Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua has arrested a woman identified as Betty Adakuru for allegedly offering her 3-year-old child to a businesswoman after borrowing sh300,000. According to police, the suspect reportedly borrowed the money from Christine Lekuru, a resident of Kirabucell, in Arua Central Division to …
Read More »Breastfeeding link to COVID-19 is negligible- WHO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The risk of COVID-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible and has never been documented, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a call for greater support for the practice even as the world is facing the worst pandemic of all time. Dr Laurence …
Read More »Research shows possible transmission of coronavirus from mother to child
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coronavirus has multiple possible routes of transmission including from mother to the baby while still in the womb, researchers have established. In a study whose results were published in the global science journal – JAMA on Thursday evening, researchers at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University …
Read More »Halima Namakula; singer, mother, humanitarian
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES. E. NANTABA | Halima Namakula made her mark on Uganda’s music industry close to two decades ago by turning a nursery rhyme into a well composed and danceable tune. `Ekimbeewo’ was her first and break through hit which launched her into the music industry. But going professional at …
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