Current Affairs
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1.2KWhy Uganda must prioritise chronic care service provision
By Aisha Naava Let’s do a self-reflection! Take a pause, reflect on your own family—mother, father, granny, or any other relative—with chronic...
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1.4KPatriotism in healthcare: Strengthening Uganda’s Nursing and Midwifery workforce
On the 09th October 2025, Uganda commemorated her 63rd Independence Day. Reflections on patriotism, especially within the healthcare sector, occurred. Among the...
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6.4KRight to Play champions SRHR awareness through youth dialogues in Buyende
Buyende, Uganda: Right to Play Uganda, under the SHARE project consortium, has intensified efforts to create awareness on Sexual and Reproductive Health...
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6.9KWhy the Snack September Challenge Matters for Uganda
By Kamara Daniel Uganda is facing a silent but deadly health crisis poor dietary habits that are fuelling the rise of noncommunicable...
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7.5KBreastfeeding Week 2025: A Nutritional Foundation for Uganda’s Future
By Kamara Daniel In Uganda, breastfeeding is more than a cultural norm it is a nutritional and public health imperative. As of...
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8.7KUganda to introduce six-month HIV prevention injection
Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda AIDS Commission has unveiled plans to introduce Lenacapavir, a groundbreaking HIV prevention injection that will protect HIV-negative individuals...
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Why prioritize chronic care service provision?
By Aisha Naava Let’s do a self-reflection! Take a pose, reflect on ur own family, mother, father, granny or any other relative,...
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8.3KUNAIDS calls out Gilead over alarming $28K price for new HIV prevention drug, urges equity for Africa
Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has called out pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences for placing profit before lives following the U.S....
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7.8KUnderstanding how Mpox spreads, its symptoms, and how to prevent it
By Wejuli Junior Mike | Medical Intern, Wakiso As Ugandans converge at registration centres to acquire national identity cards, queuing, shaking hands,...
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7.4KWhy ‘safe rooms’ at schools are essential for girlchild education and dignity
Kamuli, Uganda: Lack of private and hygienic “Safe Rooms” in schools continues to hinder girls’ education and dignity during menstruation, contributing to...
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7.4KThe Relevance of Nutrition in Surgical Recovery
Post-surgical recovery hinges on optimal nutrition to accelerate wound healing, support immunity, and reduce hospital stay durations. Surgical recovery is a critical...
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8.3KStigma, USAID exit, deny sex workers access to critical health services
Caro (not real name), one of the affected women, shared with DailyExpress her distressing ordeal, explaining how stigma is driving a silent...
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7.5KLet’s Change the Narrative: “Nurses Good Mothers; Bad Wives”
By Brian Nambale As we celebrate this year’s Nurses Week, 5th–12th May, a week that has two celebrations in it, with the...
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Support health and wellbeing of Nurses and Midwives
Are you aware that caring for nurses and midwives not only improves patient outcomes and quality of healthcare but it also strengthens...
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7.2KMidwives as active and first responders of climate crisis
Opinion, Editorial: With increasing climate crisis globally manifesting in various ways, such as rising temperatures, extreme weather events of heatwaves and floods,...
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7.4KThe Walking Dead: How mental health issues affect people’s lives today
In the intricate tapestry of human existence, there lies a profound narrative often obscured by silence a narrative of the walking dead....
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7.5KAfter Cameroon, Uganda readies to roll out malaria vaccine
Kampala, (UG): Goverment of Uganda through the Ministry of Health has revealed that vaccination of children against Malaria is set to start...
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7.3KHighlighting the progress of ‘ 60-Day Zero Sugar Challenge’ after Day 12
By Kamara Daniel The Sixty Day Zero Sugar challenge that started on January 1, 2024, geared by health specialists from the Nutrition...
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7.2KBreast Cancer: Unmasking the hidden threat
Breast cancer, a pervasive and complex ailment, relentlessly affects individuals worldwide. At the heart of the discussion lies the unsettling trend of...
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Cervical cancer is among the most preventable cancers
While contributing to cervical cancer awareness in January through community sensitization using various social media platforms, lots of questions keep coming in...
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7.3KNutritionists start 60-day zero sugar challenge to curb adverse effects of sugary foods
Kampala, (UG): Nutritionists in Uganda organized under the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre have kicked off the 60-day zero sugar challenge in combined efforts...
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7.1KHealthy lifestyle tips to observe during festive holidays
By Kamara Daniel Exercise is a key aspect of maintaining the normal synergy for the general well-being of the body towards the...
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7.3KPreparing a healthy meal this Christmas
By Kamara Daniel Christmas is a large festive season celebrated by thousands of people globally and as people converge together for days...
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7.6KCerebral Palsy: What the community considers witchcraft, and what you ought to know
By Aisha Naava One of the key challenges faced by individuals with cerebral palsy in Uganda is the limited awareness and understanding...