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Premier art fair for the best and the new in Africa ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The premier International Art Fair, Art X Lagos, is in its fourth season this year and is offering wider-ranging packages of interest; including a series of curated projects, art talks and live events intended …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Treating livestock with human medicine is now known to increase resistance to antibiotics faster than expected in Uganda, medics have warned. Medical and environmental health practitioners say the practice is tipping the scale of resistance towards epidemic proportions in the near future unless stopped, slowed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A female minor has sued St Francis Hospital, Nsambya, for negligently causing permanent blindness to her by failing to detect sight complications at the time of her birth. She is seeking a compensation of 120 million Shillings from the hospital, managed under Kampala Archdiocese.   The …

It’s a car that comes with its own dronelike valet to carry your luggage or bring in the groceries. And it has a glass roof that can project an image of a star-fiiled sky at night, screen videos or provide navigation assistance. | THE INDEPENDENT | Luxury car maker Lexus …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Residents of Apaa Township in Amuru district are struggling to access health services. It follows the closure of Apaa Health Centre II two years following a heated disputed between Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and residents over ownership of the land hosting the health center. Prior …

A new combination drug may have the potential to revolutionise hypertension treatment worldwide, after a clinical trial has declared it safe to use and very effective | THE INDEPENDENT | In a recent clinical trial led by researchers from the George Institute for Global Health — with branches in the …

One disease or two? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has conducted a mass measles-rubella and polio vaccination campaign between Oct.16-22. Initially planned to be a five-day mass immunisation campaign but extended to seven days in selected areas, it used up to 20 million doses on the Measles-Rubella (MR) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has embarked on a new strategy of using adolescents that are adhering to HIV treatment to lure their peers into taking their medicines without skipping them. This comes amidst complaints by health workers that many adolescents fail to adhere …

A doctor’s display of confidence in a treatment may make it more effective | THE INDEPENDENT | New research finds that the placebo effect may be socially contagious. In other words, a doctor’s beliefs about whether or not a pain treatment will work can exert a subtle influence on how …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda has the potential of bringing maternal deaths to zero with commitment from health workers and prompt appearance of mothers in health centres, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah says. According to Oulanyah, if health facilities are supported with sufficient funding and a well-motivated …