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Why those fighting to have the medication might be misguided Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | November 27 marked a twist in months’ long ping- pong between government and people living with HIV over government’s failure to provide the antibiotic drug Cotrimoxazole – septrin as part of the package of treatment …

Why cute, heart-shaped button isn’t so harmless Kampala, Uganda | A. TREVOR SUTTON | Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s founder and CEO, was recently reported to have questioned how the site “incentivises people to want (the number of likes on their posts) to go up.” He also said that “he was not a …

By 2050 some 10 million people across the globe could succumb to drug-resistant diseases Kampala, Uganda | SETH BERKLEY & JEREMY FARRAR | Whether you live below the poverty line in the slums of Karachi or work as a banker on Wall Street, drug-resistant “superbugs” are among the gravest threats to …

The move could see a slight reduction in insurance premiums in the short run Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s insurance companies, will in effect from January, 2019, implement the ‘No premium, No cover’ regulation, as part of the new measures intended to reform the local industry. This means that …

Unlike every president who followed him, George H.W. Bush had a background in foreign policy Kampala, Uganda | JAMES GOLDGEIER | George H.W. Bush was the last person elected president of the United States with any prior foreign policy experience. Bush, who has died at age 94, entered office with one …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Chinese government is funding the connection of 500 Ugandan villages to satellite TV in an effort to boost digital coverage and increase access to information. The funding is part of the US$10million project intended to boost access to satellite TV for 10,000 African villages. …

Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | An international research team has begun patient enrollment in a clinical trial testing multiple investigational Ebola therapies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The randomised, controlled trial is enrolling patients of any age with confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) at a treatment unit in …

  Will American firm regain its top position? Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The American Insurance Group (AIG) has re-entered the Ugandan market, exactly two years after its exit, citing a re-alignment of its global business strategy. Local industry players have naturally warmed up to AIG’s re-entry into Uganda saying …

But without a vaccine, suffering still abounds Kampala, Uganda | MAUREEN MILLER | I mentioned to a friend; a gay man nearing 60, that World AIDS Day, which has been observed on Dec. 1 since 1988, was almost upon us. He had no idea that World AIDS Day still exists. This …

Petty rivalries blamed for endless regional trade disputes Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | East African Community economies might be growing at an unprecedented rate but experts say emerging nationalism and protectionism policies could hurt integration in the long run. Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are currently locked in several trade disputes …