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MPs Reject Call for Mandatory Health Checkups

MPs Reject Call for Mandatory Health Checkups

(Kampala) - It is not every day you see members of Uganda’s Parliament getting touchy about something as basic as…

Empuumo Marathon 2024 Official Launch Sees Record-Breaking Male Turnout for HIV/AIDS Testing

On Friday, September 13, 2024, the Initiative for Better Health-Uganda (IBH), in partnership with the Ministry of Health, launched the…

The NDA managed to recover drugs worth a staggering Ugx 2 billion that had mysteriously disappeared from government stores. 

Stolen Government ARVs Discovered in Private Homes and Flooding DRC Black Market

Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) seems to be playing hide and seek with some of the country’s most valuable items—life…

The operation covered the districts of Isingiro, Ntungamo, Bushenyi, Rwampara, and Kiruhura, focusing on drug outlets operating without the required licenses and those manned by unqualified staff.
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UGX 50 Million Seized, 79 Illegal Drug Shops Shut in Western Uganda

MBARARA, Uganda -- A total of 79 drug outlets operating without licenses and using unqualified personnel have been shut down…

HIV rates in Toro shameful, King Oyo warns

HIV rates in Toro shameful, King Oyo warns

(Fort Portal) - King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru of Toro has expressed deep concern over the high HIV prevalence in…

Bolton Wanderers Striker Injured by 'Powerful Sneeze'

Bolton Wanderers Striker Injured by ‘Powerful Sneeze’

(UK) - Bolton Wanderers striker Victor Adeboyejo has sustained an unexpected injury, attributed to a forceful sneeze. Adeboyejo, who was…