The HIV and AIDS pandemic remains a global public health challenge. By the year 2009, an estimated 33.3 million people were living with HIV and there were 2.6 million new infections in the same period. Sub-Saharan Africa ...

This report presents and summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the symposium entitled “Population Health and Environment: “Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive health and Environmental ...

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Lake Victoria Basin Digest! The Lake Victoria Basin Commission, an institution of the East African Community, is playing an increased role as a coordinator of the sustainable development ...

To build the capacity of LVBC to provide sustainable leadership in the coordination of the stakeholders to attain the shared vision of the LVB

During the period April-June 2011, we bid farewell to the former Executive Secretary of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) Dr. Tom Okurut and welcomed Dr. Canisius Kanangire who commenced his fi ve-year tenure ...

LVBC has been implementing Mara River Basin Transboundary Water for Biodiversity and Human Health (in the Mara River Basin Project (TWBHH-MRB) in Mara river Basin since 2009. The project focus include: To promote trans-boundary ...

The Mara River Basin (MRB) is an important hydrologic system that not only serves the bordering countries of Kenya and Tanzania, but also exists as a valuable input to Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater ...

The project is designed around the 4th EAC Development Strategy (2011-2016) addressing the navigation safety intervention area and will contribute towards the provision of cheap, efficient, safe and environmentally ...

An agreement was signed between IUCN-The World Conservation Union and ICRAF-The World Agroforestry Centre on 31 May 2006 to collaborate in the implementation of the Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme ...