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Cooperatives & Communities
EAC and IOM partner to enhance cross-border health security in region
ARUSHA, July 21, 2024: The East African Community [EAC] Secretariat has partnered with the International Organisation for Migration [IOM] to enhance cross-border health security and responses to disease outbreaks in the region.…
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News
EAC tests activation of regional rapid response mechanism to infectious disease outbreaks
ARUSHA, June 22, 2024 – The EAC table-top simulation exercise [TTX] organised by the EAC Secretariat and Partner States and other technical partners successfully tested the activation of the recently established regional…
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Agriculture
Fort Portal: Stinking garbage irks Mpanga Market vendors
FORT PORTAL, January 12, 2024 – Mpanga Market vendors in Fort Portal City are worried about the stinking garbage which they fear could pose health risks to them. Talking to this reporter,…
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Africa
Simple toilets transform lives and environment in Malawi
BLANTYRE, November 27, 2023 – In the picturesque rural setting of Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi, a simple development has changed the lives of villagers in remarkable ways. As…
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Northern
Over 4,000 Amolatar residents get free medical care
AMOLATAR, September 14, 2023 – More than 4,000 residents of Amolatar district in Northern Uganda were screened and treated in a free medical camp organised by the district Woman Member of Parliament,…
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Local communities on shores of Lake Albert get Shs 1.6bln water project
KIKUUBE-The local communities on the shores of Lake Albert in Buhuka parish in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district have a reason to smile as they will no longer use contaminated water, following…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Pakwach: Rising L. Albert waters destroy local businesses
Business owners in Panyimur Town Council, Pakwach district, are in tears over the rising levels of Lake Albert that have submerged several business premises in the area, leading to loss of income…
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Cholera outbreak frustrates Moroto cooperatives trying to resume savings
Several Moroto cooperatives involved in the food business have been forced to close their doors following a cholera outbreak in the district. When a national ban on gatherings was announced as part…
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