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Item Basic hygiene should be taught and given.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-26) EditorialYesterday, this newspaper had a shocking headline titled, Ugandans die for being dirty, says Mulago boss'. Mulago National Referral Hospital's executive director Baterana Byarugaba in an interview stated that many of the country's citizens are dying needlessly because they are dirty.Item Chopper for heart patients good idea(Saturday Vision, 2017-07-08) EditorialThe Uganda Heart Institute has asked government to provide it with two helicopters to deal with emergencies. The heart institute's director, John Omagino, says the country has only one catheterisation laboratory in Mulago, yet there are many people with heart complications in many parts of the country.Item Do more to curb doctors' brain drain(New Vision, 2018-01-19) EditorialUganda medical & dental practitioners Council (UMDPC) reports that in the last five years almost 700 doctors have got clearance to leave the country to work abroad.Item Education ministry needs to control school fees hike(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-06) EditorialAs the school year opens, there is no good news for the parents as schools defy the authorities to hike school fees and requirements. While the ministry of Education has made its position clear by directing that schools should not increase fees or demand non cash school requirements, the schools remain adamant and parents have no choice but to comply.Item Ensure lab technicians' safety to curb disease(Saturday Monitor, 2017-10-17) EditorialThe National Laboratory Biorisk Management audit report 2017, that was released recently, has shown that medical laboratories in the country are exposing health workers to terminal infectious agents from clinical specimens they handle. They later on transmit these infections to patients and the community due to lack of protective gear.Item Global health security meet must work for all.(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-25) EditorialTop scientists, academics and Health ministers or equivalents from around the world will this morning begin intense conversations in Kampala on how to guarantee global health security. The theme of the three-day symposium is: 'Security for all: Engaging communities, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector'.Item Govt ban of nursery homework timely.(Daily Monitor, 2017-11-10) EditorialGovernment on Wednesday directed that pre-primary schools should stop handing homework and tests to nursery school-going children and ordered schools not to use entry interviews to select those joining Primary one. This unequivocal directive was issued during the Education Sector Review that stated more less the obvious that pre-primary,Item Govt should curb blood shortage.(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-19) EditorialThe revelation that eight people in Fort Portal, Kabarole district and two children in Moroto district have died as a result of blood shortage is only disheartening, but also scary. The Kabarole district health officer, Dr. Richard Mugahi, attributed the blood shortage at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital to closure of schools whose students are major donors.Item HIV spread down, more is still needed.(Saturday Vision, 2017-08-19) EditorialThe ministry of Health has just released results of the Uganda HIV Impact Assessment which show that the percentage of Ugandans living with HIV (prevalence) has dropped from 7.3% to 6%. This was predictable after Uganda achieved the tipping point in 2015,Item Invest more in tourism to reap greater benefits.(Daily Monitor, 2026-03-31) EditorialThe tourism sector is a cash cow for the country, raking in $1.7 billion (shs6.3 trillion) in 2025, according to the Ministry of Tourism, wildlife and Antiquities. The sector also employs thousands of Ugandans, directly and indirectly, enabling them to earn a decent living.Item Let all stakeholders work to end child marriages(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-09) EditorialUganda ranks 17th internationally among countries that have the highest rates of child marriages, according to a report titled State of The World's Children, 2016 by United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).Item Let's borrow a leaf from kenya on sanitary pads.(sunday monitor, 2017-06-25) EditorialKenya, like Uganda a year ago, is in the election season and is expected to go to the polls on august 8 to elect a new president. in the midst of a very busy and hectic campaign period, Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta last week signed into law amendments to the country's education at which among other things require that "free, sufficient and quality sanitary towels" must be provided to every girl registered at school, as well as providing a "safe and environmental sound mechanism for disposal.Item Livestock institute relocation necessary(New Vision, 2017-01-09) EditorialThe government has decided to relocate the National Livestock Resources Research Institute from Tororo to Maruzi ranch in Apac district. The location of the institute in Tororo was more of necessity rather than choice. It followed a severe outbreak of sleeping sickness in 1901 in Uganda, especially along the shores and on the islands of Lake Victoria.Item Ministry should act on rising school demands.(daily monitor, 2018-05-25) EditorialBy Monday may 2018, all schools will have officially opened for second 2018. taking children back to school is one of the most trying moments for parents and students.Item Parliament has last card to save sugar sector(New Vision, 2018-05-01) EditorialThe much awaited Sugarcane Bill is soon coming to parliament and maybe what saves the sugarcane industry from collapse. The Bill will, among other things, provide for an industry regulator, set guidelines for licensing of mills, establish a research institute and laydown some parameters for sugar cane pricing.Item Regulate school standards(Daily monitor, 2018-01-12) EditorialStudents from 48 schools within Kampala will be reporting to continue with their education when the first term opens following a recommendation by Kampala Capital City Authority to have them closed. According to KCCA, these do not meet the basic requirements and minimum standards as per the specifications of the Ministry of Education and sports.Item Stop the talk, save our forests now!(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-30) EditorialIn the last two years, the country has lost two per cent of its remaining forest cover- dropping from 11 percent to 9 percent according to Joint Water and Environment sector review Report released this week in Kampala. This drop is rapid and consistent with trends over the last twoItem Support girls to excel in sciences(Saturday Vision, 2017-01-14) EditorialThe Primary Leaving Examinations results released on Thursday show that girls are still failing sciences. Much as they excelled in English, they performed poorly in mathematics and science. There is a common misconception that females are less mathematically capable than male students.Item Take action on waste management(New Vision, 2018-02-05) EditorialMajor players in the plastic manufacturing industry have called on the government to come up with, and strictly enforce, a clear policy on recycling in order to address the effect of the polythene paper bag and other plastics on the environment.Item The glory days for oil are over(New Vision, 2017-07-07) EditorialThirty or even 15 years ago, the discovery of oil was a magic bullet to the middle income status. Petroleum and gas were largely responsible for the rapid growth of most of the Arab world including countries such as Nigeria, Libya and Angola in Africa. In Latin America, it elevated Venezuela to a very wealthy and Influencial nation.