Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | C-Care Uganda, the leading provider of premium healthcare services, has unveiled its latest innovation: a state-of-the-art 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner at its flagship facility, C-Care IHK. This milestone marks a new era in diagnostic imaging, enabling precise, non-invasive, and fast medical …
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New report says alcohol should carry cancer risk warning label ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Just one alcoholic drink a day is linked to a wide range of negative health effects, according to a new report released Jan.14 by the American government. The findings, which apply to both men …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District has confirmed its first case of cholera after a 21-year-old male resident of Pager Division in Kitgum Municipality tested positive for the disease. Titus Komakech, Kitgum’s surveillance focal point person, revealed that the patient was isolated at Kitgum General Hospital last week following …
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Better ways to define obesity emerge ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | For years, the method physicians have used to determine whether a person has obesity is to calculate their BMI — or body mass index. BMI is a quick and inexpensive estimate based on weight and height. But BMI doesn’t provide adequate …
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President Donald J. Trump: From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. We will stand bravely. We will live proudly. We will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way Washington, US | AGENCIES | US President Donald Trump signed …
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Dodoma, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that health officials have identified a positive case of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Biharamuro District, located in the northern Kagera Region close to Uganda. The Tanzania President made the revelation today in a press briefing with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has classified five districts in Uganda including Rakai, Kyotera, Isingiro, Kalangala and Ntungamo as high risk following an alert from the World Health Organisation of a suspected Marburg outbreak in neighbouring Tanzania. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said they …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has trained 2,702 teachers from 1,440 schools in high-risk districts to strengthen school health systems and help contain the spread of the Mpox disease among school children. Speaking to journalists on Friday at the Media Center, the Minister of Health …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The number of cholera cases in Uganda has risen to 67 since the disease outbreak was announced in the northern part of the country on Jan. 7, the Ministry of Health said Friday. Daniel Kyabayinze, director of public health at the Ministry of Health, told …
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Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and Kyotera District Health authorities are intensifying surveillance operations at Mutukula border-post, and other entry points following an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Tanzania. The outbreak was traced in Kagera Region, particularly the two districts of Biharamulo and Muleba. MVD is a severe …
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