Ssentamu who is a nephew of NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine participated in the election as an independent candidate after failing to secure the opposition political party flag in the primary nominations.
At the Uganda Cancer Institute in Mulago, up to eighty sessions of radiotherapy sessions are provided every day and because of this the center is often crowded with patients and long waiting lists.
In a statement, Charles Olaro the Director General of Health Services in the ministry revealed that the 55 year old female from Matugga and a 45 year old had been discharged after testing negative confirming that they are free from the virus.
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health and a major contributor to climate change. Around 7 million people die from air pollution each year, mainly from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
Speaking to URN in an interview, Abiaz Rwamwiri, NDA’s Public Relations Officer, said they stormed several shops along Wilson Street in Kampala over the weekend, where they arrested ten suspects who were, among other things, found in possession of boxes of HIV drugs and test kits whose expiry dates had been altered to extend their shelf life.
“These substances have been brought to WHO’s attention for being clandestinely manufactured, posing serious risk to public health and society without any recognized therapeutic use,” said Dr Deus Mubangizi, WHO Director for Health Product Policy and Standards. “We are pleased that the Commission (on Narcotic Drugs) has accepted the full set of WHO recommendations and added these substances to relevant schedules in the 1961 or 1971 Conventions. We hope countries and communities will increase vigilance and take necessary actions to protect vulnerable groups particularly youth from these substances.”
The researchers sought to assess the economic and health wellbeing of last mile populations in artisanal and small mining settlements analyzing their condition of living before the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. They found more young women to have become vulnerable after the pandemic pushing them into engaging in risky behavior with 28% testifying to have had more than one sexual partner in the previous year.
Flavia Nassaka
