Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reached out and pledged support to the Kasubi based herbalist David Ssenfuka, who has gained national recognition for treating cancer and diabetes. Speaking to reporters in Kampala, Ssenfuka said the President sent him a delegation to discuss the role that …
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The political elite have not understood what the poor ordinary people go through because they are not treated in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | When Zebiya Kabugho’s became diseased in 2020, she travelled about 300km from Rwenzori Mountains to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) where she was …
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B oston, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Anthony Wameli, the head of the Legal Department of the National Unity Platform-NUP has been diagnosed with stage four cancer. Wameli, who has been battling on and off abdominal complications in the past few months, was diagnosed with colon cancer alias bowel cancer by the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is improved detection of cancer at lower health facilities, Dr. Joyce Balagadde Kambugu, the head of the paediatrics division at the Uganda Cancer Institute has revealed. According to Dr. Kambugu, they currently register between 650 to 700 new cases annually from between 400 and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to reduce the age at which girls get the Human Papilloma Vaccines which protects against cervical cancer. At the moment, the vaccine is given to females aged nine years of age. However, the health ministry wants to start …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Life Link Hospital has this morning launched the Wellness Link health month in a bid to raise awareness for prostate, ovarian and uterine cancer. The hospital which has been known to support the communities of Namugongo and Ntinda has urged all men and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Thursday said it is continuing to decentralize cancer health care in the country as cases are on the increase. The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) in a statement said there is an increasing burden of cancer. “It is estimated that for every 100 new …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-three hens meant for genetic research at Gulu University-Main Campus have vanished without a trace, raising health concerns among experts. They are part of 56 chickens that were collected from different parts of Uganda for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) studies aimed at improving indigenous breeds as …
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Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | James Patrick Manyenye Ntozi, a retired and highly celebrated Professor of population studies at Makerere University has died. Arthur Ntozi, a son to the deceased, says that the Professor breathed his last this afternoon from Naalya, Wakiso District. He had been diagnosed with stage …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors at Mulago Specialized National Referral hospital have urged the public to periodically go for wellness checks of their digestive system in the wake of an increase in gastrointestinal illnesses especially among young people. Speaking at the closure of a free medical camp that happened …
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