Episodios

  • Episode 25: Predicting Healthcare Needs, AI and Climate Change

    Episode 25: Predicting Healthcare Needs, AI and Climate Change
    May 30 2025
    How do you prepare for outbreaks of malaria if climate change means that mosquitoes which spread the disease are thriving in areas that were previously off limits? When it comes to public health, climate change makes a tricky situation even more difficult. In this episode Dr Muganzi David Jolly and Dr Ian Clarke discuss how AI might play a role in helpiing Uganda meet this challenge. Dr Muganzi David Jolly is the Health Innovation Hub manager at Clarke International University here in Kampala. Dr Ian Clarke is an Irish-born doctor, entrpreneur, and coffee farmer. In this wide-ranging conversation we touch on many aspects of the healthcare landscape in Uganda, and the idea that climate change can be a driving force for innovation. You can find out more about Clarke International University here: https://ciu.ac.ug/?s5responsiveswitch_wwwihsuacug=0 And you can find a brief profile of Dr Muganzi David Jolly here: https://wayforwardyouth.org/muganzi_david And as always, if you'd like to get in touch, climatetalkpod@gmail.com is where you'll find us.
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  • Episode 24: The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health

    Episode 24: The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health
    May 15 2025
    Janet Kantalama Kantana joins Josephine to talk about how we can understand mental health challenges in the age of climate change. We explore how our inner wellbeing is affected when day to day life is disrupted by intense or unpredictable weather events. And we talk about measures we can take - individually and collectively - to make sure we are mentally resilient in those circumstances. Janet Kantalama Kantana is a psychologist and Executive Director of Safe Places Uganda. It's a private facility helping people deal with mental health issues and addiction. You can find out more about Safe Places here: https://safeplacesuganda.com/about-us/
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  • Episode 23: Climate Change and Health Outcomes in Uganda

    Episode 23: Climate Change and Health Outcomes in Uganda
    May 1 2025
    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
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  • Episode 22: A Reminder of the Big Picture

    Episode 22: A Reminder of the Big Picture
    Apr 17 2025
    Over the past few weeks we've been exploring fluctuations in the price of food and other commodities like coffee and cocoa. In this episode we're taking a step back and revisiting the causes of climate change, the need for adaptation, and the importance of integrated policy approaches from government. Our guest is Anthony Kagoro, who is a Climate Change Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Uganda.
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  • Episode 21: Food Prices, Farming and Climate Change Explained

    Episode 21: Food Prices, Farming and Climate Change Explained
    Apr 5 2025
    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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  • Episode 20: Talking Food Prices with Market Traders

    Episode 20: Talking Food Prices with Market Traders
    Mar 23 2025
    Matoke! Irish potatoes! Mangoes! What more could you want? The on-the-ground impacts of price fluctuations on these foods are felt day to day and season to season by traders in the markets around Kampala. William Ssekiranda speaks to three traders at Kalerwe Market about where they source their produce and how price variations affect them.
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  • Episode 19: Two Perspectives on Rising Coffee Prices and Climate Change.

    Episode 19: Two Perspectives on Rising Coffee Prices and Climate Change.
    Mar 5 2025
    The price of coffee and many staple foods in Uganda have been rising steeply: good news for sellers (farmers), not so good news for consumers. And these price rises have been attributed to extreme weather due to climate change. In the first of two episodes, Josephine explores this link, and what it means for growing and selling coffee in Uganda and beyond. In our next episode we'll be looking at the price of food staples and attempting to understand the links between local conditions and global markets. It's complicated but utterly fascinating. So don't miss it. This episode was recorded live at One Tribe Coffee Shop at 1 Bugologi Road, Kampala. They're open Monday - Saturday from 7:30am-6pm. Thanks so much to Gail Mawocha and the team there for making us so welcome. And thanks, also, Robert Byaruhanga. You can see what's happening at One Tribe Coffee on their Insta page and website. https://www.instagram.com/onetribe_coffee/ www.onetribecoffee.com And you can find out more about the Uganda Coffee Development Authority here: https://ugandacoffee.go.ug/ Producer: Martin Fowler Sound Recordist: William Ssekiranda
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  • Episode 18: Two Innovations: Retaining Soil Moisture and Improving Soil Productivity

    Episode 18: Two Innovations: Retaining Soil Moisture and Improving Soil Productivity
    Feb 20 2025
    Nicholas Najuna and Namutebi Muniirah are each developing new technologies to deal with aspects of climate change that particularly affect small holder farmers. Nicholas is founder and CEO of Afrotym (https://afrotym.com/products/), developing what they refer to as a 'waterbank' - a natural, biodegradable way of storing moisture within the soil. Namutebi Muniirah is co-founder of Umuntu Agrobiotics (https://umuntuagrobiotics.com/solutions) where her team has been developing Bio-Blend, a low cost microbial solution designed to increase soil productivity. Both guests are beneficiaries of The Uganda Climate Innovation Fund - helping them develop their products and bring them to market. You can find out more about the Climate Innovation Fund here: https://csj.co.ug/page/about-ucif ...and details of what the fund covers here: https://csj.co.ug/page/available-support
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