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Year: 2021
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PLANE, Kabarole donate to Tooro Babies Home for Christmas
Platform for the Needy (PLANE), in partnership with Kabarole District staff, have donated an assortment of food items and other essentials to the needy children at Tooro Babies Home, with a call on members of the public to ensure responsible parenting. The donated items included rice, sugar, maize flour, pampers, sodas loaves of bread, Irish…
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PWDs demand improved access to reproductive health services
Persons with Disabilities in the Rwenzori region of Western Uganda are demanding members of parliament to enact laws that ease access to reproductive health services. People with Disabilities (PWDs) from the districts ofย ย Kabarole, Ntoroko, Bundibugyo and Kasese specifically want a house-to-house delivery of family-planning services to households accommodating PWDs. The chairperson of the Bundibugyo District…
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COVID contributed to 69,000 malaria deaths
Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in considerable increases in malaria cases and deaths between 2019 and 2020 in Uganda, according to the annual World Malaria Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report shows that moderate disruptions in the delivery of malaria services contributed to 14 million malaria cases and 69,000…
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Uganda’s teen pregnancy rates 5x higher than COVID-19 cases
About 644,955 pregnancies were recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Figures from the agency indicate that since March 2020, when COVID-19 hit the world, an estimated 354,736 teenage pregnancies were reported following the closure of all schools in the country for at least eight months. An…
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Uganda parliament wants govt to attend to rampant teenage pregnancies, early marriages
Uganda Parliament has approved a motion demanding the government to urgently address the different challenges experienced by the girl child in the country. The Members of Parliament (MPs) cited trafficking, teenage pregnancies and early marriages as some of the burning issues that need immediate consideration. The motion was moved by Tororo Woman MP, Hon. Sarah…
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Many stomach cancer patients wrongly treated for ulcers, say medics
A big percentage of people who end up presenting with cancer of the stomach and digestive system complications have been wrongly treated for ulcers, according to experts. They revealed this while launching a medical camp scheduled to take place at Mulago Specialised National Referral hospital next week to create awareness about gastrointestinal illnesses. Speaking at…
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Schools in Fort Portal Struggle to Operate over Delayed Release of Capitation Grant
Government-aided schools in Fort Portal Tourism City are struggling to operate due to the delayed release of capitation grant. Capitation grant is computed based on the schoolโs enrollment. The government provides 10,000 shillings for each pupil under the Universal Primary Education -UPE. Those under Universal Secondary Education are allocated 41,000 Shillings and 85,000 shillings…
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World Bank ย Says Vaccine Laxityย Will Shrink Uganda’s Growth Prospects ย
Uganda is expected to post ‘modest economic growthโ but uncertainties over the direction of the COVID-19 pandemic will limit the countryโs progress this and next year, according to the World Bank. This financial year, growth is expected at 3 per cent, growing to 5 per cent next year, boosted partly by investment inflows in the…
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Tooro Kingdom, PLANE Launches Campaign Against Child Marriage, Teen Pregnancies
Tooro Kingdom, PLANE Launches Campaign Against Child Marriage, Teen Pregnancies Tooro Kingdom in partnership with PLATFORM for the NEEDY (PLANE) have launched a campaign dubbed โSecure The Girlโs Futureโ. The rolled out campaign is aimed at protecting the girl child and stopping child marriages in Tooro kingdom. The campaign will involve the Tooro Kingdom cultural…