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The Ministry of Health will this year add the vaginal ring and injectable anti-retroviral therapy cabotegravir to the list of options for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV-negative individuals who are at high risk of infection. Dr. Joshua Musinguzi the AIDS Control Programme Manager at the Ministry of Health told URN in an interview that they are…
By H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi “I was blind, but now I see.” This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work or provide for her family once the disease began to affect her eyesight. Vainesi…
Twenty-two-year old Jhalia Nassiwa is one of the 87 survivors of the recent outbreak of Ebola Viral Disease that was declared by the World Health Organization and authorities in Uganda last month. While for many life has returned to normal, treatment centers closed and health workers returned to their pre-outbreak schedules, Nassiwa’s told URN that life has…
Residents of Jinja city on Thursday hailed UPDF’s efforts of cleaning up markets, health facilities and different streets in of commemoration Tarehe Sita (the army day). They say that despite the monthly fee of 5,000 Shillings for collecting the garbage from their doorsteps, the garbage sacks are just dumped along the different streets, which contributes to poor…