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Kenya, Ethiopia childhood immunization win in COVID-19 offer insights amid global mpox threat, AFIDEP Study shows
Conducted by researchers at the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) led by Chifuniro Somanje Mankhwala, the study underscores the critical role of community-based healthcare, mobile vaccination units, and collaborative mass vaccination campaigns in bolstering immunization programs against pandemic-induced challenges, including supply chain disruptions and healthcare access issues.
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Covid-19 recovery and full implementation of agenda 2030 as Uganda celebrates Int’l Youth Day 2023
Annually, Uganda joins the rest of the United Nations fraternity on 12 August to commemorate International Youth Day.
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Confirmed: President Museveni is Covid-19 positive
While delivering the State of Nation Address on Wednesday, President Museveni did announced that he had tested for Covid-19 after feeling cold in the morning.
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Science minister Dr. Musenero left PAC speechless as she trashes Covid-19 test
Despite the government investing over shs31billion shillings of taxpayers’ money through Dr. Musenero in COVID-19 research, no progress has been made in vaccine development.
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ICT Ministry, Saatchi & Saatchi bosses accused of favoritism, owe media houses shs800m
TND News, Business Focus and other affected media houses’ efforts to get a comment from Saatchi & Saatchi and ICT Ministry have since been futile.
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Pakwach leaders heed President’s guidance on Covid-19 with tougher directives to populace
“Should you risk going against any of the above directives, you will be doing it at your own peril, embarrassments including arrests,” warns RDC Eseru.
Posted inEducation / Special Reports
Uganda: Learners defy odds with various businesses during and after COVID-19 lockdown
From March 2020, schools in Uganda were closed and learners were placed into ‘total’ lockdown with the education sector the most affected.
Posted inHealth / Lango / Special Reports
Lango: Hope at last for teenage mothers after Covid-19 lockdown havoc
“When the government reopened schools, most teenage mothers went into hiding due to stigma and fear but they managed to use case management to identify the teen mothers,” said Tommy Okada.
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Uganda’s Covid-19 TPR declines to 1.7 percent
Covid-19 infections seem to be declining in Uganda weeks after the economy was fully reopened.
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Covid – Uganda: 3,378 have succumbed, over 160 admitted
Uganda started its first mass vaccination campaign almost a year ago and to date, 12,220,106 vaccine doses have been given.
Posted inEducation / News
UPC tells schools to discourage stigmatization, bullying of pregnant learners
As schools prepare to reopen on January 10, 2022, Arach said it has come to their attention that the Ministry of Education has an abridged curriculum of education.