Social networking websites can be more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol and can have an overall negative effect on young people’s mental health, says a new report. The study conducted by Royal Society for Public Health in the UK surveyed almost 1,500 young people aged 14 to 24 on how
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The National Drug Authority has urged the public against buying medicines that aren’t translated in English. This comes follows the findings that some imported medicines on the Ugandan market aren’t labelled or translated in English yet it is mandatory. For example, NDA recently found TobraDex that is produced by Alcon
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Geocycle, an international waste management firm has launched in Uganda with the aim of providing a solution to waste management that leaves no residue. Under the Geocycle brand, the LafargeHolcim Group offers waste management services in over 50 countries around the world. “Our promise is to offer a superior solution
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An 18-year-old student has designed a bra that can help in the early detection of breast cancer and has won top prize at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Julian Rios Cantu, a Mexican, said he was inspired by his mother’s battle with the disease which eventually led to both
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This week, more than 138,000 vaccinators will fan out across five African countries in the Lake Chad area in a push to eliminate polio in Africa and rid the world of this terrible disease forever. They will take boats across fast-flowing rivers, ride jeeps along sandy ravines, walk crowded street
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Uganda’s Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed disappointment in Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary (PS) at Ministry of Health, noting that they expected more from her considering her past experience. Kalungu West MP, Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu told off Atwine that she has since taken a soft stance on health officials
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The National Drug Authority (NDA)’s Quality Control Laboratory has received the ISO 17025 Accreditation award for testing of male latex condoms. Uganda is the second country in East and Central Africa to receive the internationally recognized accreditation by the American ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB). Fredrick Ssekyana, NDA Spokesperson
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By Peter Abaanaasazi “Some of us are forced to ease ourselves in the nearby bush due to lack of privacy since we share a pit latrine with boys and teachers,” Joy Kemigisa, a primary six pupil (girl) at Bulera Demonstration Primary School in Hoima Municipality, says. That is the appalling
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As Ugandans are yet to come to terms with the Shs6bn presidential handshake, a new Parliamentary report has unearthed untold corruption acts at Uganda’s Health Ministry. A report by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) indicates that officials in Health Ministry used the Global Funds scandal to hatch a plan
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health is in massive recruitment, Business Focus reveals. About 150 vacancies are available at various regional and district hospitals, Mulago National Referral Hospital and Ministry of Works and Transport - East African Civil Aviation Academy (EACAA) - Soroti. The jobs available include records officers, enrolled nurses, specialists
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