Kampala, Uganda | URN | Rising cases of poor hygiene and waste mismanagement have forced Busia Municipal Council to conduct a door-to-door operation targeting landlords and households with inadequate sanitation facilities. The crackdown, carried out on Monday morning, targeted premises without latrines and proper garbage management systems in an effort to curb …
Read More »Residents raise concerns over poor sanitation in Lira City abattoir
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Lira City are concerned about the deteriorating sanitation in and around the City abattoir, describing the facility as a public health risk that requires urgent intervention. Located at Bar-Onger Go-down, Railways ward in City East Division, the facility was originally designed to …
Read More »Evicted Kikuube families raise concerns about poor sanitation
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 families who were evicted from their ancestral land in Kasonga Parish, Kyangwali Sub-County are facing difficult health conditions in internally displaced persons’ camp IDP in Kikuube town Council, Kikuube district. The victims mainly women and children were evicted from Bukinda A and …
Read More »KCCA drafting policy on urban health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With increasing reports of poor sanitation, urban food insecurity and malnutrition, Kampala City Council Authority-KCCA is drafting a policy that will provide guidelines for interventions into urban health. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Saturday morning, Dr. Daniel Okello, Acting Director Public Health and …
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