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All Africa (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Uganda's Temperature to Rise By 1.5 Degrees Raymond Baguma26 November 2009|| Share: Kampala — UGANDA'S average temperature will increase by up to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next 20 years as a result of global warming, according to the State of the Uganda Population Report, released yesterday by finance minister Syda Bbumba."Climate change is likely to increase average temperatures in...
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New Vision (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
BY RAYMOND BAGUMA UGANDA’S population is soon clocking 33 million people and the country will hit over 90 million people in the next 40 years. The 2009 State of the World Population report by the United Nations Population Fund shows that the country’s population is now 32.7 million. This is an increase from 31.9 million people in 2008. The report is set to be launched today at a function...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Sh22 Billion to Fight Malaria Raymond Baguma24 November 2009Kampala — UGANDA has been selected together with eight other African countries to implement the Global Fund's two-year pilot programme on malaria.The programme, worth $127m, is aimed at increasing access to effective Artemisinin combination treatment for malaria.Uganda's budget proposal of $12.4m (about sh22b) was approved during...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Govt Must Invest More in Family Planning Raymond Baguma17 November 2009|| Share: Kampala — THE Government should invest more in family planning services if the country is to accelerate economic development, health minister Dr. Stephen Mallinga has said.He added that this would also reduce the maternal mortality rate, which stands at 435 deaths per 100,000 live births."Good health stimulates...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
First Lady Asks Men to Join Family Planning Raymond Baguma and Irene Nabusoba16 November 2009|| Share: Kampala — THE First Lady, Janet Museveni, has urged men to support their wives in family planning and prevention of maternal and child mortality."Men remain aloof and unsupportive of their wives yet they have a role to play, not just at conception, but through pregnancy and delivery....
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
'56 Percent of Pregnancies Unwanted' Raymond Baguma16 November 2009|| Share: Kampala — ABOUT 56% of all pregnancies in Uganda are unplanned due to lack of access to modern family planning methods.This was contained in a report titled, Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Ugandan Women, by the Guttmacher Institute and Makerere's Economic Policy Research Institute.It was released during a...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
President Yoweri Museveni has commended Algeria for its role in promoting the African continent, reports Raymond Baguma.
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New Vision (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
,b>By Raymond Baguma and Patrick Okino A FAMILY of five, including three children, died yesterday morning when their house caught fire in Bwaise, a Kampala suburb. The Police believes the victims died of suffocation from smoke. The dead were Safina Nakawunde, the mother, and Shamim Kayanja Nalule, an aunt to the children. The children were Hakim Kiganda, 2, Fazil Kiganda, 7, and Fazirat...
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New Vision (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
By Raymond Baguma AN HIV-positive Ugandan man living in Australia faces a 10-year jail sentence for transmitting the virus to a female partner, the Australian Associated Press has reported. Zebtek Wepukhulu, 44, who knew his status since 1993, pleaded guilty earlier this week to the charges of causing grievous bodily harm to a woman he infected with HIV/AIDS. The prosecutor said Wepukhulu...
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New Vision (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
A National conference for leaders of cultural institutions is coming, President Yoweri Museveni said yesterday. He was speaking at a ceremony where he recognised the Obusinga (kingdom) of Rwenzururu and King Charles Wesley Mumbere.
