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Marking November 19, 2020 with action COMMENT | Allan Nkurunziza | On July 24th , 2013, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously voted to designate 19th November as World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day celebrates the importance of toilets in our daily hygiene and raises awareness of the close to 2.4 billion people …

Kampala,, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Mulago Women and Neonatal Unit recorded an increase in the number of mothers giving birth to premature babies at the height of the lockdown and just after they started to partially lift it.  The unit that houses the country’s biggest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A team of 20 specialists at Mulago National Specialized hospital have successfully separated 11 months old Siamese twins. Dr Philis Khisa, one of the doctors involved in the operation said that the process started last week with an investigation technically known as scoping where they …

Kabarole, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people with COVID-19 in Kabarole has increased to 23, leaving the district task force with no option other than resorting to home-based management. Brian Kisembo, the COVID-19 Incident Manager in Kabarole, says that so far, five of the cases are admitted at …

Lamwo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations in the Acholi sub-region have formed a joint coalition to combat teenage pregnancies, child marriages and other forms of child abuses. The 15-member coalition of non-profit making organizations includes AVSI Foundation in Uganda and Gulu Women Economic Development & Globalization (GWED-G) among others.  …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organisation has launched a new global initiative to eliminate cervical cancer. It calls for 90 per cent of all girls to be vaccinated by the age of 15 and 70 per cent of women to be screened for the disease at least …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  54 per cent of expectant mothers expose their unborn children to conditions that might lead to premature births,  according to the health ministry. Officials say that the most common causes of premature births include pre-eclampsia, heart or kidney failure, urinary tract infections and drug use. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The search for a COVID-19 vaccine might be coming to an end with news that Moderna’s  vaccine shows to be 95 percent effective in protecting one against COVID-19. According to data released by the biotechnology firm today, phase three clinical trials that were carried out …

A key difference is that the Pfizer/BioNTech candidate must be stored at –70°C, whereas Moderna’s can be kept at –20°C Jon Cohen | SCIENCEMAG.ORG |  Now, there are two. Another COVID-19 vaccine using the same previously unproven technology as the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech – the U.S. and German …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 45 students from two schools in Masaka district have tested positive for the Coronavirus disease-COVI19.  The affected students are mainly from the boarding section. Dr. Nathan Onyach, the Director- Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, says the students are admitted at the COVID-19 Treatment Centre. Onyach says the …