web01.fireside.fm Thu, 07 May 2026 23:18:53 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi - Episodes Tagged with “Drought” https://climatetalkuganda.fireside.fm/tags/drought Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Climate Talk Uganda aims to explore all aspects of climate change in Uganda. Every two weeks we aim to feature a wide range of people who offer their perspectives on the challenges they - and Uganda - face as climate change continues to play out. en-us episodic The accessible, acronym-free podcast about climate change in Uganda. Josephine Karungi Climate Talk Uganda aims to explore all aspects of climate change in Uganda. Every two weeks we aim to feature a wide range of people who offer their perspectives on the challenges they - and Uganda - face as climate change continues to play out. no Uganda, Climate Change, Josephine Karungi Josephine Karungi climatetalkpod@gmail.com Episode 23: Climate Change and Health Outcomes in Uganda https://climatetalkuganda.fireside.fm/23 9b2e6b14-2830-4473-aa86-bb7d43aaebb6 Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Josephine Karungi full Josephine Karungi A compelling overview of how the health of Ugandans is being affected by climate change, and how the government is responding. 31:02 no <p>Surges in malaria and other diseases; damage to clinics and other physical infrastructure; decreased access to immunisation and mental health services; illnesses due to increased heat and humidity; declining maternal and child health outcomes. These are just some of the health related impacts of climate change. In the first in a series of episodes focusing on health, Dr Didacus B. Namanya explains how the government of Uganda monitors these public health impacts, and is working on adaptation strategies for the future. </p> <p>Dr Didacus B. Namanya (MSc., PhD. Public Health) is a geographer and is Focal Point (Climate Change and Health, and GIS) for the<br> Ministry of Health in the Government of Uganda. </p> <p>You can find the Health National Adaptation Plan - which Dr Didacus Namanya talks about - here: <br> <a href="https://library.health.go.ug/environmental-health/climate-change/health-national-adaptation-plan-h-nap" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://library.health.go.ug/environmental-health/climate-change/health-national-adaptation-plan-h-nap</a> </p> Dr Didacus B. Namanya, Josephine Karungi, climate change, Uganda, drought, flood, public health, malaria, Surges in malaria and other diseases; damage to clinics and other physical infrastructure; decreased access to immunisation and mental health services; illnesses due to increased heat and humidity; declining maternal and child health outcomes. These are just some of the health related impacts of climate change. In the first in a series of episodes focusing on health, Dr Didacus B. Namanya explains how the government of Uganda monitors these public health impacts, and is working on adaptation strategies for the future.

Dr Didacus B. Namanya (MSc., PhD. Public Health) is a geographer and is Focal Point (Climate Change and Health, and GIS) for the
Ministry of Health in the Government of Uganda.

You can find the Health National Adaptation Plan - which Dr Didacus Namanya talks about - here:
https://library.health.go.ug/environmental-health/climate-change/health-national-adaptation-plan-h-nap

]]> Surges in malaria and other diseases; damage to clinics and other physical infrastructure; decreased access to immunisation and mental health services; illnesses due to increased heat and humidity; declining maternal and child health outcomes. These are just some of the health related impacts of climate change. In the first in a series of episodes focusing on health, Dr Didacus B. Namanya explains how the government of Uganda monitors these public health impacts, and is working on adaptation strategies for the future.

Dr Didacus B. Namanya (MSc., PhD. Public Health) is a geographer and is Focal Point (Climate Change and Health, and GIS) for the
Ministry of Health in the Government of Uganda.

You can find the Health National Adaptation Plan - which Dr Didacus Namanya talks about - here:
https://library.health.go.ug/environmental-health/climate-change/health-national-adaptation-plan-h-nap

]]> Episode 21: Food Prices, Farming and Climate Change Explained https://climatetalkuganda.fireside.fm/21 ab066b87-5f06-47d1-be04-06d0dd9a2d73 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Josephine Karungi full Josephine Karungi Food prices go up, food prices go down. Why? And what has climate change got to do with it? 26:47 no <p>Tracing the connections between the price of the food you put on your table, global commodity markets, local conditions and climate change is incredibly complex. Today we have probably Uganda's most important expert in the field joing us. Professor Bernard Bashaasha is Professor of Agricultural and Development Economics at Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences‬. He has many years of experience analysing agriculture in Uganda and what makes it tick. And he shares his understandings with us in this episode. </p> Professor Bernard Bashaasha, Uganda, agriculture, climate change, floods, drought, Kampala flooding Tracing the connections between the price of the food you put on your table, global commodity markets, local conditions and climate change is incredibly complex. Today we have probably Uganda's most important expert in the field joing us. Professor Bernard Bashaasha is Professor of Agricultural and Development Economics at Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences‬. He has many years of experience analysing agriculture in Uganda and what makes it tick. And he shares his understandings with us in this episode.

]]> Tracing the connections between the price of the food you put on your table, global commodity markets, local conditions and climate change is incredibly complex. Today we have probably Uganda's most important expert in the field joing us. Professor Bernard Bashaasha is Professor of Agricultural and Development Economics at Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences‬. He has many years of experience analysing agriculture in Uganda and what makes it tick. And he shares his understandings with us in this episode.

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