@CapitalFMUganda@RonaldBalimwezo Very refreshing to listen to a Lord Mayor who appreciates both the politics and technicalities of managing Kampala. In your view, isn't it time to think about birthing an alternative city to offload some of the service demands on the City so Kampala can thrive on fair planning?
In Uganda an increasing number of people & animals are suffering from infections that cannot be treated.
The loss of effective antimicrobials undermines the country’s ability to ensure #foodsecurity.
Learn how @FAO is tackling #AntimicrobialResistance
👉https://t.co/mbIPaT7DCQ
Do not judge a runner by the challenges he or she faces, or the strains on their legs as they run, or even the grimaces on their faces; judge them at the finish line. Africa will finish its race for development well, against all odds!
"Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to #foodsecurity and human life, and is spreading further and faster daily.
If not appropriately addressed, #AMR could, in the next ten years, drive 24 million more people into extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition"- @priyagujadhur
BREAKING: The National Resistance Movement's top organ, the Central Executive Committee has selected Jacob Oulanyah as its candidate for the Speakership of the 11th Parliament.
Details to follow.
#NBSUpdates
Labs play a crucial role in preventing disease spread. We are working with @MAAIF_Uganda to strengthen #National and Regional Lab capacity to prevent, detect and respond to priority #zoonoticdiseases through the provision of laboratory and surveillance materials.
While in Uganda, President Alpha Conde was shown the intensive zero waste dairy production system, which ensures that all the waste in urine and dung is put to use.
Developing livestock vaccines will enhance food and nutrition security, household incomes, and household insurance. Ticks are the most economically important livestock pests, which affect livestock health. The death of an animal affects the stability of a household.
Pulses play a crucial role in healthy diets, sustainable food production and, above all, in food security.
Learn how 👉 https://t.co/JuS9tbnSv0
#LovePulses
Four candidate anti-tick vaccine candidates namely Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (NARO-RA), Amblyomma variegatum (NARO-AV), Rhipicephalus decoloratus (NARO-RD), and a cocktile vaacine (NARO-CV) have been formulated and evaluated on 50 experimental cattle at Nakyesasa.
#WorldPopulationDay
If 100 people lived on earth:
1 person has 50% of all money 💵
14 people cannot read 📚
10 people have no clean water 🍵
50 people with no Internet access 💻
https://t.co/WrM9VB4KwD
I wonder why people keep saying Africa may have been ‘spared the worst’ of Covid19. Spared by who? Does the quick action and agency of Africans count for nothing?