Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s health agency said, while warning that after inoculating their own health workers and older people, countries must share doses with others, to eradicate the deadly …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Soroti Fruits Factory in Teso region has registered good recovery in its sales that had nearly collapsed after government shut down several sectors as a preventive measure on Covid-19. Douglas Kakyuku Ndawula the factories executive director during an interaction with URN said …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer, the World Health Organization has revealed in a new statement released in the lead to World Cancer Day marked today globally. Breast cancer among women accounted for 11.7 per cent of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries should receive COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of this year, under the joint UN-led COVAX initiative for fair access to coronavirus-beating jabs, it’s been confirmed. Some 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which requires …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Common antibiotic azithromycin has been found not to have any effect on treating COVID-19, according to a new study published in the medical journal, The Lancet. The study showed that the drug had no effect on patients admitted to hospitals. It could not reduce deaths …
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Transparency International reveals that persistent corruption is undermining health care | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released on Jan 28, by Transparency International reveals that persistent corruption is undermining health care systems and contributing to democratic backsliding amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries that perform well on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority- NDA has closed down more than 600 drug outlets over illegal operations. Dr. James Tamale who heads regions at the NDA says that apart from operating without licenses and being run by unqualified individuals, many of the medicines that they …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 900 residents of Tee-Ladwong village in Patiko Sub County, Gulu District are in dire need of clean and safe water. Several water sources especially shallow wells and spring wells in the area have either dried up due to the dry season or contaminated by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts are worried that the reopening of educational institutions for non-candidate might trigger a surge in COVID-19 cases if schools do not fully adhere to the required Standard Operating Procedures -SOPs. During the first phase of re-opening, schools were required to put in place …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists, teachers and parents have welcomed a move by the government to end the closure of schools after almost a year of limited activity. The schools were closed in March 2020, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease, an ailment which, according to experts, spreads faster …
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