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A team of engineering and computer science students at Makerere University in Uganda has developed a low-cost air quality monitoring system now being used to combat air pollution across eight countries SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A technology developed by a group of tech-savvy engineering and computer science students …

  NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Ugandans could potentially live an extra two years if that if global PM2.5 levels were reduced to the five micrograms per cubic metre recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO),  according to a new study. Ugandans have a life expectancy of about 64 years …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new Air Quality Index report for the month of September lists Kisenyi and Kawempe suburbs as areas with the worst air in Kampala Capital City. Giving monthly air quality reports is a new initiative by the National Environment Management Authority in collaboration with Kampala …

United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on all countries to do more to improve air quality. “On the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, I call on all countries to do more to improve air quality,” the UN chief said in a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Air monitors at Makerere University School of Public Health are registering an improvement in air quality in Kampala just two weeks after President Yoweri Museveni announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown saw the president banning both private and public …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Economic boom and population increase have often been the biggest contributor to air pollution due to heavy consumption of fossil fuel by vehicles, industries and households. However, a new study on air quality across some parts of sub-Saharan Africa seems to suggest the opposite as …

Chicago, US | XINHUA | An analysis of data from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) conducted by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) finds that particulate pollution cuts global life expectancy by nearly two years, relative to what it would be if air quality met the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The air quality in Kampala is worsening following the partial lifting of the lockdown. Kampala had a high concentration of tinny air particles small enough to invade even the smallest airways and the air quality was six times lower than World Health Organization acceptable …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pollution levels in plummeted in Kampala over the last two months resulting in an improvement in air quality. According to previous air quality indexes, Kampala had a high concentration of tinny air particles small enough to invade even the smallest airways and the air …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University School of Public Health is carrying out air quality monitoring at Mulago Hospital area. In an interview with Uganda Radio Network on Friday, Dr John Ssempebwa, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health said Mulago is a …