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Experts have warned of the looming danger of a shortage of epidemiologists in the country which needs to be addressed soon. This apparently puts the country at a high risk of failing to detect disease outbreaks. The African Field Epidemiology Network revealed that one epidemiologist in Uganda serves over 250,000 patients. This is something the body has referred to as ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the world hope that the Covid-19 pandemic will be defeated in 2023. Apparently, the economy-crippling pandemic will definitely still be a main topic of discussion, but with the right effort, 2023 will be the year. The organization said the public health emergency will by all means end this year. Good news also came ...

Get raw pawpaw and wash it. It must be raw, not ripe. Do not peel it and do not remove the seeds. After washing the outside neatly, slice it without peeling it into small pieces. Check also: How To Make Home Made Pregnancy Test The cutting should be small like sugar cubes. Put all the small pieces of the raw pawpaw ...

President Museveni announced yesterday in a televised address to the nation that Uganda is free of Ebola. This announcement came three months after the deadly virus hit the country. The outbreak killed at least 56 people and infected 142 others. To control the spread, the government locked down two districts of Mubende and Kassanda, the epicenters of the virus. “We ...

The Masindi District health department has revealed that anti-rabies drugs have progressively become expired in government stores. The authorities revealed that the main reason this is happening is because cases of rabies have become very rare. Dr Jino Abiriga, the District Health Officer (DHO) in Masindi said they receive 10-50 doses from the government. However, cases are not so common ...