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Tanzania, Uganda regulators ink strategic oil, gas MoUs
Daily News Tanzania
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June 22, 2025
UGANDA: THE Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority (PURA), Zanzibar Petroleum Regulatory Authority (ZPRA) and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to strengthen collaboration in oil and natural gas...
Prevalence, Awareness, and Factors Associated with Hypertension Among Adults in Rural Southwestern Uganda: A Baseline Survey
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
Key Points More than 1 in 4 adults in rural Uganda have hypertension, despite high levels of physical activity (67%) Hypertension awareness and control rates remain below the global targets Our data show that interventions targeting modifiable...
Govt intensifies fight against Non communicable diseases.
Radio One Uganda
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June 23, 2025
23 June 2025 Government says it is intensifying community based screening for hypertension, blood sugar and partial pressures of oxygen testing in a bid to reach the underserved communities. This comes at a time, the latest survey by the ministry...
COMMENT: Anti-Gay debates in Uganda lack an informed scientific dimension
Independent (Uganda)
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June 22, 2025
Homosexuality is Normal: Revisiting Anti-Gay Debates in Uganda COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Over the years, Uganda has witnessed intense and contentious debates about homosexuality. There is no level of society that these debates have not...
Toro Babies Home gets lifeline as well-wishers clear shs10 million medical debt
Independent (Uganda)
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June 22, 2025
Toro Babies Home sign post Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After months of struggling with a UGX 10 million medical debt, Toro Babies Home in Fort Portal City has finally received major relief, thanks to the generosity of well-wishers who...
6,000 Sudanese refugees face passport dilemma in Kampala
Dabanga Radio
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June 21, 2025
Prepared by Sudanile.com for Sudan Media Forum Although identification documents are a fundamental right of every citizen, thousands of Sudanese refugees in Uganda live in a different reality, where the process of obtaining an electronic passport,...
The African Banker Awards 2025: Equity Bank Named Best Regional Bank In East Africa
Red Pepper
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July 15, 2025
Equity Bank has been named Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2025 African Banker Awards held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This prestigious award highlights the Bank’s significant role in deepening financial inclusion, empowering communities,...
All children to get Hepatitis B vaccine at birth
Independent (Uganda)
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July 16, 2025
Dr Ronny Bahatungire at a Press Conference on Monday Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All newly born babies countrywide will soon be subjected to yet another vaccine, after the Ministry of Health announced plans to roll out the hepatitis B jab...
STUDY: 48% of Ugandan children born with heart defects diagnosed late
Independent (Uganda)
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June 21, 2025
Researchers at the dissemination conference Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study by scientists at the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) has found that up to forty eight percent of children with congenital heart disease are diagnosed late,...
MTN Uganda’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care transforms lives in Tooro Kingdom
Independent (Uganda)
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June 21, 2025
MTN Uganda staff led CEO Sylvia Mulinge donates items to Tooro Babies Home in Tooro Kingdom on June.20 as part of 21 Days of Y’ello Care. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda, alongside its partners, has made a lasting impact in Tooro...
Nakalema touts Uganda’s conducive investment climate
Independent (Uganda)
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June 21, 2025
Nakalema, Musenero and staff from the Ministry of Science and Technology at the Science Exhibition. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Head of State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU), Col. Edith Nakalema, has reiterated her...
Aga Khan University Hospital Opens 54th Outreach Medical Centre in Westlands
Capital FM Kenya
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June 20, 2025
NAIROBI, June 20 – The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, has opened its 54th Medical Centre along Rhapta Road in Westlands, further expanding its footprint in the provision of quality healthcare services. The Rhapta Medical Centre will offer...
Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana shine at AYuTe NextGen 2025 Awards in Kampala
Independent (Uganda)
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June 21, 2025
AYuTe NextGen winners Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four dynamic young innovators from Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria have been crowned winners of the 2025 AYuTe NextGen competition, a continental platform for youth-led agricultural technology...
Russia praises Uganda as new BRICS partner
MENAFN
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June 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia has officially welcomed Uganda as a BRICS partner country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday during discussions with Ugandan Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo in Moscow. Lavrov expressed eagerness to...
Housing Finance Bank hosts second business clinic for small businesses
Independent (Uganda)
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June 20, 2025
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Housing Finance Bank proudly hosted the second edition of its Business Clinic series for the year, building on the momentum of the inaugural session that focused on empowering women in business. This latest...
Video of 86-year-old Ugandan lawmaker asking to be re-elected sparks concern
Zambian Observer
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June 20, 2025
Uganda’s 86-year-old Lawmaker, Moses Ali was filmed asking constituents to give him their votes for another term. Moses Ali is a Lieutenant General, Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister. He has been in government for 54 years and is vying for...
The woman raising 98 children with disabilities in Uganda
Al Jazeera
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June 21, 2025
On a humid, late afternoon in November, Edith sits giggling loudly and bantering with two older members of her team during a lull between heavy rain showers. They watch as younger staff members dodge puddles and sweat through a daily aerobics...
The 1% country: Uganda’s contrarian tech play
Techpoint Africa
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June 20, 2025
“We are open for business.” This is what Dr Monica Musenero, Uganda’s Minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation, said to investors at the second edition of the Uganda Investor Summit in Kampala on Thursday, June 19, 2025. This was the...
In Uganda, a tougher bicycle offers hope for better health coverage in rural areas (World)
Castanet Kamloops
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June 20, 2025
Photo: AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda Lucy Abalo, Community Health Extension Worker riding her Buffalo bicycle in Lira, Uganda, May 19, 2025. The bicycle parked in Lucy Abalo’s compound doesn’t belong to her. Any one of the hundreds of people in her...
Aga Khan Hospital expands access with new medical center in Westlands
Switch TV
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June 20, 2025
Nairobi – Aga Khan University Hospital has opened its 54th outreach medical center in Nairobi, strengthening its network of healthcare access points across the region. The new facility is located along Rhapta Road in Westlands and will serve...