The Uganda Health Communication Alliance
invites you to:
Clean Water: Can Uganda Meet the Challenge?
What: A panel of experts will explore what Uganda can do to control water-borne diseases, which account for seven out of 10 hospital patients.
When: Tuesday, 1 September, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Hotel Triangle, Kampala, Buganda Road (near Central Police Station), Crane Hall
Who:
- Sam Mutono , Water and Sanitation specialist, the World Bank: Overview -- Issues and Challenges in Financing Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries like Uganda.
- Paddy Twesigye, Projects Manager, National Water and Sewerage Corp.: Water and sanitation challenges urban areas and possible solutions.
- Ezrah Natumanya, Lecturer, Institute of Environment & Natural Resources, Makerere University: Water and Sanitation challenges in rural areas and possible solutions.
- John Bosco Isunju, Assistant Lecturer, Disease Control and Environmental Health Department, Makerere University School of Public Health
Why:
Only 8% of Kampala's residents are connected to sewer lines, and even pit latrines are all too rare in some rural areas. It is little wonder, then, that 80 per cent of Kamapala's
spring water is a major source of water for the urban poor is believed to be contaminated with faecal matter. Or that the onset of each rainy season inevitably brings an outbreak of cholera. Or that Hepatitis E, which has been linked to contaminated water, continues to plague northern Uganda . Overall, 70 per cent of hospital beds around Uganda are said to be occupied by patients suffering from water-borne diseases.
Does Uganda have the will and a way to reverse this situation?
