Droughts can have an impact on non-resistant crops and livestock, causing malnutrition and food insecurity Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will receive its first batch of Injection Anti-Retroviral Therapies (ARVs) used as prevention for individuals at high risk of HIV, next year. This has been revealed by Dr. Lisa Nelson, the Uganda Country Director for the US Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Nelson …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least five people in Kagera and Bukoba turned out positive on some of the samples for viral hemorrhagic fever. Tanzanian health authorities sent samples to the …
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Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will on Wednesday start screening all individuals coming into the country through Uganda – Tanzania border following a confirmed case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the neighboring country. Speaking to URN on Wednesday, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Senior Public Relations Officer at the Ministry …
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Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Veterinary officials in Kazo district have confirmed the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD. Dr. Pacsmario Juderia the Buremba Town Council veterinary officer said that the disease was registered at a farm in Bwatama village, Buremba Town Council. He said they have put the town …
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What this means for control of the disease Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kenya Medical Research Institute recently detected an invasive mosquito species in Laisamis and Saku subcounties of Marsabit county in Kenya’s northern region. This mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, is native to South Asia and the Middle East. It …
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After delivering a billion doses to fight the bacterial disease, Pfizer offers 3 lessons Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Imagine an infection that causes your eyelids to turn inward, so that your lashes intended to protect your eyes scrape against the sensitive outer surface of your eye every time you blink. …
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Is there bias against people of colour in global health publications? Kampala, Uganda | Esmita Charani & Marc Mendelson | Photography is a powerful tool in storytelling and scientific communication. But it can also cause harm when used unethically. We started to realise how photographs can send the wrong message when we were …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Veterinary Association-UVA has partnered with Buganda Kingdom to promote livestock disease control for the purpose of preventing spillovers to human beings. Dr. Ismail Asiimwe, the UVA President for Central Uganda Chapter, says the partnership is meant to mobilize communities to start paying the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has launched the construction of a Sh2.8 billion Zonal Animal disease control centre in Nwoya District, northern Uganda. The multibillion facility will be constructed in Got Apwoyo Government Farm in Got Apwoyo Sub-county, under the Agricultural …
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