Ugandan partners have actively collaborated with the Batwa Indigenous people in 10 communities since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subsistence agriculture, provide labour for food, make and sell handcrafts, and entertain tourists with cultural dances as their livelihoods
increased rainfall, rising temperatures, and more frequent extreme weather events
Severe malnutrition in 58% of Batwa children < 5 years
Collaborator
Uganda National Health Research Organization & Mulago National Referral Hospital
Uganda
Dr. Jonathan Nkalubo is a Medical Doctor at Mulago National Referral Hospital. His areas of research include; Infectious Diseases, One health, Indigenous Peoples's health systems, Health financing, and health equity.
Principal Investigator
Uganda National Health Research Organisation (UNHRO) Ministry of Health Uganda
Uganda
MSc Didacus Namanya works with the Ministry of Health and Uganda National Health Research Organisation (UNHRO), leading public health mapping, co-managing international research projects on Indigenous health & climate change.
Collaborator
Uganda National Health Research Organization
Uganda
BSc Richard Nuwagira is a researcher at Uganda National Health Research Organization who studies climate change risks, health, and food security examining emerging livelihood skills.
2022
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