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Paris, France | AFP | The ICC’s failure to try top Kenyan leaders for crimes against humanity in the country’s worst violence since independence spells “doom” for global efforts to fight impunity, former Kenyan leader Raila Odinga told AFP. Despite this setback, African countries must not quit the International Criminal …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | When she was being tortured under Brazil’s military dictatorship, Dilma Rousseff could never have imagined becoming the country’s first female president. But four decades on from those dark days in 1970, when Rousseff belonged to a violent Marxist underground group, she did indeed …

Cancer prevalence in Uganda is growing rapidly. It currently stands at between 80,000 and 100,000 with cervical cancer, the commonest in addition to Kaposi’s sarcoma, breast and prostate cancers. Outside of the scary statistics, there is a side of cancer that doctors in Uganda do not have tools to fix. …

By Flavia Nassaka New viral load tests for HIV pile pressure on national laboratories The fight against new and emerging diseases and the emphasis placed on surveillance and testing before treatment are piling pressure on Uganda’s laboratory services. At the centre of this fight is the Central Public Health Laboratories …

By Ian Katusiime How a slogan can shape a company’s image Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Basing on …

By Ian Katusiime New schools strive to offer quality education at minimal fees In Nabaziza, Kyengera about 9kms from central Kampala, 205 pupils from the community are attending school in newly built structures. Their teachers are dressed in lime green T-shirts and black pants and refer to their notes on …

12 years ago, Evelyn Zalwango and her partners started Awaka Furniture Ltd from the confines of their home. The business was started out of individual needs for quality and customized furniture, which was not easy to come by in Uganda. Five years later, she became the sole proprietor of the …

By Flavia Nassaka Health workers say continued use of discontinued malaria drug is because of limited supplies. But that is only part of the story. Quinine can be a troublesome drug. Maria Nalubega, a senior nursing officer, is quite familiar with that. She still uses the discontinued drug to treat …

By Flavia Nassaka Uganda’s only pediatric oncologist speaks out on her challenges and how the clinic could turn around treatment Barely five minutes into the interview, Dr.  Joyce Balagadde Kambugu checks her watch.  It’s 5pm when most office workers’ retire but she has another appointment in the next couple of …

By the Indepenent Team There have been reports lately that sound an awful lot like pseudoscience: that fasting for an extended time, two days or longer, can reset your immune system and provide other health benefits. Your friends and colleagues could be announcing that they are going on a 3-day …