(June 5, 2017) Building better and fairer societies, addressing the issue of health and inequality in every corner of the world through global strategies that call for a concrete commitment. The Trento Economics Festival, dedicated this year to the theme of “Health Inequalities”, has given ample scope for international solidarity and development cooperation projects. The spotlight focused in particular on Uganda, which is making progress on equal treatment in the health field. “Uganda is one of the African countries where the health situation is ever more improving”, said Joyce Moriku Kaducu, deputy Minister for primary health care in the Ugandan government. “We have had a significant decrease in the mortality rate (also infantile) in recent years, but despite this we still have a lot to do. That is why we have developed a strategy to continue improving the health situation and the first issues remain simplified access to primary care and prevention: we can do a lot with preventative measures, with the promotion of health. Over 70% of the diseases we have in Uganda can be prevented. When we talk about malaria for example: we can prevent malaria with some environmental control measures … Similarly, if we talk about children diarrhea or cholera”. Healthcare solidarity cannot ignore the interaction and operational dialogue between co-operation interventions and local governments: “Italy is one of the countries with which Uganda has the most productive collaborations”, said Aceng. In particular, some provinces directly support our country with cooperation projects, one of which is the province of Trento. Health, education, agriculture: there are many and different stakeholders with whom we relate. I believe that our relationships will still grow in the spirit of exchange. Italians could learn something from Africa too: many of the problems we all have can not be managed by individual countries but must be solved with a global and collective vision by combining the strengths and skills of the best and most suitable solutions”. (PO / Sul-Sip)
