”...
New Vision (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A Ugandan woman has given birth at the age of 54, ten years after reaching menopause. The woman, a university lecturer, delivered a baby boy at the Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre in Kampala on Thursday last week.
Global Health Policy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
This is a joint post with Freddie Ssengooba. Family planning is making news again. A new 12 million dollar family planning drive was launched by the U.S. government highlighting how the Obama administration’s funding has kick-started a contraception drive in Africa and other developing countries AND the International Family Planning 2009 Conference just closed in Kampala, [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A collaborative effort to launch a project to revitalize the family planning and reproductive health global agenda was announced on Wednesday in Kampala by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On October 16th 2009, University of Oxford's Prof. Paul Collier gave a talk at Serena Conference Centre in Kampala on the prospects of an oil windfall for Uganda. Below we produce a slightly edited version of his speech.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Uganda news round-up: Anti-homosexuality bill 'will harm country's fight against HIV/Aids'; first lady calls for men to better support their wives through childbirth; the World Cup comes to Uganda A Ugandan government bill that is advocating the death penalty for gay people will hinder the country's fight against HIV/Aids, legal experts and activists warned this week. Under the anti-homosexuality...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Agence France-Presse examines a new U.S.-backed "12 million dollar family planning drive launched" Wednesday during a three-day conference on family planning in Kampala, Uganda.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Five heads of state, ministers and delegates from across the African continent met in Kampala last week for a special summit to deal with forced displacement in Africa.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As she sits in the shade on a bench outside the police post in south Kampala that she works at, Vastine Kiconco touches one of the three and half inch long scars that mark her head.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On October 16, 2009, Oxford's Prof. Paul Collier gave a talk at Serena Hotel in Kampala on the prospects of an oil windfall in Uganda. Unlike in most of his work, this time Collier did not focus on how the international community (read the West) can help Uganda use its oil revenues well; his entire speech, though sounding like a primary school headmaster advising his pupils, was about what we Ugandans...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Kampala International University (KIU) recently marked out a new path by launching Uganda's first ever university tuition fee loan scheme.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
THE European Union is funding a sh6.5b sewage pipeline project aimed at improving sanitation in the Mengo-Kisenyi area in Kampala, writes Norman Katende.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
THE increased entry of foreign runners particularly from Kenya, looks set to cut chances of another Ugandan victory in the MTN Kampala International marathon on Sunday. Francis Musani wants to retain the title while Joseph Nsubuga will hope to repeat his feat of five years ago.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
No road or pavement in and around the Kampala City centre should be dusty, President Museveni has directed the Kampala City Council.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A group of academicians from Makerere University and University of Bergen, Norway have added their voice, based on scientific evidence, to the already known fact that tap water in Kampala is unsafe for drinking and predisposes the population to the risk of cancer and other water borne diseases.
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