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Kampala, Uganda | URN | African scientists are urging governments across the continent to take greater ownership of HIV cure research, saying Africa must move beyond serving as a testing ground for scientific breakthroughs and become a global leader in developing an HIV cure. The call was made during the 2026 …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Under Washington’s “America First Global Health Strategy,” seven American aid workers entered a U.S. isolation facility in central Kenya in mid-July, defying weeks of local protests and Kenyan High Court orders to halt the work. The strategy aims to rebuild U.S. global health assistance around …

  Uganda says modern outbreak science has changed what investigators can know. Is it time to rethink the 42-day rule?   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | When Uganda’s Ministry of Health announced on July 28, 2026, that the country had declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, something unusual …

  The continent receives less than one percent of global clean air investment, a gap experts say must be urgently addressed   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has no shortage of evidence that polluted air is harming people’s health, slowing economic growth and placing an increasing burden on cities …

KIGALI | Xinhua |  The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) announced Sunday that it has shut down eight liquor factories “in the interest of public health,” as the government intensifies efforts to curb alcohol abuse, particularly among young people. In a notice addressed to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and …

SPECIAL REPORT  | URN | A sub-study of the landmark clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug, Lenacapavir, has found that it provides 100 percent protection against HIV infection among pregnant and breastfeeding women using it as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The Phase 3 …

  Inside the far-right networks and digital radicalization – the exact ecosystem where these conspiracy theories have taken root and spread   COMMENT | ART JIPSON | Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee more than 100 times on July 29, 2026. …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Experts have urged those who already received their first injection of the twice-yearly HIV preventing drug Lenacapavir to consider using combination prevention options, warning that the game changer injection is not a vaccine. The initial recipients of the drug that has since had a lot …

  Besigye collapses in court as he protests Judge Baguma decision for Trial to Proceed After Courtroom Outburst Over Legal Representation   Kampala, Uganda | URN & THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Kizza Besigye has been rushed to hospital after he collapsed this afternoon in court. Reports indicate he was rushed to …

  The continental bid to make more of its own vaccines is moving from ambition to production   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has set itself an ambitious deadline of eliminating cholera by 2030. But behind that goal sits a more fundamental question about the continent’s ability to protect …