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Prof Kaleebu receives UK's top award for dedication to public health and education
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Prof Kaleebu receives UK's top award for dedication to public health ...
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Govt employees to undergo weekly physical exercises: This is aimed at fighting overweight and Obesity, which are linked to the risk of common diseases such as ...
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Govt employees to undergo weekly physical exercises
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Tears as IGG exposes rot in public health facilities: Dr Atwine said health workers implicated in any unprofessional acts should be interdicted immediately
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Tears as IGG exposes rot in public health facilities
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Dr Atwine asks local leaders to arrest those without latrines: She said this on Friday during the national commemoration of sanitation week in Kakumiro District
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Dr Atwine asks local leaders to arrest those without latrines
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Premier Nabbanja tasks UPDF engineers with Luwero Hospital project: The UPDF Engineers Brigade will also take on the completion of the Luwero district ...
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Premier Nabbanja tasks UPDF engineers with Luwero Hospital project
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Civil servants to undergo weekly physical exercise session: It is believed that the two-hour weekly exercises will play a great role in ensuring that NCD cases ...
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Civil servants to undergo weekly physical exercise session
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Prioritise health check-ups to combat HIV/AIDS, judicial officers urged: Justice Mugabo urged for prompt initiation of PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) for ...
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Prioritise health check-ups to combat HIV/AIDS, judicial officers urged
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Govt ranks regions with best healthcare: The committee is, among others, expected to probe into the iron sheets saga, irregularities around the staff and how ...
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Govt ranks regions with best healthcare
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Increase accountability for preventable hospital deaths, WHO tells Uganda : Ministry of Health officials say many of these deaths can be prevented
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Increase accountability for preventable hospital deaths, WHO tells Uganda
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Govt support through mama kits initiative : Our appeal to the public is to report to the nearest Police Station or the State House Health Monitoring Unit ...
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Govt support through mama kits initiative 
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Uganda unveils youth champions to fight malaria: Dr Kyabayinze urged Ugandan youth to stand up and join this social movement of young people aimed at combating ...
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Uganda unveils youth champions to fight malaria
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Can Uganda end TB by 2030?: About 60% of people who are infected by Tuberculosis (TB) are men and nearly 16% are children, plus about 4% of those infected have ...
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Can Uganda end TB by 2030?
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‘17% of employed women are not paid for their work’: According to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS) report 2022, only nine per cent of men in ...
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‘17% of employed women are not paid for their work’
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Standard Bank Group appoints Anne Juuko Global Markets EA Head: Ms Juuko is not new to Global Markets banking having joined the Standard Bank Group twelve years ...
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Standard Bank Group appoints Anne Juuko Global Markets EA Head
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Discharged kidney transplant beneficiary, donor in good health – Doctors: Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of  Health, said there are many ...
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Discharged kidney transplant beneficiary, donor in good health – Doctors
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To protect everyone’s health, we must protect everyone’s rights: Legal and societal barriers significantly hinder the effectiveness of community leadership in ...
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To protect everyone’s health, we must protect everyone’s rights
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Kyabazinga opens first Busoga Lukiiko, outlines kingdom priorities: The Kyabazinga urged his subjects to continue with the momentum in developing Busoga so ...
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Kyabazinga opens first Busoga Lukiiko, outlines kingdom priorities
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New law seeks to limit surrogacy to persons with health complications: “We have consulted all the stakeholders and to our surprise is that most countries that ...
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New law seeks to limit surrogacy to persons with health complications
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Ugandans have stopped washing hands in post-Covid era – report : Early this month, the Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Cholera in the eastern part of ...
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Ugandans have stopped washing hands in post-Covid era – report
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IGAD calls for increased health data sharing to combat epidemics : The call was made in Kampala on Wednesday at the Health Ministry headquarters during the ...
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IGAD calls for increased health data sharing to combat epidemics 
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Health officials alarmed by sharp rise in teenage pregnancies: The increasing number of teenage mothers seeking antenatal health care services in health centres ...
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Health officials alarmed by sharp rise in teenage pregnancies
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Govt okays hospitals to recruit more medics: Uganda Medical Association has asked public hospitals to expedite recruitment of critical staff after the ban was ...
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Govt okays hospitals to recruit more medics
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Uganda receives 25,000 doses of Ebola vaccines: The two-dose vaccinations will start around May
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Uganda receives 25,000 doses of Ebola vaccines
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Uganda has made limited progress in GBV fight- report  : A new report on Uganda’s human rights performance on its global commitment to improving health and ...
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Uganda has made limited progress in GBV fight- report  
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Teen mothers contribute 18% of maternal deaths - report: The bodies of teenage girls are normally not well developed to carry pregnancy and deliver a baby
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Teen mothers contribute 18% of maternal deaths - report
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Deputy Speaker Tayebwa to inspect Lubowa Hospital: “I am going to assign my Deputy Speaker to go to Lubowa with a team on Wednesday ...
