Chinese solar products, technology benefit local hospital in Uganda

STORY: Chinese solar products, technology benefit local hospital in Uganda SHOOTING TIME: May 31, 2024 DATELINE: June 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hospital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EVELYNE NAMUYANJA, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABUBAKARI KALYESUBULA, Medical officer, Ndejje Health Center IV 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ESTHER MPIIRIRWE, Solar energy analyst 5. various of a solar product store STORYLINE: Power outages once plagued Ndejje Health Center IV, a hospital serving 40,000 people, in Uganda's central district of Wakiso. Now, the situation has improved, with solar panels ensuring uninterrupted services, vital for maternal care and vaccine storage. According to Ember, an energy think tank, China's solar exports to Africa surged by 187 percent in the first half of 2023. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EVELYNE NAMUYANJA, Local resident "I came the day before the operation. And all the time throughout the theater, power was on. It was succe

81st World Science Fiction Convention concludes in Chengdu

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Tokyo Gas eyes smart energy mix near JR station

Tokyo Gas eyes smart energy mix near JR station

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gas Co. shows the press a collection of solar panels installed as part of a heat/power cogeneration system at a redevelopment area near East Japan Railway's Tamachi Station in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2014. The company aims to cut CO2 emissions by some 45% from the 1990 level.

Int'l meet on child abuse opens in Nagoya

Int'l meet on child abuse opens in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - The International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect opens at the Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 14, 2014, to discuss ways of preventing such crimes through symposiums divided into 45 panels.

Int'l meet on child abuse opens in Nagoya

Int'l meet on child abuse opens in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - The International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect opens at the Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 14, 2014, to discuss ways of preventing such crimes through symposiums divided into 45 panels. (Kyodo)