KASESE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The government, under the Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC), is prioritizing the revamping of business at the Katwe Salt Mining Factory in Kasese District. The factory was constructed in the 1970s to process salt brine. However, construction was interrupted by wars, and the factory was …
Read More »Turning ordinary midwife into a super midwife
GSK funded eLearning offers nurses and midwives welcome opportunity | CAROLINE ARIBA | Her arrival into the maternity ward is noticed. She might not be the most experienced midwife at the Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, but she certainly is one of the most appreciated. At 32, Assumpta Namugumya has mastered …
Read More »Mountains of the Moon University faulted for offering unaccredited course
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mountains of the Moon University in Fort Portal is on the spot for advertising and enrolling students for a course, that is not accredited by the National Council for Higher Education. This came to the limelight when up to 12-students who were enrolled for the …
Read More »HIV eliminated from DNA
The work is a critical step to a cure for human HIV infection Researchers have for the first time eliminated replication-competent HIV-1 DNA — the virus responsible for AIDS — from the genomes of living animals. Genomes are complete DNA sets of an organism, including genes. The study marks …
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