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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Makerere University Lung Institute (MLI) is in the process of expanding to become Uganda’s tertiary center for all lung-related research and care. The latest development comes as Uganda reports an increasing burden of  respiratory infections. Speaking to URN in an interview, Dr. Bruce Kirenga, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Lung Institute (MLI) has announced groundbreaking findings from a clinical trial that could mark a major shift in the treatment of childhood pneumonia across Africa. The study, dubbed PediCAP, reveals that children hospitalized with severe community-acquired pneumonia—a chest infection that develops …