Ambassador Brown visits vaccination site administering US donated Pfizer vaccine after launching $1.6 million grant to KCCA Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United States Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown has today launched a $1.6 million (nearly UGX 6 billion) grant, representing the first-year of funding of a five-year partnership …
Read More »US commits to supporting epidemiology training
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie Brown, has reaffirmed their commitment towards fostering epidemiology training with the aim of strengthening Uganda’s health systems in response to disease outbreaks. Speaking at the launch of the Field Epidemiology Training Program-FETP in Jinja city on Tuesday, Natalie said …
Read More »TASO centre in Entebbe struggles to offer services amidst inadequate funding
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The AIDS Support Organization-TASO could suspend its operations due to lack of funds. Solomon Lubondo, the TASO Centre Advisory Committee chairperson for Entebbe, says that the entire organization has been affected by reduced donor funding since 2017. TASO has eleven centres including Tororo, Gulu, Jinja …
Read More »Biden administration issues new eviction moratorium amid pressure, COVID-19 surge
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Facing mounting pressure from progressive Democratic lawmakers and the spike of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday issued a new 60-day eviction moratorium to prevent millions of American renters from being forced to leave their homes. The “temporary” moratorium, issued by the …
Read More »Now, US faces COVID-19 pandemic of the unvaccinated
London, UK | Xinhua | The United States is facing “the pandemic of the unvaccinated” amid a national surge of new COVID-19 infections, according to a report published in The Guardian. At least 99 percent of those in the United States who died of COVID-19 in the last six months …
Read More »MASKS: California schools insist of SOPs despite CDC new guidelines
Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said Friday that the most populous U.S. state will continue to require that masks be worn in school settings in the coming new term. The CDPH announced this decision hours after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …
Read More »Fauci warns Delta variant on track to become dominant coronavirus strain
Washington, US | XINHUA | Experts are concerned that the Delta variant is on track to become the dominant strain of coronavirus in the United States. The Delta variant, known by the scientific name B.1.617.2, has spread from where it was first discovered in India to over 60 countries, according …
Read More »Museveni’s hostility towards Umeme
How the president’s criticism of the electricity distributor is likely to undermine investor confidence in Uganda THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | President Yoweri Museveni recently repeated his claim that officials of the government of Uganda who negotiated the Umeme concession sold the country. It is a …
Read More »Yoweri K. Museveni: The 40 year stretch
Supporters, critics, analysts speak out on the next five years Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On May 12 President Yoweri Museveni raised the Bible in his right hand to take the presidential oath for the seventh time. While giving his inauguration speech to a crowd of an estimated …
Read More »Africa CDC says 9 African countries report more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that nine African countries have reported more than 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) Commission, said on Sunday that South Africa is …
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