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Daily Archives: October 27, 2021

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Slum Dwellers Smoking a Mixture of Tobacco and Marijuana

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Slum-dwellers in Kampala have resorted to mixing tobacco with marijuana, hoping that by so doing, they are avoiding diseases associated with cigarette smoking, according to preliminary findings of a study. The study which was carried out in Bwaise had a total of 422 participants aged between 18 and 30. It shows that 115 of the…

Most Ugandans unaware of COVID-19 vaccine type in their arms

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A number of people who have received the first COVID-19 shots can’t tell which vaccines types they were given. Dr. Misaki Wayengera, a member of the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Committee says health workers have reported that upon turning up for their second jabs, some cannot tell whether they were given AstraZeneca or any other of…

Only 4% of Mbale Youths Know How to Use Condoms

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Ninety-six percent of Mbale youths do not know how to use condoms.  Speaking during a science cafe organized to train journalists on health reporting this afternoon, Robert Wandwasi , the district Community Development Offcer -CDO disclosed that only 4% of the youths in Mbale know how to use condoms, with vast majority using them wrongly.…

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