A national campaign to raise awareness about drowning in Uganda and strengthen community response to drowning emergencies has been launched by SwimSave in partnership with HEJNU, with the Buvuma Islands identified as the starting point for training community responders. The campaign, dubbed the 3,000 Campaign, runs for three months, from Aug. 7 to Nov. 7,…
An estimated eight people drown every day in Uganda, but health experts say the country does not know how many people survive drowning incidents with permanent or life-changing injuries. The lack of data on drowning survivors means the health system has no clear picture of the long-term burden of accidents on Uganda’s lakes, rivers and…
Cystic fibrosis, one of the most common genetic diseases in Switzerland, promotes chronic bacterial infections by impairing the protective barrier of the airways. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered that this dysfunction is caused by the abnormal activation of a protein, connexin 43, which disrupts cellular organisation and compromises the integrity of…