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Deputy Speaker Tayebwa to inspect Lubowa Hospital
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New ICU facility commissioned at Jinja Referral Hospital: Minister Babalanda assured Ugandans that the NRM government under the auspices and good leadership of ...
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New ICU facility commissioned at Jinja Referral Hospital
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Uganda in partnership with Ministry of Health is holding a commemorative event on International Condom Day in Lyantonde ... Show more
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Activists call for more funds to avert epidemics: The activists have called on the government to channel more funds to the Ministry of Health ...
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Activists call for more funds to avert epidemics
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Sh656b needed for struggling sanitation, waste management at hospitals To resource all public health facilities in the country and make them safe ... Show more
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Strange disease kills five children in Bukomansimbi: Leaders in the area are demanding for Ministry of Health intervention to their rescue and establish the ...
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Strange disease kills five children in Bukomansimbi
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Govt looks to private sector in medical imports reduction efforts: Over 45% of Uganda’s health expenditure goes to procuring medicine ...
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Govt looks to private sector in medical imports reduction efforts
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Localised guidelines for antibiotic use before surgery can help fight superbugs: Some conditions, such as upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) ...
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Localised guidelines for antibiotic use before surgery can help fight ...
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Pakwach residents get Shs600m hospital, hope to end bilharzia: The health centre is expected to provide services that would also scale down the high rate of ...
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Pakwach residents get Shs600m hospital, hope to end bilharzia
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Activists call for tax reduction on sanitary pads: The call comes after a February 8 Monitor  story revealing a section of girls who are making sanitary pads ...
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Activists call for tax reduction on sanitary pads
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Men above 45 years to undergo mandatory prostate cancer screening: In men, prostate cancer ranks first, followed by Kaposis Sarcoma, then cancer of the liver and ...
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Men above 45 years to undergo mandatory prostate cancer screening
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Govt establishes WASH Steering Committee to accelerate sanitation efforts: The committee will take a collaborative approach to WASH initiatives to ensure ...
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Govt establishes WASH Steering Committee to accelerate sanitation efforts
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Studies to reduce TB treatment period promising – experts In a bid to increase TB patients’ adherence to treatment, scientists are conducting trial studies in ... Show more
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Ugandans turn to Kenyan mortuaries for embalming: “The mortuaries in Masafu Hospital and Busia Health Centre IV lacked space and preservatives ...
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Ugandans turn to Kenyan mortuaries for embalming
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Govt rules out lockdown as Corona returns to Kabale: "The positivity rate is minimal and there is treatment for the symptomatic patients”
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Govt rules out lockdown as Corona returns to Kabale
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National insurance scheme should focus on NCDs, experts say : Experts warn that “many Ugandan households are now pushed into poverty each year due to high ...
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 National insurance scheme should focus on NCDs, experts say
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Students forced out of halls over asbestos roofs: Besides the health hazards posed by the roofing material, the roofs also leak whenever it rains
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Students forced out of halls over asbestos roofs
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13 refugees hospitalised as cholera ravages Adjumani: Following the outbreak of cholera, the district health team has said it needs about Shs700 million to curb ...
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13 refugees hospitalised as cholera ravages Adjumani
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Can sh15,000 insurance fee fix Uganda’s healthcare?: Ernest Magezi Barusya, an actuarial expert and chief executive officer of Kenbright Advisory ...
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Can sh15,000 insurance fee fix Uganda’s healthcare?
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Fistula patients to benefit from Shs11b program: Ms Gift Malunga, UNFPA country representative said the partnership focuses on eliminating fistula ...
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Fistula patients to benefit from Shs11b program
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MPs advocate for robust funding for national healthcare: Ayume noted that although most non-communicable diseases can be detected in lower-level health ...
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MPs advocate for robust funding for national healthcare
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HIV patients forced into sex, new study reveals: “80% of people living with HIV who experienced human rights abuse do not seek redress because they do not ...
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HIV patients forced into sex, new study reveals
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Govt support still needed in addressing nodding syndrome: A holistic approach is needed, involving collaboration between government agencies, non-profits ...
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Govt support still needed in addressing nodding syndrome
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Uganda Disowns Justice Sebutinde after Pro-Israel Vote at ICJ: Uganda has distanced itself from Julia Sebutinde, the ICJ judge who voted in favor of Israel at ...
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Uganda Disowns Justice Sebutinde after Pro-Israel Vote at ICJ
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Deal with artificial causes of child mortality: It is time for Uganda to not just aspire for change but to enact it, ensuring that no newborn faces a tragic and ...
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Deal with artificial causes of child mortality
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EA nations' hurdles in providing cheap healthcare : Officials in the region are grappling with funding gaps in their strategies to roll out the Universal ...
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EA nations' hurdles in providing cheap healthcare
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South Africa argued that Israel is committing "genocidal" acts in Gaza in the case filed at the ICJ last week.
