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Speaker Anita Among assures the public of government’s commitment to prioritise public healthcare in a bid to enhance service delivery.

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Views: 24Public Healthcare is our Priority- Speaker Among Uganda’s Speaker Anita Among has assured the public of government’s commitment to prioritise public healthcare in a bid to enhance service delivery.  Among was speaking on Tuesday during the official launch of the free medical camp in Bukedea Comprehensive School, organised by Ministry of Health in collaboration […]

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Call for better pay and staffing in health sector takes centre stage again

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Views: 8The Health Committee during a meeting with officials from different hospitals Motivation of health workers has been cited as a key factor in improving health service delivery in Uganda. Butaleja District Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Florence Nebanda said that there is need to consider better renumeration packages for health care workers adding that

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2 taken to hospital, 60 evacuated after fire in Punggol flat

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Views: 102 taken to hospital, 60 evacuated after fire in Punggol flat   SINGAPORE – Two people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a Housing Board flat in Punggol on Jan 14 night. About 60 other people were also evacuated from their homes in the neighbouring flats. The fire at 229A

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China discovers cluster of new mpox strain

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Views: 12China discovers cluster of new mpox strain   HONG KONG–Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to more countries after the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency last year. China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said

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Speaker Anita Among receives the body of the late Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya

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Views: 68The Rt Hon. Speaker Anita Among, accompanied by Members of Parliament, received the body of the late Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya ahead of a special sitting of Parliament scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM, during which MPs will pay tribute. Photos by Eric Dominic Bukenya/Office of the Speaker

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Italian village forbids residents from becoming ill

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Views: 11Italian village forbids residents from becoming ill BBC A small Italian village has banned its residents from becoming seriously ill. People living in Belcastro “are … ordered to avoid contracting any illness that may require emergency medical assistance,” a decree from local Mayor Antonio Torchia states. Belcastro sits in the southern region of Calabria

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South Sudan. 17 die of hunger, lack of medicine in Tonj North County

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Views: 1217 die of hunger, lack of medicine in Tonj North County   The local authorities of Warrap State’s Tonj North County said the health condition of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Alabek Payam is deteriorating as 17 people succumbed to hunger and diseases at the end of December and beginning of January. According to

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Vietnamese capital Hanoi declared world’s most polluted city, authorities seek action

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Views: 11Vietnamese capital Hanoi declared world’s most polluted city, authorities seek action   Vietnam’s capital Hanoi has been covered in thick smog over recent weeks, putting it at the top of a list of the world’s most polluted cities, as the government said it would push for more electric vehicles (EVs) to alleviate the problem.

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Kamwokya Med-Care Centre Closed, Owner Suspended for Causing Death of Patient

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Views: 12Kamwokya Med-Care Centre Closed, Owner Suspended for Causing Death of Patient. The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC) has ordered the immediate closure of Kamwokya Med-Care Centre and suspended its proprietor, Dr Richard Waigumba from medical practice for two years over mismanaging a patient which led to her death. Waigumba was suspended alongside

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