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Emory College graduate Tuan Vinh to study genomics, predictive modeling as NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholar
Emory University
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Tuan Vinh, who graduated with highest honors from Emory College of Arts and Sciences this spring, for its Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program. Vinh is one of only nine students admitted to...
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust is 30 - and just look at what it has achieved
Cambridge Independent
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July 4, 2025
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust is 30 years old - and to celebrate, we’ve been looking back at some of the many projects the charity has funded at Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals in Cambridge with the £150million it has raised in that time. A...
Dr. Lillian Tamale’s AI Discovery at Victoria University Advances TB Detection
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 4, 2025
By David Mwanje KAMPALA— A new study from Victoria University in Uganda, led by Dr. Lillian Tamale, has found a better way to detect tuberculosis (TB) using a simple artificial intelligence (AI) tool called VGG16. This tool can spot TB in chest...
The care work of the courtroom: How women lawyers are fighting to keep immigrants safe
The 19th News
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July 10, 2025
At 4 a.m. on December 31, Jocelyn Cazares Willingham sat in her parents’ home in Los Angeles, working to finalize a request to release one of her clients from immigration detention, where he had been held since August. She understood that his...
NRM suspends joint campaigns in Sembabule, Bundibugyo, and Rwampara
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson Dr Tanga Odoi. KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has suspended joint campaign activities in Sembabule, Bundibugyo, and Rwampara districts,...
1,524 graduate from UCU
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
Joel Ssenyonyi Besekezi among the graduates at UCU Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University (UCU) has held its 26th Graduation ceremony. The event took place on Friday at the university’s main campus in Mukono. Among the...
Understanding international travelers’ intentions to adopt protective behaviors against malaria during staying abroad: insights from a study of Chinese international travelers
Globalization and Health
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July 4, 2025
Cotter C, Sturrock HJW, Hsiang MS, Liu J, Phillips AA, Hwang J, Gueye CS, Fullman N, Gosling RD, Feachem RGA. The changing epidemiology of malaria elimination: new strategies for new challenges. Lancet. 2013;382(9895):900–11. Article PubMed...
Edirisa Nyombi: Final farewell to football legend
Observer
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July 12, 2025
Kassanda was brought to a standstill when the remains of football legend Edirisa Nyombi were laid to rest at his ancestral ground in Kasekere, outskirts of Kassanda town council. Nyombi, aged 78, a former footballer cum-coach died on Wednesday,...
NSSF collects shs1.7 billion as savings on jobs through Hi-Innovator program
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
NSSF Managing Director, Patrick Ayota Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has collected at least 1.7 billion Shillings in savings from new contributors employed through its Hi-Innovator program. This comes...
Don Nasser loses bid to nullify trial over rendition claims
Independent (Uganda)
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July 4, 2025
Don Nasser appearing in court. Kampla, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application by city socialite Nasser Nduhukire, popularly known as Don Nasser, in which he sought to...
Civil Society Urges Gov’t To Regulate Marketing Of Unhealthy Foods To Children
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 1, 2025
By David Mwanje Uganda— In a bold stand against the creeping tide of diet-related diseases, a coalition of civil society organizations SEATINI-Uganda, CEFROHT, CONSENT-Uganda, and FIAN-Uganda has issued a clarion call to revolutionize Uganda’s...
The forgotten lifeline: How music can help reimagine HE
University World News
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GLOBAL In the aftermath of war, displacement and disaster, global humanitarian efforts often focus rightly on shelter, food, health and basic education. But one powerful tool for healing and rebuilding remains strikingly absent from most policy...
Kiteezi Tragedy: Former KCCA ED and Deputy committed to High Court
Independent (Uganda)
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July 4, 2025
Former KCCA ED Dorothy Kisaka at Kasangati Chief Magistrate’s Court. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kasangati Chief Magistrates Court has committed former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka and her...
NARO develops technology to reduce aflatoxins in cereals
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Some of the Aflasafe samples ready for use by interested farmers. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists from the National Agricultural Research Organisation have unveiled Aflasafe, a technology used to reduce aflatoxins in...
Africa's freshwater fish risk extinction, says study
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. A new report released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has raised the alarm over the future of Africa’s freshwater fish, revealing that one in every four species assessed is now threatened with extinction. The report,...
Men and family planning: studies from 23 African countries r...
Modern Ghana
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When people think about family planning in Africa, they often picture women visiting clinics, women making decisions, and women bearing the responsibility. Yet family planning affects both men and women. How is male involvement being studied? Are...
Ibrahim Kizito dared to be great; distractions halted mega career
Observer
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July 4, 2025
Ibrahim Kizito, one of the brightest lights in Ugandan football in the nineties, passed on over the weekend. He succumbed to high blood pressure and diabetes. When Kizito moved to KCCA FC in January, 1992 from Spear Motors, many questioned the...
Housing Finance Bank and partners champion lifesaving blood drive
Independent (Uganda)
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June 25, 2025
John Baptist Kaweesi (in a black shirt), head of mortgage at Housing Finance Bank together with other blood donors during the exercise Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Housing Finance Bank (HFB), in collaboration with Universal M....
Schools call for affordable clean cooking stoves amid environmental concerns
Independent (Uganda)
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June 26, 2025
A man mingling kwon kal using a electric pressure cooker in Lira City. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools and other institutions of learning are advocating for a reduction in the cost of energy-efficient clean cooking stoves as the fight...
Persistent water crisis threatening lives in Amolatar district
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
A woman fetching water from a pond (Courtesy photo) Amolatar, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persistent shortage of clean and safe water is posing a major health risk to communities in Amolatar district. The district faces a deepening water crisis,...