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Iredell Health System welcomes inaugural class of internal medicine residents
North Iredell News - North Carolina
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July 1, 2025
Iredell Health System has announced the arrival of its first class of internal medicine residents. The program, approved for 21 residents over three years, will have each class consist of seven individuals. These residents began their clinical...
17 Charged with Terrorism for Vandalizing Uganda’s Power Grid
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 2, 2025
By David Mwanje KAMPALA– Seventeen suspects, including Joseph Ssemanda, Emmanuel Kato, and Yasin Mutyaba, have been charged with terrorism in Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court for vandalizing electricity infrastructure across Uganda. The attacks,...
From Uganda to Michigan: Ernest Hausmann’s journey of football, faith, and giving back
Maize n Brew - Michigan
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July 2, 2025
On a cold, snowy January day in Columbus, Nebraska, 5-year-old Ernest Hausmann stepped onto U.S. soil for the very first time. He had just left Uganda for a better life in the United States. His arrival in America marked the end of a long and...
Anne Merriman, ‘mother of palliative care’ in Uganda, dies at 90
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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For Dr. Merriman, a former nun who would go on to expand palliative care in the developing world -- introducing a replicable, culturally flexible model of hospice to Africa, treating nearly 40,000 patients and training some 10,000 medical...
Uganda embraces BRICS for new breath of economic options
Daily News Tanzania
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July 2, 2025
UGANDA: Uganda’s recent acquisition of partner state status within the BRICS framework, a bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, marks a significant shift in its foreign policy and economic alignment. Historically reliant...
Five Feared Dead In Ugandan Military Helicopter Crash In Somalia
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kampala/Mogadishu, July 2 (IANS) The Ugandan military said Wednesday that one of its helicopters crashed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, with five of the eight people on board feared dead. Felix Kulayigye, spokesperson for the...
Ugandan Military Helicopter Crashes In Somalia, Casualty Figure Unknown
TVC News Nigeria
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July 2, 2025
A Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board crashed and caught fire at the main international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a Ugandan army spokesman has announced. Three people escaped with burns but the other five were...
5 killed, 6 injured in Ugandan military helicopter crash in Somalia
Xinhua News Agency
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KAMPALA/MOGADISHU, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and six others injured when a Ugandan military helicopter crashed Wednesday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, according to a statement issued by the Ugandan military. The statement...
Uganda’s End-of-Life Care Pioneer’s Legacy Continues
News Central TV
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July 2, 2025
In a modest home in Uganda’s capital, Jane Mwesige, a nurse from a hospice that has revolutionised end-of-life care in Africa, sings a gospel song with her patient, Jonathan Luzige. These home visits, which blend affordable medical treatment with...
Ugandan military helicopter catches fire in deadly Somalia crash
BBC
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July 2, 2025
A Ugandan military helicopter crashed and caught fire at the main international airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing five people on board. The pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer survived with "serious injuries and severe burns",...
Innovation Week opens with strong calls for solutions to health sector challenges, regional collaboration
Capital Radio Malawi
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July 2, 2025
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome (MLW) research programme has expressed optimism that this year’s Innovation Week will generate practical solutions to address some of the long-standing challenges facing Malawi’s health sector. The three-day event,...
Global AIDS Healthcare Foundation gains financial transparency to save lives
CIO
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July 2, 2025
Breakthroughs in HIV/AIDS treatments have enabled most HIV-infected patients with good healthcare to live full lives. This leads many people who live in developed countries to assume that AIDS is under control. Not so. HIV/AIDS is decimating...
EU and WFP enhance self-reliance and food security for refugees and host communities in Uganda
World Food Programme
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KAMPALA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 5 million from the European Union (EU) to support income-generating activities to enhance self-reliance and food security for refugees and host communities...
Namibia names quad for crucial Rugby Africa Cup campaign in Uganda
New Era
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Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) president Petri Theron yesterday announced a 28-man squad along with 10 technical staff members who will represent the country at the upcoming Rugby Africa Cup, scheduled to take place in Uganda from 8 to 19 July. The...
Maj Gen Damulira on spot over Kampala violence by NRM gangs
Independent (Uganda)
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July 2, 2025
Crime Intelligence director, Brig Chris Damulira Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Chris Damulira, the Police Director of Crime Intelligence, has come under scrutiny following the circulation of videos showing gangs donning NRM T-shirts...
Legacy of Uganda's end-of-life 'grandmother' lives on
Modern Ghana
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In a small home in Uganda's capital, Jane Mwesige, a nurse with a hospice that has transformed African end-of-life care, breaks into a gospel song about surrendering to God, a favourite of her patient Jonathan Luzige. These home visits, combining...
Uganda imports Chinese hybrid goats to boost livestock industry
The Malaysian Star
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July 1, 2025
ENTEBBE, Uganda, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Nine Chinese hybrid goats, also known as Jianzhou big-eared goats, have arrived in Uganda as the East African country seeks to boost its goat meat production and livestock industry. The goats -- three males and...
Uganda Charts New Path for Reproductive Agency Amid Global Fertility Decline
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 1, 2025
By David Mwanje KAMPALA- The 2025 State of the World Population Report, unveiled at the Uganda Media Centre, redefines the global demographic challenge under the theme “The Real Fertility Crisis: The Pursuit of Reproductive Agency in a Changing...
Ugandan opposition MP abducted and tortured ahead of elections
Modern Ghana
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Barnabas Tinkasiimire, a Ugandan member of parliament critical of President Yoweri Museveni, was abducted over the weekend and apparently tortured before his release, a member of the law society said on Monday. Uganda has seen increased pressure...
How a Tajik woman became a clinical psychologist in the Netherlands—and dreams of helping her homeland
Asia Plus
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When Angubin Mahmadrasul moved from Tajikistan to the Netherlands at just nine years old, few could have predicted the remarkable journey ahead. Today, she is a clinical psychologist working in one of the Netherlands’ top medical institutions....