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Delegates from Sierra Leone and Guinea are in Uganda to gain more experience on how to combat and respond to disease outbreaks. They have shown interest in recruiting Ugandans to help build capacity. Guinea has battled Ebola in the last two years and plans to manage epidemic outbreaks in future …

Over 170 participants from 26 countries are in Kampala June 20-23 for the Kampala Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) symposium 2016. It is the sixth sustainability forum of its kind, and the first to be held on the African continent. WASH Sustainability forums bring together hundreds of experts, government representatives, …

Paris, France | AFP | Only pregnant women and people planning a family need fear Zika, disease experts said Wednesday after golfer Rory McIlroy became the latest athlete to withdraw from the Olympics over virus fears. The mosquito-borne virus, which can also be transmitted via sex, is thought to cause …

DR ACENG: New Minister of Health is a thoroughbred technocrat. Will that help her fix a sector that politicians almost killed? Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the new minister of Health, is very authoritative – in a soft spoken way. So it is easy to guess that she will want to …

New Minister of Health is a thoroughbred technocrat. Will that help her fix a sector that politicians almost killed? Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the new minister of Health, is very authoritative – in a soft spoken way. So it is easy to guess that she will want to fix a …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | There is a “very low risk” of the Zika virus spreading further internationally as a result of the Olympic Games in Brazil, the World Health Organization’s emergency committee on the disease said Tuesday. The statement came as worry mounted that the mosquito-borne virus, which has …

Will institutionalising nursery school education overturn the appalling learning deficit? It’s about 6:30 pm. Most workers are heading home after a long day; not yet for the three men working at this construction site at Lusanja inWakiso District.As they carry bricks and piles of concrete with an obvious gait in …

Ailing health sector: Sector gets increment but worries over heavy dependence on donors persist Every time the budget is presented, citizens take a hard look at the allocation to the health sector. This year, the government has unveiled an ambitious budget of Shs26trillion of which Shs1,826.49bn is going to the …

Health sector gets increment but worries over heavy dependence on donors persist Every time the budget is presented, citizens take a hard look at the allocation to the health sector. This year, the government has unveiled an ambitious budget of Shs26trillion of which Shs1,826.49bn is going to the health sector …

The Uganda Health Monitoring Unit on June 4 and 6 captured six people in Iganga district involved in selling mosquito nets meant for free distribution. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, the operation was initiated after it was discovered that government had lost several nets. The nets, after …