Ugandan First Lady laments rate of child mortality in Africa (Afrique en ligne) KAMPALA – The First Lady of Uganda, Jeannette Museveni, said she was moved by the great number of African children who die every day from curable diseases like diarrhoea, simply for lack of water and sanitation.
“Each day, 2,000 small Africans die from diarrhoea, while the use of toilets with all the hygiene and health conditions can reduce the mortality rate related to this disease by 90 per cent,” a communique issued Monday in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, by Mrs. Museveni on the sidelines of the 15th summit of the African Union (AU), said.
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