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Gov’t asked to establish regional cancer registries

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has been tasked to establish Cancer Registries in all the regions across Uganda. Currently, there are only two registries in Uganda in Kampala and Gulu Cancer registries. For Kampala Registry, it only covers Kyadondo County while Gulu Registry covers Gulu, Amuru, Nwoya, and …

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27,000 can’t access cancer treatment in Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 27,000 people in the country do not access cancer treatment in Uganda. This is according the Uganda Cancer Institute. According to doctors at the cancer institute, the number of patients that receive treatment at the facility is much lower than the number that does …

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Uganda heart institute to get own home

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Uganda Heart Institute-UHI’s own home will start in the next financial year. Construction and furnishing of the facility has been budgeted to cost 259 billion shillings which will be realised by the government and foreign funding. The institute has occupied the fourth …

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UCI seeks sh284 billion to set up East African referral

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposed East African Centre of Excellence to be set up in Uganda will only come into reality after the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) secures at least Shillings 284 billion. The East African Health Sectoral Council resolved in 2015 in Arusha, Tanzania that the …

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CANCER: UCI trains 32 nurses in Busoga

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) has concluded a two-week training in cancer screening and protection at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital for 32 nurses in Busoga region. While handing over certificates to the nurses, Dr. Noleb Mugisha, the head of the Comprehensive Community Cancer program, …

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Bishop Bamwoze’s legacy lives on

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Dozens dashed to Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI following news of the passing of Rt. Rev. Cyprian Bamwoze, the former Bishop of Busoga Diocese. The 86-year-old retired Bishop succumbed to Leukemia after being hospitalized for almost six months. Our reporter found inconsolable mourners including both serving …

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Museveni hosts IAEA boss, makes case for nuclear energy

Atomic Energy boss in Uganda for Cancer Machine launch Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano has met President Yoweri Museveni and discussed nuclear cooperation with Uganda. Amano is in Uganda ahead of the official commissioning on Friday of the Cobalt …

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The growing burden of cancer in Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) impose a heavy burden on the Ugandan population specifically the rise in the number of new Cancer cases. Cancer is one of the most common NCDs in Uganda caused by different risk factors. Annually, over 5,000 cases are registered at the …

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Radiotherapy machine finally arrives at UCI Mulago

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After over a year of waiting, the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) will be able to resume radiotherapy services in the country in October. This follows the long awaited arrival of a radiotherapy machine at the institute at Mulago, on Thursday. Reports of a supposed delay “because of …

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