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Uganda, Kampala-The Health Ministry has undertaken various measures to mitigate the Marburg threat in the country. This follows a confirmed case of Marburg in the Eastern Uganda district of Kween in Sebei Region. A statement issued by the Health Minister, Dr. Ruth Aceng early this week shows that laboratory tests conducted
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A report by International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness warns that, global rates of avoidable blindness are set to increase threefold in the next four decades, while countries from South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa are feared to be most at risk. The research that was published in the Lancet
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Uganda, Kampala- Uganda is headed for a major strike by doctors unless government addresses their demands within the next 30 days. The doctors met on Monday under their umbrella body, Uganda Medical Association-UMA and gave the government a 30 day’s notice to address their demands or else they lay down
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Tanzania has received an anesthetic machine worth sixty million Tanzanian Shillings. The machine was donated by the White Ribbon as part of its effort to reduce the country's maternal and infant mortality.Ummy Mwalimu, the Tanzania's minister for health said maternal mortality rate has increased from 432 in the year 2014
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Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) will have more than one radiotherapy machine by the end of this year, the Executive Director, Dr. Jackson Orem has revealed. He says they hope to install a second radiotherapy machine once the construction of the banker by Roko Construction is completed. More than 44,000 people from
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The Inter Religious Council of Uganda-IRCU has thrown its weight behind efforts to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation in Uganda. Addressing hundreds of people at Kapchorwa Boma Grounds on Sunday in his capacity as the IRCU chairperson during at the Anti FGM marathon organised by Church of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje,
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new campaign as part of USAID's Malaria Action Program for Districts. The Chase Malaria Campaign will disseminate malaria prevention messages to help prevent new malaria cases and improve the understanding of the disease's impact. Led by Malaria Consortium, the USAID's Malaria
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