| Thirsty for
safe water |
| Government figures show that Uganda
has performed well on Millennium Development Goal Seven
on water and the environment. As RICHARD M.
KAVUMA writes, however, sanitation threatens
to soil the party. |
| Good policies,
poor policing |
| Millennium Development Goal 7 aims
to integrate the principles of sustainable development
into our policies and programmes as well as reversing
loss of environment resources. Richard M. Kavuma asked
the executive director of the National Environment Management
Authority(NEMA), DR ARYAMANYA-MUGISHA HENRY
about Uganda’s performance |
| Caught between donors and Museveni |
| We live in two worlds: the rich north and the desperately
poor south. Millennium Development Goal 8 aims at creating
a global north-south partnership to help poor countries
like Uganda improve their lot. In the last of our eight-part
series on MDGs, RICHARD M. KAVUMA writes
on limited progress amidst the rope pulling between
donors and President Museveni’s government |
| The morning
after |
| If there is one area that Uganda
has shined, it is HIV/Aids. But as RICHARD M.
KAVUMA writes on Millennium Development Goal
Six, not only is there a danger of complacency, but
the gains being made against HIV/Aids are threatened
by Malaria. |
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| Malaria rolls
back success |
| Although Uganda is internationally recognised
for battling HIV/AIDS, Malaria remains the leading health
problem in the country. |
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| Pangs of death
for Ugandan mothers |
| In our continuing series on Uganda
and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), this week RICHARD
M. KAVUMA focuses on MDG 5; improving maternal
mortality. |
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| Saving baby Allen
|
| In our continuing assessment of Uganda's
performance on the Millennium Development Goals, RICHARD
M. KAVUMA reports that hundreds of Ugandan
children still die every day of illnesses that could
be easily prevented |
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| From kitchens
to boardrooms |
| This is the 3rd part of our Millennium
Development Goals series. RICHARD M. KAVUMA
asks if Uganda is scoring Goal Three, which is about
women empowerment. |
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| UPE goal could
go offside |
| In part II of our assessment of Uganda's
performance on the global Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), RICHARD M. KAVUMA looks at Goal Two which aims
at primary education for all. |
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| No food for three
days |
| In September 2000, world leaders
gathered at the United Nations in New York adopted eight
development goals, with specific targets to be achieved
by the year 2015. |
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