Time for the country to leap into pharma knowledge and great value manufacturing COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | Uganda Investment Authority is working with Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to implement establishment of an over 500 acre fully serviced major pharmaceutical industrial park in Nakasongala to spur human …
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Why accused security institutions shouldn’t use public relation stunts and or window dressing COMMENT | OLIVIA NAKAWOMBE | In the recent past the media has been awash with distressing and extremely depressing pictures and video footage of tortured victims. One of the trending videos on social media shows a one …
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The octogenarian has crossed boundaries of cultural stereotype and age to remain relevant | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | At more than Seventy- five years old, Theresa Musoke is still making art. Her recent exhibition in Nairobi, underscores her indefatiable energy and zeal to remain in the front seat of regional contemporary …
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Woman seemingly cured of HIV shows umbilical cord transplant good alternative to bone marrow transplants | THE INDEPENDENT | A woman in the New York City area appears to be the third person and the first woman ever to be cured of an HIV infection following a new stem cell …
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Shortage of drugs worrying | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The shortage of medication for the treatment of epilepsy in Uganda is a cause of concern within the Ministry of Health and organisations that cater for patients with the disease. This was revealed by Charles Ayoo Akiya, the commissioner of non-communicable diseases …
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How drug industry is undermining WHO plans | TIMOTHY HUZAR | Since June 2021, the WHO has been coordinating a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa. The hub is important because it will increase the availability of mRNA vaccines, including those for COVID-19, in Africa, …
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Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the construction phase of the L. Albert Oil Development Project gathers pace, focus has now turned to how best local entrepreneurs in the agriculture and housing sectors can maximise opportunities the oil industry is attracting into Uganda. Two studies were launched on Feb. …
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BoU says 2022 economic outlook is more positive than earlier projected Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | There is good news from Bank of Uganda indicating a big rebound in economic growth in 2021, meaning Ugandans got more money in their pockets to buy goods and services. In its monetary …
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There is more of expanding markets than harmonization, experts say Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The East African member states have been urged to tangibly manage debt and harmonise tax regimes to support growth of the East African Community. Speaking at a dialogue, on Feb.11 held in Kampala, under …
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America developing new warfare technology | JASON SHERMAN | When Russia annexed Crimea and meddled in Ukraine’s Donets Basin, or Donbas, region in 2014, its military revealed new technology, organisation and tactics—and upended much of the U.S. military’s thinking about modern warfare. Now, as Moscow keeps U.S. and European leaders …
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