The Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. CCHF causes fatality rate of 40%. The virus is primarily transmitted to people from ticks and livestock animals. Human-to-human transmission can occur resulting from close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected persons. There is no vaccine available for either people or animals. 

Uganda is developing a vaccine with help from the UK government 

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With about 6000 tonnes of plastics wastes generated every day by Ugandans - what should be done to manage well this waste? - Julius Mwesigye shares his mind 

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 With over  8,000 people that registered for the SBs, and the two weeks climate change was described unsuccessful by a number of observers  - Will this affect the Baku conference in November ? 

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The main threats to chimpanzees are habitat loss, disease, and hunting, especially for bush meat. These are exacerbated by chimps' slow reproductive rate—if an adult is killed, it takes 14-15 years to replace him or her as a breeding individual.

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Much as the South East Trade winds that blow towards L. Victoria between the  months of June - July, do a clean up job, these have become  a worrying factor  amidst deforestation within the lake basin. 

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Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre - UWEC and partners from Japan are running an African Grey Parrot conservation program  in communities, with the aim of  protecting and conserving the bird in its natural environment 

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   'In the 1920s the world came to Saudi for oil, but in the 2020s, we're expecting the people of the world to come for tourism ' Fahd Hamidaddin, the Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of the Saudi Tourism Authority

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A Number of declarations have  been drawn on the issue of climate change - conservationists now say it's time to get these declarations to work.
Examples:  The Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change
The COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, & Peace.
The Nairobi Declaration.
Declaration For Climate Education , etc.........................

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UWEC  Educators discussing the dilemma of Oil exploration amidst a developing economy like Uganda, which has just also discovered her oil wells and looking at it as a key Redeemer of her young economy 

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Global climate change continues to be a pressing concern and extreme weather events are on the rise. These include highly visible events such as hurricanes and floods; however longer-term gradual changes such as heatwaves also have a severe impact on society and its vulnerable groups.

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