The continent receives less than one percent of global clean air investment, a gap experts say must be urgently addressed NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has no shortage of evidence that polluted air is harming people’s health, slowing economic growth and placing an increasing burden on cities …
Read More »Uganda leads regional push to strengthen vaccine research and manufacturing
CONNECT-VAS project brings together four African countries to build stronger vaccine systems and reduce reliance on imports Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When scientists, policymakers, regulators and development partners gathered in Kampala on June 11 for the inception meeting of the Collaborative Network for Vaccine Research in West …
Read More »Regional business community call for open borders to curb food shortage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dialogue between regional policymakers and business leaders has made a raft of proposals for the East African Community governments to avoid bouts of food insecurity like the recent ones. The East African region’s food insecurity is exacerbated by natural disasters, climate change, and …
Read More »Policymakers in Kigali to discuss how to get nutritious foods to People
By Ronald Musoke More than 275 high-level stakeholders from government, business and civil society have converged in Kigali today [March 31] for a three-day consultation to intensify efforts to get nutritious foods to people. The conference is being hosted by Rwanda where more than 500,000 Rwandan farmers have already planted …
Read More »New Book challenges policymakers on urban poverty
By Ronald Musoke Governments and aid agencies have failed to tackle urban poverty in many developing countries mainly because of their failure to understand it, according to a new book released by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The book, Urban Poverty in the Global South – …
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