Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of the country’s latest Ebola epidemic on Wednesday, after the outbreak in the past five months had killed 55 people. “I am happy to solemnly declare the end of the 11th epidemic of the Ebola virus in Equateur …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of health has partnered with Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC to promote health and disease prevention. Speaking at the National Health Symposium with a delegation of officials from UMSC led by the Mufti Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje at the Health Ministry headquarters, Dr. Tabley Bakyaita, …
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Mainz, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | Drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech have conclude Phase 3 Study of their COVID-19 Vaccine candidate BNT162b2 , whose primary efficacy analysis demonstrates it to be 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose. According to a statement, efficacy was consistent across …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started investigations of the source of COVID-19 infections in schools following a number of cases reported in Masaka and Gulu districts. The development comes after 45 students from several educational institutions reportedly tested positive for the virus in Masaka …
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Marking November 19, 2020 with action COMMENT | Allan Nkurunziza | On July 24th , 2013, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously voted to designate 19th November as World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day celebrates the importance of toilets in our daily hygiene and raises awareness of the close to 2.4 billion people …
Read More »Kampala,, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mulago Women and Neonatal Unit recorded an increase in the number of mothers giving birth to premature babies at the height of the lockdown and just after they started to partially lift it. The unit that houses the country’s biggest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of 20 specialists at Mulago National Specialized hospital have successfully separated 11 months old Siamese twins. Dr Philis Khisa, one of the doctors involved in the operation said that the process started last week with an investigation technically known as scoping where they …
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Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people with COVID-19 in Kabarole has increased to 23, leaving the district task force with no option other than resorting to home-based management. Brian Kisembo, the COVID-19 Incident Manager in Kabarole, says that so far, five of the cases are admitted at …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations in the Acholi sub-region have formed a joint coalition to combat teenage pregnancies, child marriages and other forms of child abuses. The 15-member coalition of non-profit making organizations includes AVSI Foundation in Uganda and Gulu Women Economic Development & Globalization (GWED-G) among others. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation has launched a new global initiative to eliminate cervical cancer. It calls for 90 per cent of all girls to be vaccinated by the age of 15 and 70 per cent of women to be screened for the disease at least …
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