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ILO reports rise in child labour across Uganda’s coffee supply chains
KAMPALA, May 30, 2025 – – As you enjoy your morning cup of coffee, have you ever paused to consider the hands that picked the beans? In Uganda, coffee is more than…
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Fighting malnutrition: MOH launches egg powder campaign in Kamwenge district
KAMWENGE, May 8, 2025: In a bold move to combat malnutrition and reduce child stunting in Uganda by 2030, the Ministry of Health [MOH], in partnership with UNICEF and Pristine Foods Limited,…
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Govt targets 1.1mln infants for new malaria vaccine
KAMPALA, April 4, 2025 – The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Health [MOH], plans to vaccinate at least 1.1 million babies in the country’s largest-ever malaria vaccination campaign. The newly…
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UNICEF, EU launch programme to support girls in secondary schools
KAMPALA, March 31, 2025 — UNICEF has launched a financial assistance programme designed to support vulnerable girls’ secondary education in the West Nile, Lango and the Acholi sub regions of Uganda. The…
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AfDB, African Water Facility, Association of European Development Finance Institutions to hold Investment Event for Water and Sanitation in Africa
ABIDJAN, March 18, 2025 — The African Development Bank Group, African Water Facility, and the Association of European Development Finance Institutions will host a high-level event to generate investment for water and…
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Smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda grapple With EU regulations
KAMPALA, August 31, 2024 – In Kubewo village in eastern Uganda, children often go to work with their parents in the coffee gardens. Earnings from Arabica coffee are used, their parents and…
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All set for FIFA Football for Schools Programme in Njeru
KAMPALA, June 21, 2024 – Uganda is gearing towards hosting the FIFA Football For Schools [F4S] Programme slated for June 23-25, 2024 at FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru. For the past few weeks,…
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Patients foot bills as staff smuggle medicines out of gov’t hospitals
GULU– While there is a shortage of medicines in public hospitals and health centres in Northern Uganda, some of their staff and private practitioners are partly responsible for causing the shortage. This…
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Over Shs 5.7bln availed to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children
KAMPALA-The Government of Japan has provided a US$ 1.5 million [ Shs 5,710,860,000] contribution to the United Nations Children’s Agency [UNICEF], to support Uganda to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children…
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Adjumani: How sharing of land is helping refugees and host communities fight malnutrition
ADJUMANI – In a bid to end malnutrition among refugees and host communities, especially among children below five years in Adjumani district, landlords are donating land for communal farming to scale up…
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