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Excess salt consumption is a known risk factor for developing high blood pressure ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | New research indicates that using salt substitutes – flavourful food additives with less sodium – instead of table salt could help reduce the risk of high blood pressure. An article published Feb.12 in the …

Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Predominantly a sugarcane growing community, Luuka sits East of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Nearly all families in neighbouring communities generate income from sugarcane growing, including children and adolescents who work as labourers. This and various other factors have led to increased school dropout rates in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The enactment of human organ donation and transplant law and the first-ever kidney transplant at Mulago has drawn mixed reactions. For patients waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, the new law and the commencement of kidney transplants in Uganda raise hope. However, the living organ …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reach A Hand Uganda has initiated a fundraising drive to procure 20,000 pads for girls in the Busoga region. The drive was triggered by the fact that menstruation is an entry point for most of the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) issues …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | European tourists have undertaken the construction of a modern orthopedic ward at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. The 64-bed capacity ward is 80% complete and is set to be commissioned within the next two months. Valued at Shillings 900 million, the ward aims to alleviate congestion …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District veterinary department has confirmed an outbreak of black quarter, an infectious and fatal bacterial livestock disease. The disease was first reported by livestock farmers and local leaders over the weekend in the villages of Patalira, Kal, and Pawel Angany all in Patiko Sub- …

This all has serious implications for human health, as people catch and eat the fish Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nile is one of the world’s most famous rivers. It’s also Africa’s most important freshwater system. About 300 million people live in the 11 countries it flows through. Many …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have tasked the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to avail a supplementary request of Shs10 billion to the National Drug Authority (NDA) to facilitate the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services to carry out blood donation activities. Members of Parliament (MPs) were responding to …

Mbarara , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Foot and Mouth Disease taskforce has partially lifted the Foot and Mouth disease quarantine two weeks after it was instituted to contain the outbreak. The Commissioner of Animal Health Dr Rose Anna Ademun imposed a total livestock quarantine on Mbarara City …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Amuru district have scaled up the mandatory screening of travelers entering Uganda through the Elegu border point from South Sudan over the outbreak of Cholera. This comes after four Sudanese asylum seekers who had crossed into the country through the …