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"If you look at the group,we follow at MUJHU,3,000,the prevalence of mother -to-child transmission of HIV is at zero percent.None of them transmitted the virus to the baby.They are on treatment and are followed regularly (by our health workers).But the national prevalence is at around 5 percent."
"Some of the women get the disease during pregnancy and they don't know about it, so they end up producing a child with HIV.Some of them take the medicine when they want This makes the viral load very high, increasing the risk of transmission to the baby."
"Not every site has the capacity to do what we do in Mulago and Kawempe.Some mothers don't start treatment at the required time."
"These results show that Universal Health Coverage is just a slogan, and health care and schooling are not reaching these children."
"We found that the death rate was 25 times higher in children with CP, compared to the general non-CP population sample. In the CP group, females, and older children (10-18 years) had the highest relative risks of death in relation to the non-CP general population. Furthermore, in children with CP, there was an almost 7 times risk of death in those with severe motor impairments compared to those with milder ones."
"This award highlights the importance of neurodevelopmental disorders which are a great health problem worldwide, often diagnosed late and treated poorly, It affirms my contribution to science in Africa, strengthens advocacy for gender equity in science and education and makes me a role model for others, increasing my influence in the scientific community."
"It made me realize that if they're willing to put up a fight this big, that means what they're losing is also very big."
"My take home is about Shs21m. That is after tax, so it cannot be 46m with taxes inclusive. Because people are so used to saying I get 46m, maybe someone should give it to me."
"We have had the opportunity to address Kampala’s issues and highlight Kampala’s progress all over the world."
"I don’t know why Ugandans congratulate people on government jobs."
"You lose money by being in public service."
"The working population is attracted to these alternatives."
"You lose business, you lose your social engagements."
"That even gave us more determination and made us resolute to fight for the benefit of the citizens."
"It’s not a privilege. It’s a responsibility. I’m not one to celebrate appointments."
"would rather celebrate when I have finished my assignment well and people are appreciative of what I have done."
"A lot of countries and organizations are interested in what we’re doing."
"We are working on making Kampala an attractive destination in and of itself for business, for tourists, and for people living and working in the city."
"We have received a lot of interest from other municipalities in Uganda."
"The government is already looking at placing industries outside Kampala."
"It was scary, some of us were attacked, some of my staff were physically beaten up."
"When we're entrusted with leadership, we're entrusted with responsibility to make change where change needs to be made."
"I think it is a Baganda thing where people think “Ogudde mu bintu."
"It’s a sacrifice because you don’t have time do something else."
"We came in to put Kampala back on its feet."
"Rural-urban migration is going to continue to be a challenge, as long as the other urban centers in the country are not providing similar opportunities."
"We are already a role model."
"It was more like a transit point for other parks of Uganda."
"That you are suddenly going to get rich."
"The idea is to make Kampala attractive, which it wasn’t before."
"We are also working on social issues, such as the welfare of the people in the city. We are looking at creating jobs for low-income families and we are looking at improving household nutrition through agriculture programs."
"We hope that by government working with other agencies will be able to address this."
"Our mandate was to transform the city and resuscitate it. *For the last so many decades, the city had degenerated in service delivery, in infrastructure, in basically every area because of poor administration."
"When the law was changed and the KCCA was created, it was done with the intention of addressing the challenges the city was facing."
"Our target is to plant a million trees within the next five years."
"We have been creating workspaces, building markets and creating jobs. We’ve set up an employment services bureau for the youth."
"I note that the letter (from the USE CEO) does not disclose the reasons for termination of my contract, which is renewable every three years. You will also note that during the last three years my performance has been satisfactory."
"Failure to follow procedures renders such decisions improper and unlawful"
"I therefore had a legitimate expectation that my contract would be renewed for a further period of three years. In my view the manner in which my contract was terminated was unlawful"
"Furthermore, as an institution that is expected to be at the forefront of the drive for good corporate governance and best practice; and requires its listed entities to abide by the highest corporate standards and which is viewed as a beacon; the failure to observe these basic norms in human resources and general management is an indictment on the institutional practices of USE that if not nipped in the bud will set a precedent for the future."
"For MTN, they have been around for like 24 years, this should be their 25th and this should be the turning point and milestone as a listed company. For me, it’s an interesting opportunity to walk this journey with MTN as a listed company."
"Governance is my passion and for me, it’s an opportunity to serve. MTN is a listed company and I have worked in the capital markets area for a very long time and so it’s an opportunity to make a real contribution."
"MTN’s board welcomes Prof. Kiryabwire to the team and expresses confidence that her wealth of experience and expertise will be invaluable in helping the company achieve its strategic goals and objectives."
"Disease transmission goes in both directions."
"If you make the community feel that you care about them, then there’s less need to fight them."
"We have already disrupted the natural way of life."
"If you are working with data that the government routinely collects, you need to be engaged with policymakers in terms of how you're going to use that data and that you are actually going to add value and do a good quality analysis that will help them answer their questions"
"Sometimes I find that we make a lot of assumptions about what they need to know. Before we even begin to craft our research questions, we need to understand what they're struggling with and ensure that we are aligned to their needs as we gather evidence."
"Follow your dreams and the rest will follow. Being a social entrepreneur is often a journey of hills and valleys, and very fulfilling if you always keep your goals in sight."
"The wildlife authority was established in an era of fences and fines in the ’50s."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.