JINJA, Uganda — Simon Tigawalana dreamed for years of doing something about the dirt floors in his small house, blaming them for making his family sick. But in a rural area in one of the world’s ...

LIRA, Uganda (AP) — The bicycle parked in Lucy Abalo’s compound doesn’t belong to her. Any one of the hundreds of people in her village can show up and ask to use it. A man might wish to take his ...

Although a preventable disease, cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer death among women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Uganda has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence ...

What you need to know: Farmers urged to adopt better manure practices to fight climate change. Livestock farming, long regarded as a backbone of Uganda’s rural economy, is facing renewed scrutiny as ...

Lucy Abalo, Community Health Extension Worker riding her Buffalo bicycle in Lira, Uganda, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda) ...