Health officials are dealing with a suspected case of coronavirus in Ivory Coast, the country's health ministry has announced. An unnamed student, who returned to the West African country from Beijing on Saturday, is undergoing further tests after showing flu-like symptoms. If confirmed, it will be the first case of
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In a bid to minimize expenditure on imported medicine, increase employment and improve access to quality herbal medicine, traditional health practitioners dealing in complementary medicine from herbs have called on Government through Ministry of Health and other stakeholder to consider partnering with them through the new bill currently in parliament.
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has told BBC that a diet of cassava, Irish potatoes and indigenous vegetables helped him shed 30kg (4 stone). "I am always fit but the doctors pointed out the mistakes and then I decided to shed off," Mr Museveni said. The 75-year-old leader said he had
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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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