Many people with mental disorders are not receiving treatment in poor and middle-income countries, causing an unprecedented global crisis Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | Mental health problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will be the next pandemic, said a study issued by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) on Monday. …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale is holding three people for the alleged murder of Daphne Malemo, a 64-year old resident of Busoba parish, Busoba sub county in Mbale district. According to Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police spokesperson, the three whose names were not released so as …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is grappling with a shortage of incubators for premature babies. Currently, the health facility has only five incubators at the neonatal ward with more than 10 premature babies under care. Florence Oyella Otim, the in-charge of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit …

  Local governments want government to empower them to pick contractors as long as they meet the job criteria Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local government leaders are asking government to start using local contractors in implementing district projects. The leaders say many projects stall because the procured contractors by the …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Luwero district have demanded for erecting of humps along Kampala-Gulu highway to prevent rampant accidents in the area. There are increasing accidents in Luwero district on a section of the Kampala-Gulu highway that have left some 15 people dead and scores injured …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Metropolitan Police has commended the public over the peaceful Easter celebrations and urged the community to continue being law abiding citizens after celebrating the Holy Week. Luke Owoyesigire, the Deputy Police Spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Area says there was no major incident recorded in …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine juveniles have been arrested in a crackdown against opium smoking in Gulu city. The boys whose names cannot be shared because they are minors aged between 8 and 14 years were picked up from industrial area behind a bar belonging to one only identified …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Newly created sub-counties and town councils will get funding for their operations in 2021/2022 financial year, the Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi has disclosed. At least 364 sub-counties and 352 town councils created by the government across the country have been non-functional for close to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been evacuated from Lubaga Cathedral after collapsing during the mass to commemorate the life of His Grace Dr. Cyprian Lwanga, the former Archibishop of Kampala Archdiocese. Lukwago who was seated in the area reserved for VIPs, was lifted …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nabweya health centre II in Nabweya sub county Bududa district registered a huge number of teenage pregnancies between July and December last year. A recent study by Bududa district health office shows that 178 out of the 330 cases of pregnancies registered at Nabweya health …