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disinherited because of albinism but rose to start a thriving business read more. when electricity means life or death in public health facilities read more. one gi*l at a time, we shall transform the society,” says dr. hildah tadriah. be prepared to lead and change the african narrative, young people challenged. improving the lives of millions of people in eastern africa allana kembabazi, a human rights advocate reminds us that to achieve universal health coverage (uhc), governments in eastern africa must increase financing for the public health system. she notes that: “the idea that we can solely use the private sector to achieve uhc is a narrative that we must curb. because the achievement of uhc requires more government investment into health, yet this narrative is often used to justify reduced government financing for health”. listen to her reflections in this video. for moses mulumba, executive director of center for health, human rights and development, the future of the health systems in eastern africa is defined by the political choices that we make. he notes that if governments do not prioritize the health systems to be budgeted for in the public income- in the taxation; do not take charge of the priority setting based on the needs of the population, do not regulate the private sector role in health, then the future is not the best. the health system in eastern africa will remain weak, under-resourced building resilience, creating sustainable livelihood systems for communities in turkana and karamoja lopeikume  loware, 78, has been a pastoralist in kotido, karamoja in uganda all his life. in his lifetime, loware has seen the livelihood system in kotido evolve. “i have seen our livelihood system change over the years,” he told us. “we have seen introduction of crops as a source of livelihood- that’s why we have a lot of sorghum on our land,” he revealed. but for loware, pastoralism remains the most resilient livelihood system for communities in karamoja. “pastoralism is the backbone of our livelihood system,” he