Child marriages and teenage pregnancies are costing Uganda’s social and economic progress and are not conducive to the country’s wealth creation and prosperity, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Uganda Country Representative Mary Otieno said Monday. As the world commemorated World Population Day on Monday, experts and agencies gathered in the eastern Ugandan […]
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Uganda receives 12.9 mln polio vaccine doses from UNICEF for 2nd round of vaccination
Uganda on Tuesday received 12.9 million polio vaccine doses from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which will be used in the second round of the country’s house-to-house vaccination campaign slated for next month, the ministry of health said. “Vaccines for children have been the most effective strategy to reduce […]
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Uganda urges UN refugee agency to support environmental protection drive
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday urged the United Nations to support the country’s environmental protection efforts by providing refugees with alternative means of energy for cooking instead of wood fuel. Museveni made the appeal while meeting with outgoing UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Joel Boutroue, according to […]
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Uganda to launch first satellite in September
Uganda will launch its first-ever satellite into the low Earth orbit from the International Space Station this September, a senior official said. Matia Kasaija, the minister of finance, planning and economic development, said on Tuesday that the launch will be in collaboration with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Kasaija said a ground […]
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Uganda suspends mass Covid-19 vaccination amid shortage of vaccine
Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official said on Tuesday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, spokesperson of the ministry of health told Xinhua by telephone that the mass vaccination would resume when the new orders arrive. “For now mass vaccination is suspended as […]
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Scientists surprised to discover two dwarf giraffes in Namibia, Uganda
Being tall is the giraffe’s competitive advantage, giving it the pick of leaves from the tallest trees, so scientists were stunned to find two giraffe dwarves on different sides of Africa “It’s fascinating what our researchers out in the field found,” Julian Fennessy, co-founder of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, told […]