Ugandan Shilling

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Ugandan Shilling

The currency of Uganda. It was introduced in 1966, replacing the East African shilling. It was marked by high inflation and was revalued in 1987. See also: UGS, UGX.

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Treating diarrhoea, anaemia, respiratory infections and other clinical conditions related to malnutrition cost 526 billion Ugandan shillings. Losses in productivity reached 417 billion Ugandan shillings in manual sectors, such as agriculture, and 241 billion Ugandan shillings in non-manual activities, due to lower educational levels.

Hunger costs Egypt government billions

He once earned 1.5 million Ugandan shillings (about $600) a year from his coffee crop.

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But as Joyce had only 500 Ugandan shillings - about 20 cents - she could not afford it.

The killing season

Thus, considering overall costs (contraceptive services and medical care associated with all pregnancies and births), current use of contraceptives results in a net savings of $56 million, or 97 billion Ugandan shillings (UGS), annually over what would be spent on care associated with pregnancy and childbearing in the absence of any family planning use.

Benefits of meeting the contraceptive needs of Ugandan women

The villagers have agreed that 3000 Ugandan shillings - about pounds 1 - is acceptable.

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And when you convert pounds 600 into Ugandan shillings, that tops the two million mark!

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Government health expenditures in the 2005-2006 financial year totaled 240 billion Ugandan shillings (roughly $138 million), excluding project funding by donors.

HIV in Uganda: the challenges of getting pills to patients

dollar is equivalent to about 1,827 Ugandan shillings) green tea production plant, in a move that will position the firm in the lucrative tea industry, The Standard reports.

James Finlays goes into green tea production

THE LEASING of transport services in Uganda is to be funded by the European Investment Bank (EIB), which is planning to lend Euro 10 million's worth of Ugandan shillings (UGX 21.4 billion) to the Kampala-based DFCU Leasing Company Ltd.

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There's a tap near the house where 20 litres of water costs 100 Ugandan shillings - around 5p.

Eight of her children died as babies, five more of AIDS..this is why the G8 must act; CHRISTINE, 90, SHARES LIVING HELL WITH 21 SOULS IN 2-ROOM HOVELIVING HELL WITH 21 SOULS IN 2-ROOM HOVEL AS pop stars urge politicians to make poverty history, GMTV journalist Alan Fisher reports from Uganda where life expectancy for men is 41 - and he hears the harrowing story of 90-year-old survivor Christine

class="MsoNormalHowever a bogey at the 16th and a double coming just with a hole to go, saw him finish on two over par 73 for an all rounds total of 10 under par 274, to take the first prize of Sh1.06 million (Ugandan shillings 41,000,000).