Can govt tap into the country’s relentless population boom? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda has the second youngest population in the world and this is only expected to increase over the coming decades as the number of children, adolescents and youth in the country is forecasted to rise from …
Read More »Up to 15% of women in Uganda cannot access contraceptives
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen percent of the women in Uganda can’t access contraceptives. In the survey which was conducted jointly by the Ministry of Health, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), and Makerere University School of Public Health, researchers say sexually active respondents were asked whether they intended …
Read More »Affordable microfinance needed to boost home ownership among low-income earners
With a projected urbanization of 5.6% per annum, a more orderly response to the rapid urbanization in Uganda is needed COMMENT | Abdul Kyanika | In 2020, Uganda’s population constituted about 46 million people of whom 27% were urban residents. Urban households are predicted to grow from 2.9 million in 2020 …
Read More »Population explosion worries Pallisa officials
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pallisa district authorities have raised a red flag over the rapid population growth there. According to information from the district, the population in Pallisa stands at over 400,000 from 270,000 people in 2014 District officials say the rapid population increase has pilled pressure on …
Read More »China’s mainland population grows to 1.41178 billion
✅ Population 1.41178 billion, up by 5.38% ✅ Annual growth rate of 0.53% ✅ Urban residents up to 63.89% ✅ Gender ratio falls to 105.07 ✅ People aged 60 or above 18.7% ✅ Average age of the Chinese 38.8yrs ✅ working-age 16-59, 880 million China has maintained population growth over …
Read More »Is Alo Alarika the oldest living Ugandan, at 108 years?
📍 Uganda 🇺🇬 population figures ✳ Aged 0-14yrs – 46% ✳ Aged 10-24yrs – 34.5% ✳ Aged 15-64yrs – 52% ✳ Aged 65+ – 2% ✳ Life expectancy 64yrs Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are a lot of undiscovered gems hidden in the heartland of Padhola. It …
Read More »REPORT: Health, education and tourism hit hard by COVID-19
✳ 🇺🇬 Pop 45.7 million ✳ 46% of them aged 0-14 ✳ Life expectancy 64 years ✳ Maternal Mortality Ratio 375/100k ✳ Aged 0-14yrs – 46% ✳ Aged 10-24yrs – 34.5% ✳ Aged 15-64yrs – 52% ✳ Aged 65+ – 2% ✳ Life expectancy 64yr Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT …
Read More »Rethink strategy on population control – Mayiga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga has appealed for a review of Uganda’s population control strategy. Mayiga says that poverty is a key issue in the country’s population growth that should be prioritized. According to Mayiga, the government and other population control …
Read More »Marie Stopes Uganda speaks out on COVID-19, population growth
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | As Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Population Day on July 11, Marie Stopes Uganda, a health focused international organization working in Uganda urged the government and other actors to work towards having a healthy and productive population to achieve …
Read More »Africa needs new infrastructure models to meet growing population needs: report
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A new report launched has urged Africa with its development partners to design new business models for infrastructure development to meet the needs of the growing population on the continent. The report launched by the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development …
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