Browsing by Author "Baike, Prisca"

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    Government to roll out new vaccines
    (New Vision, 2018-04-25) Baike, Prisca
    April 24-30 is World Immunisation week. Apart from saving lives, immunisation greatly reduces illness and death from vaccine-preventable diseases. Prisca Baike looks at the new vaccines to be introduced soon.
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    Lots of water, but just a few drops to drink
    (New vision, 2018-03-22) Baike, Prisca
    Until five years ago, Deborah Kanyogooga , a resident of Kalangala town council would buy water got from a well, far away. she had to wait, sometimes for many hours as the man who used to collect water for most of the people in the neighborhood served all his clients on a first come serve basis.
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    Parents' reluctance retards school feeding policy
    (New Vision, 2018-05-09) Baike, Prisca; Masinde, Andrew
    First lady and education minister Janet Museveni is traversing the country mobilising parents and communities on the importance of school feeding. Prisca Baike and Andrew Masinde analyse why the school feeding policy has not been successful in schools.
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    Pregnant women, children bear the burnt of malaria
    (New Vision, 2018-04-25) Baike, Prisca
    Although it is preventable, malaria remains a major public issue, with pregnant women and children under the five being the most vulnerable to the illness. As Uganda joins the rest of the world today to observe the World Malaria Day. PRISCA BAIKE examines what the situation is like among the most at-risk population to the disease that claims a child every two minutes world over.
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    Will the school feeding committee deliver?
    (New Vision, 2018-06-13) Baike, Prisca
    School feeding has taken centre stage since the First Lady and education minister, Mrs Janet Museveni launched a countrywide campaign to sensitise parents on the importance of providing meals for their children. Subsequently, a committee has been appointed to find a solution to this challenge. Prisca Baike examines how the committee will deliver on its mandate.