Uganda gets a game-changer: Aga Khan’s million-dollar campus and hospital
President Yoweri Museveni and wife at the hospital commissioningIn Nakawa, Kampala, a sweeping new complex of glass and brick gleams with promise.On September 11, 2025, H...
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When School Trips Become Death Traps: Uganda Must Wake Up
The death of two pupils from Daystar Junior School in a crash on Mityana Road on 2 August was not an “accident†in the pure sense. It was the predictable resu...
Ugandan doctors slam Makerere researchers’ diabetes claims as ‘fake and dangerous’
Medical experts accuse New Vision of peddling “alarmist and unscientific†misinformation about local staple foods like matooke and kaloKAMPALA, Uganda �...
Digital Distraction: How Screen Time Is Undermining Childhood Development
Excessive screen time, particularly passive television watching, is reducing children’s attention spans and impairing their social learning, health experts warn.Pr...
Makerere Boss Wants Hostels Turned into Holiday Airbnbs to Boost University Income
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, has proposed a creative idea to boost the institution's revenue—renting out university hostels during...
Urgent Action needed to Curb toxic Vehicle Emissions in Uganda, Warns Study
Urgent and targeted action is needed to tackle Kampala’s alarming vehicle emissions problem, a new report has revealed.The study, conducted by The Real Urban Emiss...
Uganda Urged to Adopt Universal Social Security System as ISER Launches Report
Kampala- The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), in partnership with RAISE, has today launched a groundbreaking working paper titled "A People's Pension," c...
Adjumani Launches Groundbreaking Research on Women, Climate Policy
A landmark research initiative aimed at bridging the gap between Uganda’s national climate policies and local realities has been launched in Adjumani District, wit...
After years of warnings, brown rice still contains this toxic metal. Why it’s there—and how harmful it is
For years, experts have sounded alarm bells over arsenic levels in brown rice.New research has found that brown rice has a higher concentration of
CSOs Urge Govt to Invest in Research for Safer Food Systems
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) across Uganda have issued a strong call to government to urgently invest in national research institutes and universities to develop be...