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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,...
Epidemiology and Molecular Drug-Resistance Patterns of Tuberculosis in Non-Elderly Patients in Luoyang, China, 2019-2023
Dove Medical Press
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June 23, 2025
Introduction TB remains a major respiratory infectious disease and persistent public health threat. As of 2022, an estimated 10.6 million new cases of TB (95% UI: 9.9–11.4 million) and around 1.3 million (95% UI: 1.18–1.43 million) TB-related...
NARO set to roll out anti-tick vaccine after 13 years of research
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Mr. Ashiraf Migadde, a consultant with National Agriculture Research Organization-NARO speaking to URN about the NARO vac anti-tick vaccine. speaking to URN about the anti-tick vaccine. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After 13 years...
Men and family planning: studies from 23 African countries reveal gaps in what we know
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
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...
The search for magic bullet for a non-violent election
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Archbishop Kaziimba and Imam Kasozi (centre) called for political tolerance Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the country prepares for next year’s general elections, there have been calls for early prevention and detection to curb violence....
How climate change is creating refugees across the world
The Indian Express
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July 10, 2025
As the global attention remains focussed on the ‘human tragedies’ unfolding in Ukraine and Gaza, another crisis brews quietly on the margins – climate-induced displacement. The number of people displaced not by war or conflict, but by a planet in...
DOD Has Running Start on Biosurveillance Strategy
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 08.21.2012 Courtesy Story The White House has issued the first U.S. National Strategy for Biosurveillance to quickly detect a range of global health and security hazards, and the Defense Department has a running start in...
Is Zohran New York’s red awakening?
The Sun Daily
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July 5, 2025
THE cry echoes up and down New York City’s crowded streets. Out of nowhere has emerged a malevolent Muslim candidate for mayor named Zohran Mamdani. He is 33-years-old and born in Uganda – a country that was also home to the late Idi Amin. To many...
Sables ready to make history at Africa Cup
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe Sables THE Zimbabwe Sables are on the cusp of making history as they prepare to defend their title at the upcoming Rugby Africa Cup 2025 in Uganda. With the sole automatic qualification ticket to the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia on...
Byanyima warns of dire consequences of HIV/AIDS funding cuts
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Winnie Byanyima at FFD4Sevilla Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima has warned of the dire consequences of aid cuts to HIV/AIDS by President Donald Trump. She says a pandemic that has been on decline could...
Protect your child online
Observer
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July 4, 2025
Cyberbullying in video games is complicated for Ugandan parents, because it primarily afflicts individuals in digital spaces. You can’t convince a Ugandan parent that cyberbullying in video games is a problem when their child can simply close the...
Run for Your Life! The Muslims Are Coming!
The Free Press
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July 5, 2025
The cry echoes up and down New York City’s crowded streets. Out of nowhere has emerged a malevolent Muslim candidate for mayor named Zohran Mamdani. He’s 33 years old and born in Uganda to Indian parents. Uganda was also home of the late Idi Amin....
Most Wanted Malware Global Threat Index
Business Ghana
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Cybercriminals escalate tactics with AsyncRAT's sophisticated campaign, while FakeUpdates continues to be the most widespread malware targeting organisations Johannesburg– July 10th, 2025 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a...
UBOS gives out over 5,000 tablets to universities, cultural institutions
Independent (Uganda)
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July 2, 2025
Officials at the tablets hand over function pose for a photo. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has distributed 5,195 digital tablets to public universities and cultural institutions across the...
Young agritech innovators shine at regional contest
The Citizen
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Kampala. Four young agricultural technology (agritech) entrepreneurs have emerged as winners of the Africa Youth Technology (AYuTe) NextGen 2025 competition, following three days of presentations, open dialogue and innovative showcases in the...
Strathmore University’s cafeteria: where food meets values
Observer
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July 4, 2025
Not to take anything away from the fine institutions back home, but Uganda’s universities could certainly learn a lesson or two from Kenya’s Strathmore University, especially when it comes to how a campus cafeteria should be run. At first glance,...
Indian PM Modi delivers 17 addresses in foreign parliaments, equals combined total of all Congress PMs
Times of Oman
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Windhoek [Namibia]: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received a standing ovation and non-stop applause from lawmakers after his address at the Parliament of Namibia. This marked PM Modi's 17th address in a foreign nation’s...
What is Type 5 Diabetes?
Rediff
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'Everyone with low BMI will not get Type 5 diabetes.' Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels.com A recent news report caught the attention of the world -- Type...