At least 2,000 residents on Buvuma Island, the largest island on the chain, have received 430 water filters from SPOUTS of Water, a social enterprise that produces the Purifaaya Ceramic Water filters. Buvuma Island has one of the highest incidents of water-borne diseases like Bilharzia and typhoid because of poor
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The National Drug Authority (NDA) has spoken out on the 12% verification fees charged on selected imported medicines that are also locally produced in Uganda. This follows speculation and misinformation that the 12% fees were applicable to all imported medicines. According to Fredrick Ssekyana, the NDA spokesperson, the 12% fee
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Researchers in the United States say a trial in which American teenagers used a vaginal ring to prevent HIV infection has proved successful. A further such study will now be run with teenagers in Africa, the BBC reports. The girls used a flexible plastic ring, embedded with anti-retroviral drugs, which
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Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used to be one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. A report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) showed deaths had fallen from a peak of 1.9 million
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Pregnant women in Uganda who have urinary tract infection symptoms are wrongly consuming antibiotics prescribed without laboratory confirmation, a study carried out by the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Makerere University shows. The study, aimed at finding out the accuracy of UTI diagnosis, assessed 2,562 women from four groups.
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A vaccine has for the first time been shown to protect against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, scientists in New Zealand say. There are fears gonorrhoea is becoming untreatable as antibiotics fail, the BBC reported. The World Health Organization sees developing a vaccine as vital in stopping the global spread
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Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much harder to treat, and in some cases impossible. The sexually transmitted infection is rapidly developing resistance
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Ejaculation may also help to reduce prostate inflammation, which is a known cause of the cancer. Ejaculating at least 21 times a month significantly reduces a man's risk of prostate cancer, new research reveals. This is compared to those who release just four-to-seven times every four weeks, a Harvard University
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African heads of state have endorsed two major new initiatives to help end AIDS by 2030. The community health workers initiative aims to recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers across Africa by 2020. The western and central Africa catch-up plan aims to rapidly accelerate access to HIV
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The Radiotherapy Machine used by Cancer patients will be ready for use in November this year, officials have said. This revelation is contained in a statement tabled on the floor of Parliament last week by Joyce Moriku, the State Minister for Primary Health Care. It is worth noting that since
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