Elias Simuntu is today one of the most successful farmers in Uganda. Apart from being assured of stable income every farming season, Simuntu leads a farmers group that sells food commodities to WFP and other major food buyers. But not all farmers are able to sell to WFP even after it launched the Purchase for progress to buy direct from farmers.
Leaders of rich countries under the G8 and G20 have been called upon to adopt a smarter, more innovative, better focused, and cost-effective approach to reducing hunger and halving global poverty. The International Food Policy Research Institute in a new policy report released on Wednesday said a new approach is needed to achieve the first Millennium […]
Jun 23, 2010 By Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) To Meet the First Millennium Development Goal of Halving Hunger Halving Hunger IFPRI Food Policy Report Statement to Policymakers Global banking regulation, the European credit crisis, and sovereign debt burdens are likely to dominate the G8 and G20 meetings in Canada […]
An official from the Uganda Women Network Maureen Agena has appealed to African leaders to focus more resources in controlling maternal and infant mortality on the continent in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing deaths for newborns and mothers in the remaining five years. This comes as Uganda prepares to host the […]
The World Bank has provided funding worth US Dollars 63.66 million for the setting up of a unique regional network of 25 public health laboratories in East African countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. The laboratories aim at increasing public access to diagnostic services and help in strengthening the regions ability to identify respond […]
The Uganda Communications Commission has organised a public dialogue in West Nile aimed at raising awareness about the role of Information and Communication Technology in the development of communication in Uganda. The dialogue will take place in the three districts in the West Nile and those are Arua, Nebbi and Koboko and this consumer empowerment […]
The Office of Good Will Ambassadors on HIV/AIDS has revealed that new evidence shows that the treatment of HIV/AIDS results in a 92% reduction in the spread of the HIV virus. One of the Ambassadors from that office, Rev. Can. Gideon Byamugisha has told journalists in Kampala that appropriate HIV/AIDS treatment is important to the prevention […]
A number of organizations committed to fighting HIV/AIDS have launched a campaign to have all candidates participating in the 2011 Uganda General elections to pledge their commitment towards fighting HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS remains one of the leading causes of deaths in Uganda, and a key development challenge as many HIV postive people spend scarce resources on […]
Cases of breast cancer are on the increasing in Uganda, with experts warning that failure by many women to report for beast screening in health centers is worsening the problem. Statistics indicate that 36 out of every 100,000 Ugandans were found with breast cancer in 2009. The chairperson of Uganda women’s cancer support organization, Specioza […]
The government of Uganda has been called upon increase its investment in maternal and reproductive health in the country. Women activists in Uganda say maternal and reproductive Heath continues to be one of the big health challenges with the statistics showing that only about 42% of the women get skilled attendance at childbirth which […]