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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 ...

The testing of the Ebola vaccine will be ready to launch as the Ministry of Health has given it a green light. This happened after Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Health Minister, commissioned a clinical team of seven to start trials. The team came from the Makerere University Lung Institute and will start the trials of the drug that shipped ...

The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has launched a First Aid Training school where people can learn how to give first aid. In addition to this, the society also launched commercial ambulance services for those who can manage to pay for them. The launch took place on Friday at the headquarters of URCS in Kampala. Robert Kwesiga, the URCS General ...