By Richard Byarugaba From this Monday, 13th to Friday 17th January 2020, your Fund, National Social Security Fund (NSSF), working with Ministry of Health and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) will yet again run the NSSF Blood Donation Drive campaign. This will be the 9th NSSF Blood Drive for
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The number of people killed by a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 6,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The WHO says the epidemic is the world's largest and fastest moving. Around 310,000 suspected measles cases have been reported since the start of 2019,
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Preliminary results from both the Uganda Virus Research Institute and the World Health Organization have ruled out the measles/Rubella Vaccine as the cause of death for a young boy who died after the Mass Vaccination held in October. The five-year-old boy was among millions of children who were immunized
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They’re one of the deadliest animals in the world, but mosquitoes could soon be wiped out - thanks to one man’s farts . Joe Rwamirama, 48, from Kampala, Uganda claims that his farts can kill mosquitoes up to six metres away, and that he’s been hired by a manufacturing company to help develop a
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The Government of Uganda is in final stages of legalizing marijuana growing for mainly medical purposes. It is understood that Cabinet has set up a subcommittee to inquiry into a proposal of legalizing cannabis growing in the East African country. According to State Minister of Health for General Duties, Sarah
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Singer Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool has received US$398,344 (Shs1.47bn) grant from Stop TB Partnership's TB REACH initiative to fight the deadly disease in Uganda. He received the Cheque at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam. The TB REACH initiative is funded by the Government of Canada
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National Health Insurance scheme Bill 2019 should include cancer treatment, the Uganda Cancer Control Community has proposed to Parliament. While appearing before the Parliamentary Health Committee today to present their views on National Health Insurance Scheme Bill 2019 that was recently tabled by Government, Paul Ebusu, the Executive Director of
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Workers exposed to pesticides at a UK-funded firm in the Democratic Republic of Congo have complained of becoming impotent, a rights group has said. Feronia, which dominates DR Congo's palm-oil sector, had failed to give workers adequate protective equipment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The UK government's development bank, CDC,
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Measles has killed nearly 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, authorities said, after the disease spread to all the provinces in the country. Close to a quarter of a million people have been infected this year alone. The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the
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By Dr. Kirunji Arthur Last week, the media was awash with a headline that took many by surprise; "MINISTRY OF HEALTH PS ATWINE ARRESTED FOR MISUSE OF SHS6BN". To many who know Dr. Diana and her committed and unwavering stand against corruption, this was a big shock. To me as
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