Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliamentary Commissioner and Nyendo – Mukungwe Member of Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has called on government to plan for mental health services in all its departments and agencies. Mpuuga said the same efforts should eventually be spread to the private sector just as it is in …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of subjects across the Buganda Kingdom have participated in the run to mark the momentous 69th birthday of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi 11. At Lubiri, Mengo the thousands of the runners were flagged off by Princess Agnes Nnaalinya Nabaloga on behalf of Kabaka Mutebi. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker, Anita Among on Tuesday, 02 April 2024 led a delegation comprising of Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa and Members of Parliament to Bulange, Mengo to support the upcoming Kabaka Birthday Run. This year’s Kabaka Birthday Run, slated for Sunday, 07 April 2024 is hinged …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima has urged countries including Uganda to protect women’s rights to protect their health. She further calls on leaders to fight all forms of gender-based violence if women and girls are to be protected against HIV/AIDS. “This risk is heightened for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An evaluation exercise has found that quite a few Ugandans have accessed and used the free HIV self-testing kits offered by the government. The test kits dubbed Oraquick were introduced by the Ministry of Health as part of the wider HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention efforts. …
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Among people living with HIV the worst viral loads are found among young people Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) is spearheading a transformative initiative to improve viral load suppression among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS (ALHIV) in East Africa. People with HIV should take antiretroviral …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for the Presidency, Hon. Babirye Milly Babalanda received an award from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for her contribution towards the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The medal was presented to the Minister by the UNAIDS Executive Director, Ms. Winnie …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations advocating for the rights of people living with HIV have urged the government to embrace technologies that could help improve access to Antiretroviral Therapies for people living with HIV. While 90 percent of the 1.3 million adult Ugandans living with HIV are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, says Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director of UNAIDS. Byanyima observes that criminalizing laws chase people away from life-saving treatment and need to be removed. This was part of …
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American-sponsored projects targets Lake Victoria’s fisherfolk Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | A new HIV/AIDS prevention programme targeting Lake Victoria fisher folk in Mukono and Buikwe districts will be launched this month. Known as STAR-C (Strengthening the HIV/AIDS Response in Central Uganda), the project will be run by Kampala-based Naguru Teenage …
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