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Dan Bukenya’s case shows how the many restrictions imposed lead to increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression | THE INDEPENDENT | Dan Bukenya felt beleaguered by anguish. He lost sleep most nights and was often testy. He tried to self-medicate to no avail. Only when he agreed to be …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has given BMK Uganda Ltd a week to complete renovation works at Entebbe National Isolation Centre. The firm was contracted to complete the works by April this year. However, due to delays in approving plans for remodeling the Tuberculosis ward, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has launched a new strategy to eradicate polio amidst setbacks caused by immunization interruptions that came with COVID-19. In a statement released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday, the strategy set to be implemented between …

What makes the unsafe and what it takes to make them safer | THE INDEPENDENT | Around the world, food systems and supply chains come in different shapes and sizes. And so too do food safety problems and their solutions. In high-income countries, food supply chains are long and complex …

  Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Sustainable consumption of livestock-based diets including meat, eggs, and milk should be prioritized in order to combat malnutrition affecting pregnant mothers and children in low-income countries, UN Nutrition said in a new report launched in Nairobi on Wednesday. Titled “Livestock-Derived Foods and Sustainable Healthy Diets,” …

UN vowed to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by achieving 95 percent diagnosed among all people living with HIV, 95 percent on antiretroviral therapy among diagnosed, and 95 percent virally suppressed among treated United Nations | Xinhua | The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a political declaration, in which …

Due to shortage, remaining doses to be used for priority groups like health workers and the elderly  ✅ 748,676 vaccinated ✅ 964,000 doses received ✅ 475,000 doses expected Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a confirmed outbreak of the Rift Valley Fever in Kiruhura district. The disease, an acute viral hemorrhagic fever that is most commonly seen in domesticated animals, has so far claimed four lives,  according to Kiruhura District Veterinary Officer Dr Grace Asiimwe. Although …

📌 UGANDA 🇺🇬 DELAYED BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE ▶ P1, P2 & P3 – start – June 7 ▶ P6, S3 & S5 – re-start – June 7 ▶ P4-P5 – holidays – June 4 📌 3-year plan to harmonize school calendar ✳ Terms 12 weeks ✳ Holidays 15-17 days ✳ No exams ✳ 2021 starts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While up to 95 percent of pregnant women in Uganda attend at least one antenatal care visit, only 41 percent take anti-malaria treatment as prevention of infection which can be fatal to both an expectant mother and their baby. Dr Fatuma Namusoke, an obstetrician and …