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Zambian schools shut for three more weeks due to cholera | Africanews: The Ministry of Education announced on Thursday that both primary and secondary students ...
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Zambian schools shut for three more weeks due to cholera | Africanews
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Innovations likely to improve healthcare this year: As we start the New Year, we look at some health breakthroughs that started in 2023 and are likely to ...
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Innovations likely to improve healthcare this year
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Hospital under probe after babies suffocate: Tororo hospital nurses are accused of neglecting the preterm babies
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Hospital under probe after babies suffocate
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Why breweries are against new Alcohol BillDetails buff.ly/48j3XGQ #VisionUpdates
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Uganda: A 'Mysterious Tropical Disorder' Is Devastating Families in Northern Uganda
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Uganda: A 'Mysterious Tropical Disorder' Is Devastating Families in ...
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PS Atwine commissions multibillion infrastructures at Virus Institute Details buff.ly/486zHPK #VisionUpdates
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From rural Kisoro district, Esther Uwimaana is on a journey to end Tuberculosis in Uganda and Africa
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From rural Kisoro district, Esther Uwimaana is on a journey to end ...
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Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso to get free mosquito nets next week: The five-day distribution exercise will begin on Monday (December 18), the ministry said in a ...
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Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso to get free mosquito nets next week
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Uganda tops Africa with accredited laboratories: The announcement was made during the 6th Biennial Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation ...
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Uganda tops Africa with accredited laboratories
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Uganda: 17 people died of anthrax in November | Africanews: The Bacillus anthracis bacterium, which survives for decades in the form of spores in land where ...
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Uganda’s laboratory sector wins award: Uganda was awarded the 2nd place for having the most SLMTA accredited laboratories second to Kenya amongst all the 55 ...
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Uganda’s laboratory sector wins award
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AD The 6th Annual Conference on TB & Leprosy will take place on Dec 7th -8th at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe. The conference will focus on stopping ... Show more
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Museveni opens diagnostic test kits manufacturing plant: During the commissioning on Tuesday, President Museveni thanked the local scientists and the ...
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Museveni opens diagnostic test kits manufacturing plant
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Tame your bodies for a bright future, Atwine urges Ugandan youth: Atwine said abstinence is the most tried and tested method of HIV prevention and can still be ...
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Tame your bodies for a bright future, Atwine urges Ugandan youth
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Uganda set to roll out malaria vaccine next year: Health minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says Uganda loses about 14 people every day, due to malaria.
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Uganda set to roll out malaria vaccine next year
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Atwine weeps over teen pregnancies: Speaking at the national launch of the Global Alliance to End Aids in Children by 2030, Dr Atwine said stakeholders must go ...
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Atwine weeps over teen pregnancies
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Anthrax outbreak in Uganda kills 17 in November: The Ugandan outbreak occurred in Kyotera district, around 180 kilometres (112 miles) from the capital, Kampala ...
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Anthrax outbreak in Uganda kills 17 in November
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Uganda-UK Health Alliance lead person Mulimira wins MTM award: Mast The Magazine, a community-based Black Asian and Ethnic publication, noted the lack of ...
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Uganda-UK Health Alliance lead person Mulimira wins MTM award
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Start-ups relieving pressure on govt’s cash-strapped healthcare system - experts: New technologies are saving Uganda’s cash-strapped health care systems strained ...
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Start-ups relieving pressure on govt’s cash-strapped healthcare system - ...
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AD The 6th Annual Conference on TB & Leprosy will take place on Dec 7th -8th at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe. The conference will focus on stopping ... Show more
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Anthrax: Ibanda district on high alert: According to the district surveillance officer, Vincent Mugisha, five of the six samples sent to the Uganda Virus ...
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Anthrax: Ibanda district on high alert
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3 years on, still no closure for Nov protests victims’ families: In days that followed the November protests, armed men in vans snatched people from markets ...
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3 years on, still no closure for Nov protests victims’ families
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Thousands throng pre-royal wedding medical camp: According to Sheila Birungi Gandi, the Busoga Kingdom's health minister, 1,722 patients were treated on day ...
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Thousands throng pre-royal wedding medical camp
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Africa: Eye Health Advocate Hortance Manjo Shuwon Championing Equity in Africa: Vision is more than just seeing clearly; it's a gateway to the world ...
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Africa: Eye Health Advocate Hortance Manjo Shuwon Championing Equity in ...
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Incomplete health centre leaves 16,000 Amolatar locals devoid of better health care
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Incomplete health centre leaves 16,000 Amolatar locals devoid of better ...
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Ministry launches new method to fight malaria: A larvicide is a type of insecticide used to control mosquitoes indoors and outdoors around homes by killing ...
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Ministry launches new method to fight malaria
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Uganda sees surge in mental cases – govt: Dr Lukwata added that at the beginning of the year, a “small” survey was conducted in schools and communities ...
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Uganda sees surge in mental cases – govt