Health
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WEF launches new global initiative to advance digital and AI-driven transformation of healthcare systems
GENEVA January 9, 2024 – A new World Economic Forum [WEF] initiative unveiled today will unlock the transformative potential of digital tools and new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), in healthcare and…
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Commonwealth Speakers commend CIPLA Quality Chemicals
KAMPALA, January 8, 2024 – Speakers and Presiding Officers from the Commonwealth days ago visited the CIPLA Quality Chemicals Industries Ltd [CIPLA QCIL] in Luzira, Kampala where they lauded the factory for…
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EAC Council of Ministers adopts regional framework for the supply and production of antibiotics
NAIROBI, DECEMBER 30, 2023 – The 44th East African Community [EAC] Ordinary Council of Ministers, in their meeting held recently, adopted the regional policy framework for the promotion of antibiotics production and…
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Co-op partners with Legal & General to offer Life Cover
LONDON, December 28, 2023 – Legal & General in partnership with Co-op Insurance is to begin offering members and customers its Life and Critical Illness cover. The partnership provides Co-op customers access…
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Health Ministry says minimum age for alcohol drinkers should be 21
The Ministry of Health has proposed to have the minimum age, for people allowed to drink alcohol in Uganda raised from 18 to 21 years. The Ministry avers that at 18 years, one’s…
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Hoima market vendors urge authorities to collect garbage
HOIMA, December 19, 2023 – Vendors at Kyesiga Market in Kyesiga Cell in Hoima West Division have asked authorities to find a way of getting rid of the garbage that has piled…
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HIV /AIDS infections in young girls worry Ankole bishop
MBARARA, December 19, 2023 – The Bishop of Ankole Diocese, Rt. Rev. Prof. Sheldon Mwesigwa has expressed concern over the rising prevalence of HIV/AIDS among young females in the country. During the…
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COP28: Sustainable growth must involve cooperatives
DUBAI, December 15, 2023 – Held between November 30 and December 23 in Dubai, the 28th UN Conference on Climate Change [ COP28 brought together leaders from governments, businesses, and civil society…
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Kyotera: Chicken prices hike as govt bans eating of beef due to anthrax
KYOTERA, December 13, 2023 – The prices for live chicken and related meat have gone up in Kyotera district after authorities imposed a two-month quarantine on livestock and beef trade, aimed at…
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Uganda’s innovators win Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Award
DUBAI, December 12, 2023 – Uganda’s Michael Okao, Darius Ogwang and Joshua Elem have won this year’s Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Award for the best technical solution for their solar concentrator that…
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