Stories :: User: Flavia Nassaka :: Accepted date: December 2022

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• Oledo Used Medical Students, not Doctors to Praise Museveni- Medical Association says

  5 Dec 2022, 12:49 Comments 185 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Dr Herbert Luswata, the General Secretary of the association said on Monday that the president didn’t act as a member of the association but rather as a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement party. He says while the president claimed he was speaking on behalf of doctors, he had only gathered medical students who he lured into escorting him to the event masquerading as doctors.

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• UNDP Formally Involves Cultural, Religious Leaders in Efforts to Curb Ebola Transmission

  2 Dec 2022, 17:20 Comments 199 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  This move that comes at a time when Uganda has no active case of Ebola admitted in any treatment facility across the country. Else Attafuah, the UNDP Uganda Representative says this is meant to keep the country on guard with messages of prevention until authorities start the countdown towards declaring Uganda Ebola free.

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• Farmer Starts Making Hibiscus Tea Bags

  1 Dec 2022, 17:03 Comments 193 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Agriculture Updates

  The herb contains Vitamin C, Iron, and Antioxidants which among others promote weight loss and support liver health.  

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• Researchers Assessing Whether Pregnant Women Can Use HIV Preventing Injections

  1 Dec 2022, 14:34 Comments 186 Views Health Updates

  According to Dr. Brenda Apio Oketch, one of the researchers, the cabotegravir study started in 2018 in Uganda where they were initially giving participants the oral drug Truvada and the injection to compare efficacy in preventing infection. 

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• WHO Calls for More Effective Prevention of Injuries and Violence

  1 Dec 2022, 10:40 Comments 139 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  According to the report, overview, 3 of the top 5 causes of death among people aged 5–29 years are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide, and suicide.

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• More Than Five Million People Living With HIV Still Untreated-WHO

  1 Dec 2022, 09:47 Comments 364 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  “With global solidarity and bold leadership, we can make sure everyone receives the care they need,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General in a statement. “World AIDS Day is an opportunity to re-affirm and refocus on our shared commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.”

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