Francis Kagolo
18 September 2008
Kampala — THE Government will increase funding for medical research to improve delivery of health services, President Yoweri Museveni has said.
Museveni said this would enable all Ugandans have equal access to quality health services and improve their wellbeing and productive capacity so as to boost economic growth and development.
Museveni said most of the funding would go into research in traditional herbs, which he said was the cheapest way to improve health conditions in Africa, especially in Uganda.
"The age-old cures that kept our forefathers disease-free must be given enough attention so that we improve on them and preserve their use," he stated.
Museveni's remarks were contained in a speech delivered by the Vice-president, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, at the opening of the fourth annual scientific conference at Africana Hotel in Kampala on Wednesday.
The conference, which attracted hundreds of scientists, was organised by Makerere University College of Health Sciences. It was part of activities of the ongoing National Science Week.
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